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Pentaho Training Certification Exam Study Guide 2013 Edition

Pentaho Solution Consultant Certification Exam

Overview

The Pentaho Solution Consultant certification examination coordinates with Pentaho's professional training offerings. The examination is delivered in an un-proctored, online format. Despite the un-proctored format, you are not allowed to use external resources when taking the exam (including books, course materials, Google searches, colleagues, and so on). The Pentaho Solution Consultant examination is 90 minutes long and consists of 75 questions chosen (at random) from a series of question pools. To pass the exam, you must achieve a score of 80% (or higher). The Pentaho Solution Consultant exam is designed to validate the knowledge and skills required to deliver rapid, high-value implementations of the Pentaho business intelligence platform. The exam is intended for experienced Business Intelligence Consultants, Business Intelligence Solution Developers, Technical Business Analysts, Content Creators, and Pentaho Partners.

Topical overview

The Pentaho Solution Consultant exam covers the following topics: Installing and configuring the Pentaho business intelligence platform Using xactions Implementing security Using Pentaho Data Integration to create jobs and transformations Implementing OLAP cubes using Pentaho Schema Workbench Creating reports using Pentaho Report Designer Using the Pentaho User Console tools to generate content: Pentaho Analysis, Pentaho Interactive Reporting, Pentaho Dashboard Designer

Recommended training

Pentaho offers a variety of courses to assist exam takers. Before attempting the certification exam, Pentaho Training recommends the following courses: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for Business Analysts: http://www.pentaho.com/services/training/business_analytics_for_business_ analysts/ PDI2000: Pentaho Data Integration for Database Developers: http://www.pentaho.com/services/training/data_integration_for_database_d evelopers.php ADM2050: Pentaho Installation and Administration: http://www.pentaho.com/services/training/installation_and_administration/
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For some exam subjects, the following additional course may also be useful: SLN7000: Pentaho Architects Boot Camp: http://www.pentaho.com/services/training/pentaho_architects_bootcamp.ph p Information on all Pentaho training courses can be found at: http://www.pentaho.com/services/training/

Exam topics

This section lists the topics found on the Solution Consultant exam and includes resources available to assist exam takers. Sample exam questions are also included. Most exam topics are covered by the Pentaho Training curricula and the Pentaho product documentation. All documentation on the Pentaho platform can be found in the Pentaho InfoCenter at: http://infocenter.pentaho.com/help/index.jsp. Exam takers should have a general understanding of the following topics:

Topic Installation and deployment

Action sequences, Pentaho Design Studio Security model, securing objects Carte, Pan, Kitchen

Resources From the Pentaho InfoCenter: BA Server Manual Deployment Guide Business Analytics graphical installer guide Pentaho Data Integration Installation Guide From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Creating Action Sequences From Pentaho Training: SLN7000: Pentaho Architects Bootcamp From the Pentaho InfoCenter: The Pentaho Security Guide From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Data Integration Administrators Guide From Pentaho Training: PDI2000: Pentaho Data Integration for Database Developers

Sample exam question What is the default location of the Hibernate configuration files?

What is the most common use for a global action sequence?

What open source framework is used by Pentaho for authentication and authorization? Which parameters must be passed to Carte on startup?

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Topic Metadata, metadata security

Mondrian Pentaho Report Designer

Pentaho User Console

Pentaho Interactive Reporting

Pentaho Analyzer

Pentaho Dashboard Designer

Resources From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Metadata Editor User Guide From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for Business Analysts The Mondrian project documentation http://mondrian.pentaho.com From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Report Designer User Guide From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for Business Analysts From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho User Console Guide From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for Business Analysts From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho User Console Guide From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for Business Analysts From the Pentaho InfoCenter: The Pentaho Analysis Guide From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for Business Analysts From the Pentaho InfoCenter: The Pentaho User Console Guide From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for Business Analysts

Sample exam question To load a metadata domain file, what files must exist in the same parent directory in the solution repository? What file controls Mondrian logging? A traffic light can be added to a data element in a report by using a ________?

When you create a model in Pentaho Data Access, what types of models does it create? True or False: Aggregate functions in Interactive Reporting require groups.

True or False: You cannot drill on a chart object in Pentaho Analyzer.

In what file would you find the templates used in Pentaho Dashboard Designer?

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Topic Community Dashboard Framework (CDF)

Resources The Community Dashboard Framework documentation: http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/COM/Co mmunity+Dashboard+Framework

Sample exam question True or False: A FolderTree is a core CDF component.

Note: Though the exam tests knowledge of the Pentaho suite of products, exam takers may find the Pentaho Community wiki helpful as well: http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/COM/Community+Wiki+Home. The Community Edition wiki contains resources on a number of exam topics including: Creating business intelligence solutions Security Data integration (Kettle) Metadata Reporting

Recommended reading

The following publications may also be useful in preparing for the certification exam: Pentaho Solutions: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing with Pentaho and MySQL by Roland Bouman and Jos van Dongen Pentaho Kettle Solutions: Building Open Source ETL Solutions with Pentaho Data Integration by Matt Casters, Roland Bouman, and Jos van Dongen Pentaho Reporting 3.5 for Java Developers by Will Gorman Pentaho Data Integration 4 Cookbook by Mara Carina Roldn and Adrian Sergio Pulvirenti

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Pentaho Data Integration Certification Exam

Overview

The Pentaho Data Integration exam is an un-proctored, 60 minute online examination consisting of 50 questions derived from a larger question pool. A score of 80% is required to pass the exam. Despite the un-proctored format, you are not allowed to use external resources when taking the exam (including books, course materials, Google searches, colleagues, and so on). Before taking the exam, it is recommended that students have a minimum of six months experience using Pentaho Data Integration. Several exam questions are designed to test practical knowledge gained from deploying Pentaho Data Integration in the field. The Pentaho Data Integration certification exam is designed to validate the knowledge and skills required to deliver rapid, high-value implementations of Pentaho Data Integration (including Big Data implementations). The exam is intended for experienced Business Intelligence Consultants, Business Intelligence Application Developers, Database Administrators, Business Intelligence Solution Architects, Technical Business Analysts, and Pentaho Partners.

Topical overview

The Pentaho Data Integration exam covers the following topics: Installing and configuring Pentaho Data Integration Configuring transformation steps and job entries Performing extract, transform, load (ETL) operations in PDI Maintaining job/transformation portability Using Kitchen and Pan Clustering and partitioning Logging Big Data

Recommended training

Pentaho offers a variety of courses to assist exam takers. Before attempting the certification exam, Pentaho recommends taking the following course: PDI2000: Pentaho Data Integration for Database Developers: http://www.pentaho.com/services/training/data_integration_for_database_d evelopers.php
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For some exam subjects, the following additional courses may also be useful: SLN7000: Pentaho Architects Bootcamp: http://www.pentaho.com/services/training/pentaho_architects_bootcamp.ph p SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for Business Analysts: http://www.pentaho.com/services/training/business_analytics_for_business_ analysts/ Information on all Pentaho training courses can be found at: http://www.pentaho.com/services/training/

Exam topics

This section lists the topics found on the certification exam and resources available to assist exam takers. Sample exam questions are also included. Most exam topics are covered by the Pentaho Training curricula and the Pentaho product documentation. All documentation on the Pentaho platform can be found in the Pentaho InfoCenter at: http://infocenter.pentaho.com/help/index.jsp. Though the exam tests knowledge of the Pentaho suite of products, exam takers may find the Pentaho Community Wiki helpful as well: http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/COM/Community+Wiki+Home Exam takers should have a general understanding of the following topics:

Topic Installation and deployment Steps

Resources From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Data Integration Installation Guide From the Pentaho Wiki: http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/P entaho+Data+Integration+Steps From Pentaho Training: PDI2000: Pentaho Data Integration for Database Developers

Sample exam question What is the default location of the Hibernate configuration files? True or False: The Modified Java Script Value step supports calling Java methods.

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Topic Job entries

Carte, Pan, Kitchen

Logging

Resources From the Pentaho Wiki: http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/P entaho+Data+Integration+Job+Entries From Pentaho Training: PDI2000: Pentaho Data Integration for Database Developers From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Data Integration Administrators Guide From Pentaho Training: PDI2000: Pentaho Data Integration for Database Developers From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Data Integration Administrators Guide From Pentaho Training: PDI2000: Pentaho Data Integration for Database Developers

Sample exam question What is true about job entries launched in parallel?

Which parameters must be passed to Carte on startup?

The easiest way to enable job logging in database tables in PDI is by_________.

Recommended reading

The following publications may also be useful in preparing for the certification exam: Pentaho Kettle Solutions: Building Open Source ETL Solutions with Pentaho Data Integration by Matt Casters, Roland Bouman, and Jos van Dongen Pentaho Data Integration 4 Cookbook by Mara Carina Roldn and Adrian Sergio Pulvirenti Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration: Beginner's Guide by Mara Carina Roldn

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