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Study Guide for

Certification Exams
Pentaho Solution Consultant Certification Exam and
Pentaho Data Integration Certification Exam

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Pentaho Solution Consultant Certification Exam Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Topical Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Recommended Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Exam Topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Recommended Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Pentaho Data Integration Exam Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Topical Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Recommended Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Exam Topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Recommended Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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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 > B

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 gener-
ate content: Pentaho Analysis, Pentaho Interactive
Reporting, Pentaho Dashboard Designer
RECOMMENDED TR AINING
Pentaho offers a variety of courses to assist exam
takers. Before attempting the certification exam,
Pentaho Training recommends the following courses:
> B
 A1000 - Business Analytics User Console:
https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-
training/business-analytics-user-console-ba1000
 A2000 - Business Analytics Report
Designer: https://training.pentaho.com/
instructor-led-training/business-analytics-report-
designer-ba2000
> B
 A3000 - Business Analytics Data Modeling:
https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-
training/business-analytics-data-modeling-ba3000
> D
 I1000 - Pentaho Data Integration: https://
training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-training/
pentaho-data-integration-di1000
> A
 D1000 - Pentaho Installation and
Administration: https://training.pentaho.
com/instructor-led-training/installation-and-
administration-for-version-50-ad1000
For some exam subjects, the following additional
course may also be useful:
> S
 LN7000 - Integrating and Extending Pentaho:
http://www.pentaho.com/services/training/
pentaho_architects_bootcamp.php

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EX AM 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:

> h
 ttp://infocenter.pentaho.com/help/index.jsp.

TOPIC RESOURCES SAMPLE EX AM QUESTION

Installation and Deployment > F

 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: What is the default location
•B  A Server Manual Deployment of the Hibernate configura-
Guide tion files?
•B  usiness Analytics Graphical
Installer Guide
• P entaho Data Integration
Installation Guide

Action sequences, > F

 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: What is the most
Pentaho Design Studio •C reating Action Sequences common use for a global
action sequence?
> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
• S LN7000 Integrating and
Extending Pentaho

Security Model, Securing Objects > F

 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: What open source frame-
• T he Pentaho Security Guide work is used by Pentaho
for authentication and
authorization?

Carte, Pan, Kitchen > F

 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: Which parameters must be
• P entaho Data Integration passed to Carte on startup?
Administrator’s Guide
> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
•D I1000 Pentaho Data Integration

Metadata, Metadata Security > F

 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: To load a metadata domain
• P entaho Metadata Editor file, what files must exist in
User Guide the same parent directory in
the solution repository?
> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
•B A3000 Business Analytics
Data Modeling

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TOPIC RESOURCES SAMPLE EX AM QUESTION

> T
 he Mondrian project What file controls
Mondrian
documentation: Mondrian logging?
• h ttp://mondrian.pentaho.com
> F
 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: A traffic light can be added to
Pentaho Report Designer
• P entaho Report Designer User a data element in a report by
Guide using a ________?

> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
• BA2000: Business Analytics
Report Designer

Pentaho User Console > F

 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: When you create a model
• P entaho User Console Guide in Pentaho Data Access,
what types of models does
> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
it create?
•B A1000 Business Analytics
User Console

Pentaho Interactive Reporting > F

 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: True or False: Aggregate
• P entaho User Console Guide functions in Interactive
Reporting require groups.
> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
•B A1000 Business Analytics
User Console

Pentaho Analyzer > F

 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: True or False: You cannot drill
• T he Pentaho Analysis Guide on a chart object in Pentaho
Analyzer.
> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
•B A1000 Business Analytics
User Console

Pentaho Dashboard Designer > F

 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: True or False: Aggregate
• P entaho User Console Guide functions in Interactive
Reporting require groups.
> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
•B A1000 Business Analytics
User Console

Pentaho Analyzer > F

 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: In what file would you find
• T he Pentaho User Console Guide the templates used in Pen-
taho Dashboard Designer?
> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
•B A1000 Business Analytics
User Console

Community Dashboard > T

 he Community Dashboard True or False: A FolderTree is
Framework (CDF) Framework documentation: a core CDF component.
• h ttp://wiki.pentaho.com/display/
COM/Community+Dashboard+
Framework

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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:
> P entaho 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 María
Carina Roldán and Adrian Sergio Pulvirenti

Overview
The Pentaho Data Integration exam is an un-proctored, 60 minute online examina-
tion 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
>  aintaining job/transformation portability
M
The Pentaho Data Integration exam covers the
> Using Kitchen and Pan
following topics:
> Clustering and partitioning
> Logging
> Installing and configuring Pentaho Data Integration
> Big Data
> Configuring transformation steps and job entries
> Performing extract, transform, load (ETL)
operations in PDI

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RECOMMENDED TR AINING
Pentaho offers a variety of courses to assist exam
takers. Before attempting the certification exam,
Pentaho recommends taking the following course:
> D
 I1000 - Pentaho Data Integration: https://
training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-training/
pentaho-data-integration-di1000
> B
 A3000 - Business Analytics Data Modeling:
https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-
training/business-analytics-data-modeling-ba3000
EX AM TOPICS
This section lists the topics found on the certification
exam and resources available to assist exam takers.
Sample exam questions are also included.

For some exam subjects, the following additional
courses may also be useful:
> S
 LN7000 - Integrating and Extending Pentaho:
https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-
training/integrating-and-extending-pentaho-
sln7000
> B
 A1000 - Business Analytics User Console:
https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-
training/business-analytics-user-console-ba1000
> B
 A2000 - Business Analytics Report
Designer: https://training.pentaho.com/
instructor-led-training/business-analytics-report-
designer-ba2000
Most exam topics are covered by the Pentaho
Training curricula and the Pentaho product documen-
tation. 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:
> h
 ttp://wiki.pentaho.com/display/COM/
Community+Wiki+Home
Exam takers should have a general understanding of
the following topics:

TOPIC RESOURCES SAMPLE EX AM QUESTION

> F
 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter:
Installation and Deployment
• P entaho Data Integration
Installation Guide
What is the default location
of the Hibernate configura-
tion files?

> F
 rom the Pentaho Wiki: True or False: The Modified
Steps
• h ttp://wiki.pentaho.com/display/ Java Script Value step sup-
EAIPentaho+Data+Integration ports calling Java methods.
+Steps
> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
•D I1000 Pentaho Data Integration

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TOPIC RESOURCES SAMPLE EX AM QUESTION

> F
 rom the Pentaho Wiki: What is true about job
Job Entries
• h ttp://wiki.pentaho.com/display/ entries launched in parallel?
EAI/Pentaho+Data+Integration
+Job+Entries
> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
•D I1000 Pentaho Data Integration
Carte, Pan, Kitchen > F
 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: Which parameters must be
• P entaho Data Integration passed to Carte on startup?
Administrator’s Guide
> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
•D I1000 Pentaho Data Integration
Logging > F
 rom the Pentaho InfoCenter: The easiest way to enable job
• P entaho Data Integration logging in database tables in
Administrator’s Guide PDI is by_________.

> F
 rom Pentaho Training:
•D I1000 Pentaho Data Integration

RECOMMENDED READING Information on all Pentaho

The following publications may also be useful in training courses can be found at
preparing for the certification exam: www.pentaho.com/services/training/

> P
 entaho 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 María
Carina Roldán and Adrian Sergio Pulvirenti
> Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration: Beginner’s Guide
by María Carina Roldán

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