Book description
A complete guide to Pentaho Kettle, the Pentaho Data lntegration
toolset for ETL
This practical book is a complete guide to installing, configuring,
and managing Pentaho Kettle. If you're a database administrator or
developer, you'll first get up to speed on Kettle basics and how to
apply Kettle to create ETL solutions-before progressing to specialized
concepts such as clustering, extensibility, and data vault models.
Learn how to design and build every phase of an ETL solution.
- Shows developers and database administrators how to use the
open-source Pentaho Kettle for enterprise-level ETL processes
(Extracting, Transforming, and Loading data)
- Assumes no prior knowledge of Kettle or ETL, and brings
beginners thoroughly up to speed at their own pace
- Explains how to get Kettle solutions up and running, then
follows the 34 ETL subsystems model, as created by the Kimball
Group, to explore the entire ETL lifecycle, including all aspects
of data warehousing with Kettle
- Goes beyond routine tasks to explore how to extend Kettle and
scale Kettle solutions using a distributed “cloud”
Get the most out of Pentaho Kettle and your data warehousing with
this detailed guide-from simple single table data migration to complex
multisystem clustered data integration tasks.
Matt Casters is Founder of Kettle and works as Chief Data Integration
at Pentaho, where he leads Kettle software development. Roland Bouman
is an application developer focusing on open source web technology,
databases, and business intelligence. Jos van Dongen is an independent
business intelligence consultant and well-known author, analyst, and
presenter.
