CIS611 LAB4 Yixi Luo BI Pentaho SetUp - cis.csuohio.educis.csuohio.edu/~sschung/cis611/CIS611_LAB4_Yixi_Luo_BI_Pentaho... · Firstly, install the pentaho. Then download the jtds then

The way to install the AdventureWorksDW 2012 is to copy the .mdf and .log to the

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA

Then use SSMS to attach it.

Firstly, install the pentaho. Then download the jtds then past it to the ./data-integration/lib

After that, I can connect pentaho to ms sql 2014

Use the sql server configu to check the ip address and prot.

Then for each time (When dimension, when create a new job, when create a new

transformation, ets) we need connect, I will input things below (Notice that, I have been set the

sa on LAB1, so I use the current sa who’s password are CIS611.

Click Test first to check whether the connect worked

Then save it as .ktr

Then I did not find the Pivot4J view.

So, download the plugin Pivot4j to plugins

Then I found that I can not login

After half a day struggle, I redownload an old version of pentaho (7.0) then I can log-in.

(However, the log-in id is Admin, not admin…. I understand it when I almost down the analysis).

Create a new data source

This time, I just need the fact internetsale

Then we need amount of joins for the star schema.

Then, you will see

After I create a new JPivot I found that, it is not like the BI in ms sql. I can not add too many

tables in it, so I decide to create 4 part data sources correspond to the 4 Questions.

Question1

Then clicke ok ok , then create a new JPivot

Clicke the Measures then chose salesamount then press OK.Similar, click countryregioncode and

chose the item below. Clike OK, don’t forget click OK at last.

You will see

Even you can delete the All countryregion, then chart it.

Question 2

. Notice , you can click the left buttom to change the class to the

columns

The class H sold best, then class M, then class L