About Pentaho business analytics tools

The topics found in this section give you an overview of the reports and dashboards you create with the User Console, to help you become familiar with the look and feel of the console.

The Pentaho User Console is a web-based design environment where you can analyze data, create interactive reports, dashboard reports, and build integrated dashboards to share business intelligence solutions with others in your organization and on the internet. In addition to its design features, the User Console offers a wide variety of system administration features for configuring the Pentaho Server, maintaining the Pentaho licenses, setting up security, managing report scheduling, and tailoring system performance to meet your requirements.

Prerequisites

Before you work with the User Console, install the Pentaho software and configure the Pentaho Server.

See Install the 30-day trial of Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics.

Expertise

You do not need special skills to use the design environment.

To use system administration features, you should understand your data sources, system configuration, and security providers.

Tools

In the User Console, you can access the Pentaho Repository on the server and these tools:

• Analyzer

• Interactive Reports

• Dashboard Designer

• Data Source Wizard

• Data Source Model Editor

Sign-in credentials

Some tasks require that you sign in to the User Console with an evaluator username and password.