Review of the book Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration: Beginner's Guide book Amigo Leitor,Este post a todas as pessoas que utilizam o Kettle (PDI) e precisam de um livro de apoio.Abaixo um pouco de informacao em ingles sobre a autora Maria Carina Roldan.Maria Carina was born in a small town in the Patagonia region in Argentina. She earned her Bachelor degree in Computer Science at UNLP in La Plata and then moved to Buenos Aires where she has lived since 1994 working in IT.She has been working as a BI consultant for the last 10 years. At the beginning she worked with Cognos suite. However, over the last three years, she has been dedicated, full time, to developing Pentaho BI solutions both for local and several Latin-American companies, as well as for a French automotive company in the last months.She is also an active contributor to the Pentaho community.At present, she lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with her husband Adrian and children Camila and Nicolas.Twitter: http://twitter.com/mariacroldanLinkedIn:http://ar.linkedin.com/pub/maria-carina-roldan/15/692/816Informacoes sobre o livro:Overview of Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration: Beginner's Guide Get started with Pentaho Data Integration from scratch.Enrich your data transformation operations by embedding Java and JavaScript code in PDI transformations.Create a simple but complete Datamart Project that will cover all key features of PDI.Part of Packt's Beginner's Guide series: Each task gradually develops from the previous task with an organized sequence of instructions accompanied with relevant explanation and a set of challenging tasks that the reader will be able to accomplish.Os capitulos do livro sao:Chapter 1: Getting started with Pentaho Data IntegrationChapter 2: Getting Started with TransformationsChapter 3: Basic data manipulationChapter 4: Controlling the Flow of DataChapter 5: Transforming Your Data with JavaScript Code and the JavaScript StepChapter 6: Transforming the Row SetChapter 7: Validating Data and Handling ErrorsChapter 8: Working with DatabasesChapter 9: Performing Advanced Operations with DatabasesChapter 10: Creating Basic Task FlowsChapter 11: Creating Advanced Transformations and JobsChapter 12: Developing and Implementing a Simple DatamartChapter 13: Taking it FurtherAppendix A: Working with RepositoriesAppendix B: Pan and Kitchen: Launching Transformations and Jobs from the Command LineAppendix C: Quick Reference: Steps and Job EntriesAppendix D: Spoon ShortcutsAppendix E: Introducing PDI 4 FeaturesAppendix F: Pop Quiz AnswersIndexClique aqui para saber mais sobre o livro. Nao e necessaria experiencia extraordinaria.Entao, que diabos e esse Business Intelligence? Em essencia, BI e qualquer atividade, ferramenta ou processo usado para se obter a melhor informacao necessaria para dar o suporte necessario numa tomada de decisao.Bem, agora voce deve estar cocando a cabeca e imaginando: 'Ele realmente quer dizer alguma coisa?'. E a resposta e sim. Nao interessa se voce esta usando um exercito de consultores ou um monte de computadores produzindo os seus dados, se te ajuda a lidar melhor com a situacao corrente do seu negocio e te prove apoio para o que deve ser feito no futuro, isso e BI.Para nossos propositos, o BI auxilia colocando forca computacional (software altamente especializado e algumas outras ferramentas tecnologicas) para funcionar, auxiliando para que sejam tomadas as melhores escolhas para a sua organizacao. Certo, E um pouco mais que isso, mas antes