1. #18
Pentaho BootCamp
Using the Pentaho Reporting Tools
Wildan Maulana
wildan.m@openthinklabs.com
http://workshop.openthinklabs.com

2. On The Field
● 75 to 80 % , use for Report
● 15 to 20%, use for analytical tools for OLAP
● 0 to 5% work with data mining tools
● 0 to 5% using dashboard but it's changing up
rapidly

3. Reporting Architecture

4. Web-Based Reporting
Web Ad Hoc Query and Reporting Client (WAQR)

5. Practical Uses of WAQR
● Export Data
● Quickstart Report
Tips
We can change the report template in the following folders :
pentaho-solutions/system/waqr/templates
More Info : http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/
ServerDoc1x/Adhoc+Reporting+Templates

6. Pentaho Report Designer
● There are two type of report writers :
● Banded (divide a report in one or more groups of
data where report elements can be placed) → PRD
● Flow oriented (allow for a more free-format
placement of elements on a page)
PRD REPORT FILES
A PRD report is stored as a .prpt bundle file. This bundle contains a collection
of XML files that define the report. The layout.xml file contains all the
layout information, whereas the *-ds.xml files contain the query definitions.
Beware that when a plain JDBC connection is used, passwords are stored as
plain text. It’s better to use JNDI connections and let the server handle the
security definitions.

7. The PRD Screen
Two ways of building a new report :
• The New option (or Blank Report in the Welcome screen) creates a new,
empty report for you.
• The Report Wizard takes you through the four steps needed to create a
complete report.

8. Report Structure
Page Header
Report Header
No Data
Group Header
Report Elements
Watermark
Group Footer
Report Footer
Details Body
Page Footer

9. Report Elements
No Element Description
1 label Most basic element for adding static text and column labels
to a report. Contains a labels-for Wizard to easily create
column headers.
2 text-field Displays text values from a data set.
3 number-field Displays numeric values from a data set. Contains format
attributes specific to numeric fields.
4 date-field Displays date values from a data set. Contains format
attributes specific to date fields.
5 message- Most advanced dynamic data field. Can contain combined
field text, field references and functions in a single cell and allows
for formatting the data at the same time. For example:
Customer: $(firstname) $(lastname) member
since: $(date_registered,date,MM/dd/yyyy)
6 resource- Based on a resource file, PRD can translate label texts in
label other languages.
7 resource-field Based on a resource file, PRD can translate field content in
other languages.

10. Report Elements
No Element Description
8 content-field Displays image fields from a data set.
9 image Displays an image from both a local resource or a URL.
10 ellipse
Inserts an ellipse.
11 rectangle Inserts a rectangle.
12 horizontal- Inserts a horizontal line.
line
13 vertical-line Inserts a vertical line.
14 survey-scale A mini-chart displaying survey results in a scale from 1 to 5.
(This is configurable. The actual range is defined via
attributes.)

11. Report Elements
No Element Description
15 chart Inserts a chart, which can be edited by the Chart editor.
16 simple-barcodes Translates the field content in a barcode that can be read by
digital readers.
17 bar-sparkline
A mini bar chart to be used inline.
18 line-sparkline A mini line chart to be used inline.
20 pie-sparkline A mini pie chart to be used inline. This field type can also be
used to create traffic light indicators in a management
summary.
21 band Can be used to group and format different elements.
22 externalelement-field
Can be used to load external sub-reports from an URL or
path.

12. Creating Data Sets
● The are three way to create data source :
● Using the Add Data Source option from the Data
menu option
● Right-clicking the DataSets icon in the Data tab on
the right of the screen
● Click on the database icon
in the Data tab directly

13. Creating SQL Queries Using JDBC
● Data → Add Data Source → JDBC
SQL Query Designer
Click this pencil icon
to open SQL Query Designer

14. JDBC Query Results

15. Creating Metadata Queries

16. Example Data Set

17. Adding and Using Parameters

18. Layout and Formatting
TODO

19. Alternate Row Colors: Row Banding
TODO

20. Grouping and Summarizing Data
TODO

21. Reference
● Pentaho Solutions: Business Intelligence and
Data Warehousing with Pentaho and MySQL;
Roland Bouman, Jos Van Dongen, Wiley

22. Q&A