Improving the usability of Pentaho BI

April 12, 2008 · Filed Under BI, Open Source

A common concern with open source projects, and BI open source in particular, is the usability of the software. For both end users and administrators, this can be a key factor in adoption.

For Pentaho Business Intelligence, the Mantle project is underway to put an AJAX front end onto Pentaho. The project leverages Google Web Toolkit . A brief review with some screenshots can be found here. While still very early stage, it demonstrates the WEB 2.0 direction that the Pentaho team is thinking about. It also points the way for Pentaho OEM partners who want to put a prettier face on open source business intelligence.

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