Pentaho Reporting 3.5 for Java Developers [Paperback]

Will Gorman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1847193196 | ISBN-13: 978-1847193193 | Publication Date: September 30, 2009

This hands-on tutorial, filled with exercises and examples, introduces the reader to a variety of concepts within Pentaho Reporting. With screenshots that show you how reports look at design time as well as how they should look when rendered as PDF, Excel, or HTML, this book also contains complete example source code that you can copy and paste into your environment to get up and running quickly. This book is primarily written for Java developers who want to assemble custom reporting solutions with Pentaho Reporting. Their main interest is in the technical details of creating reports and they want to see how to solve common report problems with a minimum of fuss; they do not need an overview of BI or the importance of reporting. Secondary audiences of this book are information technologists who need to install a reporting solution in their environment, and want to learn advanced concepts within Pentaho Reporting such as sub-reports, cross-tabs, data source configuration, and metadata-based reporting.

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About the Author

Will Gorman

Will Gorman is an Engineering Team Lead at Pentaho. He works on a variety of Pentaho's products, including Reporting, Analysis, Dashboards, Metadata, and the BI Server. Will started his career at GE Research, and earned his Masters degree in Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York. Over the years, Will has given many talks, including topics at local Java User Groups. He has published technical papers in journals such as Neurology, and is the author of multiple patents. Will is originally from Cincinnati and now lives in Orlando, Florida, the headquarters of Pentaho.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (September 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1847193196
• ISBN-13: 978-1847193193
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #730,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Useful Book, February 16, 2010

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This review is from: Pentaho Reporting 3.5 for Java Developers (Paperback)

I have used this book and the Pentaho Solutions book extensively to help with getting my Pentaho reporting solution up and running.

For those new to Pentaho, there will be parts of this book that is more oriented to a programmer than Pentaho Solutions but there are still very valuable sections for the "non-programmer". I have found that both books work well together and on some topics getting each books explanation makes it clearer.