Before using the Data Source Wizard

The Data Source Wizard is intended for prototyping or as a starting point for Pentaho Analysis and Pentaho Metadata models used with Interactive Reports, Analyzer reports, and dashboards. As a best practice, re-create or edit these models with the Schema Workbench or Metadata Editor to ensure query performance and to leverage enhanced features when used in production environments.

CAUTION:

Data sources created with the Data Source Wizard are not supported for use in a production environment.

Because of the following reasons, data sources created with the Data Source Wizard are not supported for use in a production environment:

• Data sources created with the Data Source Wizard cannot be secured using Pentaho roles, as per the security configuration.

• They are not optimized for performance.

• They may not conform to design best practices.