Thursday 26 March 2015

How to create CDE Dash Board in Pentaho

1. Log into the Pentaho User Console, and launch the CDE
You can launch the editor from the PUC home page, from the PUC menu (File > New > CDE Dashboard), or by clicking on the CDE icon in the PUC toolbar.




2. Save the dashboard
Give the Dashboard a name and save it in the solution folder of your choice, and then close the Dashboard.

3. Edit the dashboard
Refresh the console by clicking F5 (or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + R), find the Dashboard, right-click it and select Edit. The Dashboard editor will appear.

4. Design the Layout
Select the Layout perspective and define the dashboard layout according to your sketch.




5. Add the datasources
Select the Datasource perspective and define the datasources that will feed your Dashboard.



Create Parameter using Generic component.
use below Query to populate  continents from World Database (Mysql)

select Distinct Continent from world.country






select name,Population from world.country
where Continent = ${Conti}
limit 5





6. Add and configure the components
Select the Component perspective and add the components that make up your Dashboard: the visual elements, the parameters, and eventually some scripts.




7. Preview your work
Click on Preview regularly to see how your work is progressing. Repeat steps 5-8 until you are satisfied with your final dashboard. Don't forget to save your work from time to time.



Download Dash board Sample file of Above Example from Below link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_j1hJxesvxddEkzbWowUnFYVm8/view?usp=sharing

Please use My SQL with World Databse
you can download world database free from Mysql web site.






1 comment:

  1. Hi Abhishek,
    Thank you for the helpful posts.
    Question: Can we schedule the Dashboards in pentaho. I need a dash board to be scheduled to run and send it through email to client. Is it possible in any way?

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