<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
is	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
(	O
BI	O
)	O
software	O
that	O
provides	O
data	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
,	O
OLAP	B-Application
services	I-Application
,	O
reporting	O
,	O
information	B-Protocol
dashboards	I-Protocol
,	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
and	O
extract	O
,	O
transform	O
,	O
load	O
(	O
ETL	O
)	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Hitachi	O
Data	O
Systems	O
in	O
2015	O
and	O
in	O
2017	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
Hitachi	O
Vantara	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
framework	O
to	O
create	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
most	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
Business	O
Analysis	O
Server	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
Server	B-Application
)	O
,	O
the	O
Pentaho	B-Application
software	O
is	O
indeed	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
classes	O
with	O
specific	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
top	O
of	O
those	O
Java	B-Language
classes	O
one	O
can	O
build	O
any	O
BI	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
exception	O
to	O
this	O
model	O
is	O
the	O
ETL	O
tool	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Integration	I-Application
-	O
PDI	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Kettle	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
PDI	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
softwares	O
used	O
to	O
design	O
data	O
flows	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
either	O
in	O
a	O
server	B-Application
or	O
standalone	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDI	O
encompasses	O
Kitchen	O
,	O
a	O
job	O
and	O
transformation	O
runner	O
,	O
and	O
Spoon	O
,	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
to	O
design	O
such	O
jobs	O
and	O
transformations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
such	O
as	O
reporting	O
and	O
OLAP	B-Application
are	O
achieved	O
by	O
integrating	O
subprojects	O
into	O
the	O
Pentaho	B-Application
framework	O
,	O
like	O
Mondrian	B-Application
OLAP	B-Application
engine	O
and	O
jFree	O
Report	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
some	O
time	O
by	O
now	O
those	O
projects	O
have	O
been	O
brought	O
into	O
Pentaho	B-Application
's	O
curating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
those	O
subprojects	O
even	O
have	O
standalone	O
clients	O
like	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Report	O
Designer	O
,	O
a	O
front-end	O
for	O
jFree	O
Reports	O
,	O
and	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Schema	O
Workbench	O
,	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
to	O
write	O
XMLs	B-Protocol
used	O
by	O
Mondrian	B-Application
to	O
serve	O
OLAP	B-Application
cubes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
offers	O
enterprise	O
and	O
community	O
editions	O
of	O
those	O
softwares	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
's	O
core	O
offering	O
is	O
frequently	O
enhanced	O
by	O
add-on	O
products	O
,	O
usually	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
plug-ins	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
and	O
the	O
broader	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
(	O
EE	O
)	O
and	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Community	O
Edition	O
(	O
CE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Offering	O
Type	O
Recent	O
version	O
(	O
EE	O
)	O
Recent	O
version	O
(	O
CE	O
)	O
DescriptionPentaho	O
BA	O
Platform	O
EE	O
,	O
CE	O
Server	B-Application
application	I-Application
7.1	O
7.1	O
Commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
BI	O
Platform	O
,	O
and	O
recently	O
renamed	O
Business	O
Analytics	O
Platform	O
(	O
BA	O
Platform	O
)	O
,	O
makes	O
up	O
the	O
core	O
software	O
piece	O
that	O
hosts	O
content	O
created	O
both	O
in	O
the	O
server	B-Application
itself	O
through	O
plug-ins	O
or	O
files	O
published	O
to	O
the	O
server	B-Application
from	O
the	O
desktop	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
features	O
for	O
managing	O
security	O
,	O
running	O
reports	O
,	O
displaying	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
,	O
report	O
bursting	O
,	O
scripted	O
business	O
rules	O
,	O
OLAP	B-Application
analysis	O
and	O
scheduling	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercial	O
plug-ins	O
from	O
Pentaho	B-Application
expand	O
out-of-the-box	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
open-source	B-Application
plug-in	O
projects	O
also	O
expand	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pentaho	B-Application
BA	O
Platform	O
runs	O
in	O
the	O
Apache	O
Java	B-Language
Application	O
Server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
into	O
other	O
Java	B-Language
Application	O
Servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
Analysis	O
Services	O
(	O
Mondrian	B-Application
)	O
EE	O
,	O
CE	O
Server	B-Application
application	I-Application
3.7.0	O
3.6.1	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Analysis	O
Services	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Mondrian	B-Application
,	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
OLAP	B-Application
(	O
online	B-Application
analytical	I-Application
processing	I-Application
)	O
server	B-Application
,	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
the	O
MDX	B-Language
(	O
multidimensional	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
)	O
query	O
language	O
and	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
for	O
Analysis	O
and	O
olap4j	O
interface	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
reads	O
from	O
SQL	B-Language
and	O
other	O
data	O
sources	O
and	O
aggregates	O
data	O
in	O
a	O
memory	O
cache	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mondrian	B-Application
can	O
be	O
run	O
separately	O
from	O
the	O
Pentaho	B-Application
BI	O
Platform	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
always	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
platform	O
itself	O
in	O
both	O
EE	O
and	O
CE	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
Dashboard	B-Protocol
Designer	O
(	O
PDD	O
)	O
EE	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
5.0.6	O
-	O
A	O
commercial	O
plug-in	O
provided	O
to	O
enterprise	O
edition	O
(	O
EE	O
)	O
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
are	O
collections	O
of	O
other	O
content	O
components	O
displayed	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
providing	O
a	O
centralized	O
view	O
of	O
key	O
performance	O
indicators	O
(	O
KPI	O
)	O
s	O
and	O
other	O
business	O
data	O
movements	O
,	O
letting	O
users	O
monitor	O
them	O
and	O
make	O
decisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content	O
components	O
are	O
usually	O
individual	O
Information	O
graphics	O
,	O
tables	O
,	O
OLAP	B-Application
views	O
or	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plug-in	O
simplifies	O
dashboard	B-Protocol
creation	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
layout	O
templates	O
,	O
drag-and-drop	O
interaction	O
and	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
for	O
providing	O
parameters	O
and	O
inputs	O
to	O
dashboard	B-Protocol
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
Analysis	O
(	O
Analyzer	O
)	O
(	O
PAZ	O
)	O
EE	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
5.0.6	O
-	O
The	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Analyzer	O
plug-in	O
provides	O
a	O
web-based	O
,	O
drag-and-drop	O
OLAP	B-Application
viewer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
visually	O
create	O
MDX	B-Language
queries	O
by	O
dragging	O
parts	O
of	O
a	O
previously	O
defined	O
Mondrian	B-Application
OLAP	B-Application
schema	O
onto	O
a	O
canvas	O
,	O
where	O
other	O
activities	O
can	O
take	O
place	O
like	O
filtering	O
,	O
sorting	O
,	O
creating	O
calculated	O
members	O
from	O
other	O
measures	O
,	O
exporting	O
the	O
result	O
table	O
to	O
PDF	O
or	O
MS	O
Excel	O
,	O
and	O
optionally	O
graphing	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
Interactive	O
Reporting	O
(	O
PIR	O
)	O
EE	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
5.0.6	O
-	O
This	O
plug-in	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
ad	O
hoc	O
reports	O
in	O
a	O
visual	O
drag-and-drop	O
fashion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
Data	O
Access	O
Wizard	O
EE	O
,	O
CE	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
-	O
-	O
This	O
plug-in	O
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
all	O
servers	O
and	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
data	O
sources	O
for	O
use	O
throughout	O
the	O
system	O
from	O
other	O
databases	O
or	O
CSV	O
files	O
uploaded	O
to	O
the	O
server	B-Application
while	O
using	O
a	O
setup	O
wizard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resultant	O
model	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
Mondrian	B-Application
and	O
any	O
other	O
plug-in	O
like	O
Analyzer	O
or	O
Saiku	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
queries	O
against	O
the	O
newly	O
created	O
data	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
component	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
what	O
Pentaho	B-Application
introduces	O
as	O
agile	O
BI	O
,	O
which	O
simply	O
means	O
having	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
start	O
from	O
basic	O
data	O
and	O
quickly	O
iterate	O
through	O
steps	O
to	O
discover	O
the	O
proper	O
way	O
to	O
structure	O
,	O
study	O
and	O
present	O
the	O
data.Michael	O
Terallo	O
,	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Data	O
Access	O
Wizard	O
Retrieved	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
2012	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Mobile	O
EE	O
Server	B-Application
piece	O
5.0.6	O
-	O
A	O
new	O
addition	O
since	O
4.5-GA	O
suite	O
that	O
is	O
a	O
user	O
interface	O
adapted	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
Apple	O
iPad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
exposes	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
functionality	O
of	O
OLAP	B-Application
analysis	O
and	O
running	O
of	O
reports	O
and	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
that	O
allow	O
greater	O
interaction	O
on	O
a	O
small	O
,	O
touchscreen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Offering	O
Type	O
Recent	O
version	O
Description	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Integration	I-Application
(	O
PDI	O
)	O
EE	O
,	O
CE	O
Desktop	O
application	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Integration	I-Application
,	O
codenamed	O
Kettle	O
,	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
core	O
data	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
(	O
ETL	O
)	O
engine	O
,	O
and	O
GUI	B-Application
applications	O
that	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
define	O
data	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
jobs	O
and	O
transformations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
for	O
Big	B-Application
Data	I-Application
EE	O
,	O
CE	O
PDI	O
plug-in	O
N/A	O
Pentaho	B-Application
for	O
Big	B-Application
Data	I-Application
is	O
a	O
data	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
tool	O
based	O
on	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Data	O
Integration.Surya	O
Mukherjee	O
,	O
Ovum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Pentaho	B-Application
expands	O
coverage	O
for	O
Big	O
Data.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
executing	O
ETL	O
jobs	O
in	O
and	O
out	O
of	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
environments	O
such	O
as	O
Apache	B-Application
Hadoop	I-Application
or	O
Hadoop	B-Application
distributions	O
such	O
as	O
Amazon	O
,	O
Cloudera	O
,	O
EMC	O
Greenplum	O
,	O
MapR	O
,	O
and	O
Hortonworks.James	O
Kobielus	O
,	O
Forrester	O
Research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
The	O
Forrester	O
Wave	O
:	O
Enterprise	O
Hadoop	B-Application
Solutions.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
NoSQL	B-General_Concept
data	O
sources	O
such	O
as	O
MongoDB	B-Application
and	O
HBase.David	O
Menninger	O
,	O
Ventana	O
Research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Pentaho	B-Application
4	O
Unites	O
Enterprise	O
Business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
and	O
Data	O
Integration.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
Report	O
Designer	O
EE	O
,	O
CE	O
Desktop	O
application	O
9.0.0.0-423	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Report	O
Designer	O
is	O
a	O
visual	O
,	O
banded	O
report	O
writer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
query	O
and	O
use	O
data	O
from	O
many	O
sources	O
including	O
SQL	B-Language
,	O
MDX	B-Language
,	O
Community	O
Data	O
Access	O
,	O
scripting	O
,	O
static	O
table	O
definitions	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
core	O
reporting	O
engine	O
,	O
capable	O
of	O
generating	O
reports	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
definition	O
file	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
Zip	B-General_Concept
(	O
file	O
format	O
)	O
with	O
a	O
.PRPT	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
tools	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
surrounding	O
the	O
reporting	O
engine	O
,	O
including	O
GUI	B-Application
designers	O
and	O
ad	O
hoc	O
wizards	O
that	O
guide	O
the	O
user	O
through	O
a	O
step-by-step	O
process	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
report	O
,	O
using	O
solely	O
graphical	B-Application
tools	I-Application
without	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
write	O
any	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
Data	B-Application
Mining	I-Application
EE	O
,	O
CE	O
Desktop	O
application	O
Weka	B-Language
Pentaho	B-Application
Data	B-Application
Mining	I-Application
used	O
the	O
Waikato	O
Environment	O
for	O
Knowledge	O
Analysis	O
(	O
Weka	B-Language
)	O
to	O
search	O
data	O
for	O
patterns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weka	B-Language
consists	O
of	O
machine	O
learning	O
algorithms	O
for	O
a	O
broad	O
set	O
of	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
tasks.Nikos	O
Mastorakis	O
,	O
Valeria	O
Mladenov	O
and	O
Vassiliki	O
Kontargyri	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Machine	O
Learning	O
with	O
WEKA	B-Language
:	O
AN	O
Interview	O
with	O
Mark	O
Hall.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Retrieved	O
July	O
25	O
,	O
2012	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Metadata	O
Editor	O
(	O
PME	O
)	O
EE	O
,	O
CE	O
Desktop	O
application	O
9.0.0.0-423	O
The	O
metadata	O
editor	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
business	O
models	O
and	O
act	O
as	O
an	O
abstraction	O
layer	O
from	O
the	O
underlying	O
data	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
metadata	O
models	O
are	O
used	O
by	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Interactive	O
Reporting	O
,	O
Saiku	O
Reporting	O
,	O
and	O
Pentaho	B-Application
's	O
legacy	O
AD	O
HOC	O
reporting	O
plug-in	O
applications	O
to	O
create	O
reports	O
within	O
the	O
BA	O
server	B-Application
without	O
using	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
external	O
desktop	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
Aggregate	O
Designer	O
(	O
PAD	O
)	O
EE	O
,	O
CE	O
Desktop	O
application	O
9.0.0.0-423	O
Aggregate	O
Designer	O
operates	O
on	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Analysis	O
(	O
Mondrian	B-Application
)	O
XML	B-Protocol
schema	O
files	O
and	O
the	O
database	O
with	O
the	O
underlying	O
tables	O
described	O
by	O
the	O
schema	O
to	O
generate	O
precalculated	O
,	O
aggregated	O
answers	O
to	O
speed	O
up	O
analysis	O
work	O
and	O
MDX	B-Language
queries	O
executed	O
against	O
Mondrian	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
accomplished	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
examining	O
the	O
hierarchies	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
schema	O
and	O
the	O
measures	O
also	O
defined	O
there	O
and	O
generating	O
SQL	B-Language
which	O
would	O
result	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
tables	O
storing	O
those	O
answers	O
away	O
for	O
future	O
use	O
by	O
Mondrian	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
using	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
generate	O
these	O
aggregate	O
tables	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Mondrian	B-Application
XML	B-Protocol
schema	O
file	O
describing	O
the	O
OLAP	B-Application
cube	O
is	O
modified	O
to	O
reference	O
the	O
precomputed	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
Schema	O
Workbench	O
(	O
PSW	O
)	O
EE	O
,	O
CE	O
Desktop	O
application	O
9.0.0.0-423	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Schema	O
Workbench	O
provides	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
interface	I-Application
for	O
designing	O
OLAP	B-Application
cubes	O
for	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Analysis	O
(	O
Mondrian	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
schema	O
created	O
is	O
stored	O
as	O
a	O
regular	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
on	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
Design	O
Studio	O
(	O
PDS	O
)	O
EE	O
,	O
CE	O
Desktop	O
application	O
4.0	O
The	O
Pentaho	B-Application
BA	O
Server	B-Application
supports	O
special	O
XML	B-Protocol
scripts	O
called	O
xactions	O
to	O
implement	O
business	O
logic	O
and	O
other	O
forms	O
of	O
automation	O
in	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xactions	O
are	O
very	O
powerful	O
,	O
and	O
useful	O
,	O
but	O
sometimes	O
prove	O
difficult	O
to	O
troubleshoot	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
low-level	O
way	O
they	O
interact	O
with	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
BA	O
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
are	O
starting	O
to	O
use	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Integration	I-Application
transformation	O
files	O
to	O
carry	O
out	O
automation	O
and	O
business	O
logic	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
transformations	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
directly	O
by	O
the	O
BA	O
Server	B-Application
and	O
visually	O
debugged	O
in	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Integration	I-Application
(	O
PDI	O
)	O
and	O
are	O
quickly	O
gaining	O
favor	O
in	O
the	O
community	O
over	O
xactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
these	O
plug-ins	O
function	O
with	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
(	O
EE	O
)	O
and	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Community	O
Edition	O
(	O
CE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Type	O
Recent	O
version	O
Description	O
Ctools	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
suite	O
Various	O
Known	O
as	O
the	O
Community	O
tools	O
,	O
it	O
includes	O
a	O
growing	O
array	O
of	O
features	O
usually	O
contained	O
in	O
a	O
package	O
with	O
an	O
abbreviated	O
name	O
where	O
the	O
first	O
C	O
always	O
stands	O
for	O
community	O
and	O
simultaneously	O
represents	O
its	O
status	O
as	O
being	O
both	O
free	O
of	O
cost	O
and	O
open-source	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
often	O
the	O
Ctools	O
suite	O
is	O
installed	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
linux	B-Application
script.	O
,	O
Pedro	O
,	O
Alves	O
"	O
Back	O
to	O
basics	O
:	O
Step	O
by	O
step	O
Pentaho	B-Application
+	O
Ctools	O
installation	O
"	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Retrieved	O
July	O
27	O
,	O
2012	O
but	O
there	O
are	O
plans	O
in	O
an	O
upcoming	O
release	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
package	O
manager	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
BA	O
Server	B-Application
that	O
helps	O
with	O
installation.Will	O
,	O
Gorman	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Wiki	O
"	O
Pentaho	B-Application
BI	O
Server	B-Application
Marketplace	O
Plugin	O
February	O
17	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Retrieved	O
July	O
27	O
,	O
2012	O
Community	O
Charting	O
Components	O
(	O
CCC	O
)	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
Various	O
A	O
charting	O
library	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Protovis	O
,	O
Stanford	O
Visualization	O
Group	O
,	O
Protovis	O
https://mbostock.github.com/protovis/	O
a	O
very	O
powerful	O
free	O
and	O
open-source	B-Application
visualization	O
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
CCC	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
developers	O
with	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
include	O
into	O
their	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
the	O
basic	O
chart	O
types	O
without	O
losing	O
the	O
main	O
principle	O
:	O
Extensibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
charts	O
created	O
with	O
CCC	O
become	O
components	O
that	O
appear	O
in	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
Build	O
Framework	O
(	O
CBF	O
)	O
Build	O
Script	O
Framework	O
3.7	O
Focused	O
on	O
a	O
multi-project/	O
multi-environment	O
scenario	O
,	O
the	O
Community	O
Build	O
Framework	O
(	O
CBF	O
)	O
provide	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
and	O
deploy	O
Pentaho-based	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
Apache	O
Ant	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
build-script	O
that	O
allows	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
template	O
of	O
their	O
Pentaho	B-Application
BA	O
Server	B-Application
installation	O
,	O
including	O
patches	O
and	O
any	O
customizations	O
or	O
special	O
content	O
and	O
roll	O
it	O
out	O
quickly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
help	O
migrations	O
to	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
BA	O
Server	B-Application
,	O
and	O
with	O
rapidly	O
producing	O
customized	O
Pentaho	B-Application
servers	O
for	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
Data	O
Access	O
(	O
CDA	O
)	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
latest	O
Acts	O
as	O
a	O
common	O
layer	O
for	O
accessing	O
data	O
on	O
the	O
Pentaho	B-Application
BA	O
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDA	O
files	O
can	O
contain	O
SQL	B-Language
,	O
MDX	B-Language
,	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Integration	I-Application
transformation	O
files	O
,	O
scripted	O
data	O
sources	O
and	O
more.CDA	O
Documentation	O
Retrieved	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDA	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
REST	O
API	O
for	O
directly	O
calling	O
the	O
Pentaho	B-Application
BA	O
server	B-Application
and	O
receiving	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
a	O
query	O
back	O
as	O
JSON	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
XLS	O
,	O
HTML	O
or	O
CSV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDA	O
comes	O
bundled	O
in	O
all	O
of	O
Pentaho	B-Application
's	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
Data	O
Browser	O
(	O
CDB	O
)	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
Community	O
Data	O
Browser	O
uses	O
a	O
visual	O
OLAP	B-Application
browser	O
called	O
Saiku	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
query	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
R	B-Language
for	O
performing	O
analytics	O
on	O
the	O
result	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
Distributed	O
Cache	O
(	O
CDC	O
)	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
latest	O
CDC	O
stands	O
for	O
Community	O
Distributed	O
Cache	O
and	O
allows	O
for	O
high-performance	O
,	O
scalable	O
and	O
distributed	O
memory	O
clustering	O
cache	O
based	O
on	O
Hazelcast	O
for	O
both	O
CDA	O
and	O
Mondrian	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDC	O
is	O
a	O
Pentaho	B-Application
plug-in	O
that	O
provides	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
multiple	O
pentaho	B-Application
servers	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
cluster	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
several	O
memory	O
configuration	O
options	O
Community	O
Data	O
Generator	O
(	O
CDG	O
)	O
PDI	O
Jobs	O
N/A	O
CDG	O
is	O
a	O
data	O
warehouse	O
generator	O
that	O
helps	O
create	O
sample	O
data	O
for	O
creating	O
proof	O
of	O
concept	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mondrian	B-Application
schema	O
file	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
within	O
Pentaho	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
Data	O
Validation	O
(	O
CDV	O
)	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
CDV	O
adds	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
creating	O
validation	O
tests	O
on	O
the	O
Pentaho	B-Application
BA	O
server	B-Application
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
verifying	O
both	O
the	O
integrity	O
of	O
the	O
server	B-Application
itself	O
and	O
also	O
the	O
data	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
Graphics	O
Generator	O
(	O
CGG	O
)	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
latest	O
Pentaho	B-Application
plug-in	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
export	O
CCC/CDE	O
charts	O
as	O
images	O
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
CDE	O
charts	O
inside	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Report	O
Designer	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
short	O
,	O
this	O
plug-in	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
render	O
server-side	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
chart	O
that	O
is	O
rendered	O
on	O
the	O
browser	O
by	O
CDE/CDF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Executes	O
a	O
CCC	O
chart	O
definition	O
server-side	O
and	O
outputs	O
the	O
chart	O
as	O
an	O
image	O
or	O
a	O
svg	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
render	O
custom-made	O
svg	O
transformations	O
and	O
javascript	O
files	O
server	B-Application
side	O
and	O
output	O
them	O
as	O
images.Community	O
Dashboard	B-Protocol
Editor	O
(	O
CDE	O
)	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
20120719	O
CDE	O
is	O
an	O
advanced	O
user	O
tool	O
for	O
creating	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
Pentaho	B-Application
BA	O
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDE	O
and	O
the	O
technology	O
underneath	O
(	O
CDF	O
,	O
CDA	O
and	O
CCC	O
)	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
deploy	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
Pentaho	B-Application
platform	O
in	O
a	O
fast	O
and	O
effective	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
as	O
user	O
friendly	O
as	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Dashboard	B-Protocol
Designer	O
plug-in	O
,	O
but	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
much	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
designs.Community	O
Dashboard	B-Protocol
Framework	O
(	O
CDF	O
)	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
4.8-stable	O
CDF	O
comes	O
bundled	O
in	O
all	O
of	O
Pentaho	B-Application
's	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
can	O
insert	O
their	O
own	O
snippets	O
of	O
JavaScript	O
and	O
jQuery	B-Language
code.Community	O
Startup	O
Tabs	O
(	O
CST	O
)	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
1.0	O
Out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
a	O
Pentaho	B-Application
BA	O
Server	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
a	O
user	O
interface	O
called	O
the	O
Pentaho	B-Application
User	O
Console	O
(	O
PUC	O
)	O
which	O
show	O
all	O
content	O
by	O
opening	O
tabs	O
within	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saiku	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
latest	O
Saiku	O
is	O
a	O
modular	O
open-source	B-Application
analysis	O
suite	O
offering	O
lightweight	O
OLAP	B-Application
which	O
remains	O
easily	O
embeddable	O
,	O
extendable	O
and	O
configurable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
form	O
and	O
function	O
to	O
the	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Analyzer	O
plug-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
RESTful	O
server	B-Application
connects	O
to	O
existing	O
OLAP	B-Application
systems	O
,	O
which	O
then	O
powers	O
user-friendly	O
,	O
intuitive	O
analytics	O
via	O
a	O
lightweight	O
frontend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saiku-Reporting	O
Server	B-Application
plug-in	O
1.0-GA	O
A	O
rapidly	O
developing	O
AD	O
HOC	O
reporting	O
tool	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Pentaho	B-Application
's	O
Interactive	O
Reporting	O
plug-in.Key	O
Features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Pentaho	B-Application
follows	O
an	O
open	O
core	O
business	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
two	O
different	O
editions	O
of	O
Pentaho	B-Application
Business	O
Analytics	O
:	O
a	O
community	O
edition	O
and	O
an	O
enterprise	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
community	O
edition	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
open	O
source	O
product	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
version	O
2.0	O
(	O
GPLv2	O
)	O
,	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
version	O
2.0	O
(	O
LGPLv2	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
1.1	O
(	O
MPL	B-License
1.1	I-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
