Re: BI tools and postgresql

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Mark Phillips
<mark(dot)phillips(at)mophilly(dot)com> wrote:
> I am seeking suggestions for business intelligence and data mining tools compatible with postgresql. A new manager at a client's shop is leaning toward the MS offerings. I would like to be able to speak to the issue.
>

I'm in the same boat, and while it's not really my job, I'm looking
for two things:

1) a tool for power users to be able to get their own data. There are
a few folks here who are smart enough to be trusted with direct access
to the database, but I don't want to ask them to learn SQL. Something
like an open source version of the old Business Objects drag-n-drop
interface would be great.

2) I could also use a more traditional reporting tool to replace (or
augment) Crystal Reports. Heck, I'd take an open-source version of
SQR if I could get it.

I've looked at Pentaho and Jasper, but I have not had much success.
(Can't remember exactly the issue right now, but I recall that they
seemed to be huge products and I could never quite figure out how to
do something simple with them.)

I'd be interested in other suggestions from the community, or if
people have some pointers to good newbie guides for Pentaho/Jasper,

-Chris

P.S. If the open source tools are written in Python, so much the better :)

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