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Learning Pentaho CTools

You're reading from   Learning Pentaho CTools Acquire finesse with CTools features and build rich and custom analytics solutions using Pentaho

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785283420
Length 388 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Miguel Gaspar Miguel Gaspar
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Preface 1. Getting Started with CTools FREE CHAPTER 2. Acquiring Data with CDA 3. Building the Dashboard Using CDF 4. Leverage the Process with CDE 5. Applying Filters to the Dashboard 6. Tables, Templates, Exports, and Text Components 7. Advanced Concepts Using CDF and CDE 8. Visualizations Using CCC 9. Pentaho App Builder 10. Embed, Deploy, and Debug Index

Chapter 6. Tables, Templates, Exports, and Text Components

So, I have told you that we needed to split the last chapter into two. The first one contained components usually used to filter data on the dashboard, and now it's time to present the most important and flexible components to represent data on the dashboard. This is one of the most detailed chapters where you get all the details I could think of.

One important part of building a dashboard is to find the best way to represent data on the dashboard. We should not only focus on showing a table, a chart, or any other component, but also on how to represent the data using that same component. Besides learning how to use some valuable components, you will get a full understanding of the capabilities of those components. I usually see people using few of these capabilities; of components, I believe this is because they don't really know the capabilities and how to apply small changes that can have a huge impact. While...

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