Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle): Excel Writer StepOne great thing about Kettle is that everybody with Java coding skills can just write a plugin for it and hence extend its functionality. One plugin that I want to highlight is Slawo's Excel Writer Step which in my opinion is extremely useful. Why? Quick and easy report creation: Design your report in Excel and tell the Excel Writer step where to place the data. Here's a really cool feature: You can tell the step in which cell to place the data. So you can even use the step several times...
Friday, 15 April 2011
SQLPower Wabit
Posted on 12:52 by Unknown
SQLPower Wabit: Is it the one-reporting-tool-does-it-all solution?There are quite different kinds of reports: ranging from dashboard/high level summary reports to very granular data tables spanning 20 or so pages. As a report designer you usually have to satisfy various clients' needs: The Operations guy wants have a very detailed report, the CEO a high level summary/dashboard style report and so on. Now Pentaho Report Designer (PRD) is an excellent tool with millions of formatting options etc, but it is more geared towards...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
