[ No Description ]



 



RM 160.99

Get up and running with the Pentaho Data Integration tool using this hands-on, easy-to-read guideKey FeaturesManipulate your data by exploring, transforming, validating, and integrating it using Pentaho Data Integration 8 CEA comprehensive guide exploring the features of Pentaho Data Integration 8 CEConnect to any database engine, explore the databases, and perform all kind of operations on relational databasesBook DescriptionPentaho Data Integration(PDI) is an intuitive and graphical environment packed with drag-and-drop design and powerful Extract-Tranform-Load (ETL) capabilities. This book shows and explains the new interactive features of Spoon, the revamped look and feel, and the newest features of the tool including transformations and jobs Executors and the invaluable Metadata Injection capability.We begin with the installation of PDI software and then move on to cover all the key PDI concepts. Each of the chapter introduces new features, enabling you to gradually get practicing with the tool. First, you will learn to do all kind of data manipulation and work with simple plain files. Then, the book teaches you how you can work with relational databases inside PDI. Moreover, you will be given a primer on data warehouse concepts and you will learn how to load data in a data warehouse. During the course of this book, you will be familiarized with its intuitive, graphical and drag-and-drop design environment.By the end of this book, you will learn everything you need to know in order to meet your data manipulation requirements. Besides, your will be given best practices and advises for designing and deploying your projects.What you will learnExplore the features and capabilities of Pentaho Data Integration 8 Community EditionInstall and get started with PDILearn the ins and outs of Spoon, the graphical designer toolLearn to get data from all kind of data sources, such as plain files, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and XML filesUse Pentaho Data Integration to perform CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) operations on relationaldatabasesPopulate a data mart with Pentaho Data IntegrationUse Pentaho Data Integration to organize files and folders, run daily processes, deal with errors, and moreWho This Book Is ForThis book is a must-have for software developers, business intelligence analysts, IT students, or anyone involved or interested in developing ETL solutions. If you plan on using Pentaho Data Integration for doing any data manipulation task, this book will help you as well. This book is also a good starting point for data warehouse designers, architects, or anyone who is responsible for data warehouse projects and needs to load data into them.Table of ContentsGetting Started with Pentaho Data IntegrationGetting Started with TransformationsCreating Basic Task FlowsReading and writing filesManipulating PDI Data and MetadataControlling the Flow of DataValidating, Fixing and Cleansing dataTransforming the Data by CodingTransforming the DatasetPerforming Basic Operations with DatabasesLoading datamarts with PDICreating Portable and Reusable TransformationsImplementing Metadata InjectionCreating Advanced JobsLaunching Transformations and Jobs from the Command LineBest Practices for Designing and Deploying a PDI Project
view book