Well? Are you? If so, you will want to pick up the Pentaho Data Integration 4 Cookbook by Adrian Sergio Pulvirenti and Maria Carina Roldan published by PACKT Publishing. You may know Mari from Webdetails as well as from her previous book, Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration: Beginner's Guide published in April 2010.
In the PDI 4 Cookbook you will find over 70 "recipes" that will not only answer the most common ETL questions, when working with Pentaho Data Integration, but also guide you through each exercise. Whether you are new to ETL or new to Pentaho, you will find that the Pentaho Data Integration 4 Cookbook accommodates many skill sets, from the novice to the expert. It is a great addition to the growing series of Pentaho books published by PACKT and Wiley.
Chapter 1 introduces you to working with databases and covers step by step how to connect PDI to your data so you can begin extracting, transforming and loading with ease. The chapter even shows you how to work with parameters...a very powerful feature of PDI.
Each section in the book clearly identifies the steps taken to perform the tasks with headers marked "Getting Ready", "How to do it" and then follows up with "How it Works". Very nice for those who need to understand what is happening inside the PDI ETL engine and behind the scenes.
The book continues with topics on working with files, XML, using Lookups, Data Flows, Jobs and goes into integrating Pentaho Data Integration transformations and jobs with the rest of the Pentaho BI Suite, leveraging such things as Pentaho Reports, Pentaho Action Sequences and the Community Dashboard Framework. I especially like the topics that are covered in Chapter 8; using Pentaho Data Integration with CDA (Community Data Access) and CDE (Community Dashboard Editor). This topic depicts greater extensibility of the Pentaho software by working with powerful Pentaho plug-ins contributed by Webdetails.
The book concludes with Chapter 9, which helps you get the most out of Pentaho Data Integration, by explaining how to work with PDI logging, JSON, custom programs and sample data generators.
If you are exploring the world of Pentaho, I would highly suggest picking up this book. It is great for beginners and for those experts (myself included) who thought they knew everything there was to know about Pentaho Data Integration and were pleasantly surprised by the additional knowledge gained.
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- Gather needs and requirements
- Take 1 Pentaho Installation
- Add your data
- Add Training
- Can substitute: Pentaho Sales Engineering, Consulting or a Pentaho Certified Network Partner
- Prepare a Scope of Work
- Communicate Effectively
- Execute Accordingly
- Sit back and enjoy your lower TCO
Regards,
Michael Tarallo
Director of Enterprise Solutions
Pentaho
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