دانلود کتاب Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration: Beginners Guide

Pentaho Data Integration (a.k.a. Kettle) is a full-featured open source ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) solution. Although PDI is a feature-rich tool, effectively capturing, manipulating, cleansing, transferring, and loading data can get complicated.This book is full of practical examples that will help you to take advantage of Pentaho Data Integration’s graphical, drag-and-drop design environment. You will quickly get started with Pentaho Data Integration by following the step-by-step guidance in this book. The useful tips in this book will encourage you to exploit powerful features of Pentaho Data Integration and perform ETL operations with ease.Starting with the installation of the PDI software, this book will teach you all the key PDI concepts. Each chapter introduces new features, allowing you to gradually get involved with the tool. First, you will learn to work with plain files, and to do all kinds of data manipulation. Then, the book gives you a primer on databases and teaches you how to work with databases inside PDI. Not only that, you’ll be given an introduction to data warehouse concepts and you will learn to load data in a data warehouse. After that, you will learn to implement simple and complex processes.Once you’ve learned all the basics, you will build a simple datamart that will serve to reinforce all the concepts learned through the book.Explore, transform, validate, and integrate your data with easeGet started with Pentaho Data Integration from scratch.Enrich your data transformation operations by embedding Java and j#097;vascript code in PDI transformations.Create a simple but complete Datamart Project that will cover all key features of PDI.Part of Packt’s Beginner’s Guide series: Each task gradually develops from the previous task with an organized sequence of instructions accompanied with relevant explanation and a set of challenging tasks that the reader will be able to accomplish.What you will learn from this bookInstall Penataho Data Integration and get familiar with the graphical designer–SpoonWork with files to get data from simple input sources, preview, and send it back in any of the common output formatsPerform basic transformation operations on data such as performing calculations, adding constants, counting, filtering, ordering, and searching dataSolve real-world problems by manipulating the flow of data by combining or splitting itSolve sophisticated problems such as normalizing data from pivoted tables with easeExplore the various PDI options to validate data and to handle errorsConnect to a database engine of your choice to get and store information coming from any sourcePerform advanced operations with databases such as loading data warehouses dimensionsCreate advanced processes such as nesting jobs, iterating on jobs and transformations, and creating subtransformationsImplement business processes by scheduling tasks, checking conditions, organizing files and folders, sending emails with alerts, and treating errors in a way that meets your requirements