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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_developers.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.php
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 Resources Sample exam question Installation and deployment
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: BA Server Manual Deployment Guide Business Analytics graphical installer
guide Pentaho Data Integration Installation
Guide
What is the default location of the Hibernate configuration files?
Action sequences, Pentaho Design Studio
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Creating Action Sequences
From Pentaho Training: SLN7000: Pentaho Architects Bootcamp
What is the most common use for a global action sequence?
Security model, securing objects
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: The Pentaho Security Guide
What open source framework is used by Pentaho for authentication and authorization?
Carte, Pan, Kitchen
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Data Integration Administrators
Guide From Pentaho Training: PDI2000: Pentaho Data Integration for
Database Developers
Which parameters must be passed to Carte on startup?
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Topic Resources Sample exam question Metadata, metadata security
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Metadata Editor User Guide
From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for
Business Analysts
To load a metadata domain file, what files must exist in the same parent directory in the solution repository?
Mondrian The Mondrian project documentation http://mondrian.pentaho.com
What file controls Mondrian logging?
Pentaho Report Designer
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Report Designer User Guide
From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for
Business Analysts
A traffic light can be added to a data element in a report by using a ________?
Pentaho User Console
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho User Console Guide
From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for
Business Analysts
When you create a model in Pentaho Data Access, what types of models does it create?
Pentaho Interactive Reporting
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho User Console Guide
From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for
Business Analysts
True or False: Aggregate functions in Interactive Reporting require groups.
Pentaho Analyzer
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: The Pentaho Analysis Guide
From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for
Business Analysts
True or False: You cannot drill on a chart object in Pentaho Analyzer.
Pentaho Dashboard Designer
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: The Pentaho User Console Guide
From Pentaho Training: SLN4000: Pentaho Business Analytics for
Business Analysts
In what file would you find the templates used in Pentaho Dashboard Designer?
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Topic Resources Sample exam question Community Dashboard Framework (CDF)
The Community Dashboard Framework documentation: http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/COM/Co
mmunity+Dashboard+Framework
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_developers.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.php
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 Resources Sample exam question
Installation and deployment
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Data Integration Installation
Guide
What is the default location of the Hibernate configuration files?
Steps 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
True or False: The Modified Java Script Value step supports calling Java methods.
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Topic Resources Sample exam question Job entries From the Pentaho Wiki:
http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/Pentaho+Data+Integration+Job+Entries
From Pentaho Training: PDI2000: Pentaho Data Integration
for Database Developers
What is true about job entries launched in parallel?
Carte, Pan, Kitchen
From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Data Integration
Administrators Guide From Pentaho Training: PDI2000: Pentaho Data Integration
for Database Developers
Which parameters must be passed to Carte on startup?
Logging From the Pentaho InfoCenter: Pentaho Data Integration
Administrators Guide From Pentaho Training: PDI2000: Pentaho Data Integration
for Database Developers
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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