Pentaho consulting services for the jobs your reports depend on Pentaho Data Integration and reports kept fast, current and documented
Pentaho data management services, from ETL to dashboards Pentaho work that keeps your data loads and reports running
How our Pentaho BI consulting works Five steps, from your requirements to jobs and reports you can rely on
- Week 1Gather requirementsWe list every job and report, what it feeds, and who relies on it.
- Week 2Select the toolsStay on Pentaho, upgrade it, or move parts to another tool.
- Weeks 3 to 6Integrate the dataJobs built or rebuilt, tested and put on a schedule with alerts.
- Weeks 6 to 10Shape the warehouseModels and marts designed so reports stay fast as data grows.
- LaunchOnboard and documentEvery job documented, so it isn't held in one person's head.
When to keep Pentaho, and when to move Pentaho still runs a lot of nightly loads, and many can stay
Keep and improve Pentaho when
- Its jobs work, and only a few are slow or fragile
- You value open source and want to avoid per-user licenses
- Your team knows Spoon and Kettle well
Move off Pentaho when
- Nobody left on the team can change the jobs
- You're moving to Snowflake, Databricks or Fabric anyway
- Business users need a modern dashboard tool, not Pentaho reports
Our Pentaho consulting services in detail What each service covers, and what you have when it's done
Pentaho consulting
Many companies have run Pentaho for years, with jobs written by people who have since moved on. We read every job and report, write down what each one does and what depends on it, and recommend what to keep, fix or replace.
Pentaho Data Integration and ETL
Pentaho Data Integration, also called PDI or Kettle, is an open-source ETL tool. Our Pentaho developers build jobs and transformations in Spoon that extract data from your systems, clean and join it, and load it into a warehouse on a schedule.
We add error handling, logging and alerts, so a failed load is noticed in the morning, not at month end.
- Batch and near-real-time loads
- Data quality checks inside each job
- Scheduling with Carte or your own scheduler
Pentaho implementation and deployment
We install and configure the Pentaho server, set up repositories, security and environments for development, testing and production, and move jobs between them in a controlled way.
Pentaho dashboard development and analysis services
On the Pentaho server, we build reports with Report Designer, dashboards, and analysis cubes that let people slice data by product, region and month.
When people need richer dashboards, we keep Pentaho for the loads and point Power BI or Tableau at the warehouse it fills.
Pentaho data mining and warehousing
We design the data marts and warehouses that Pentaho loads, with star schemas built for reporting, so reports stay fast as the data grows. Pentaho's data mining tools can then find patterns in that history.
Pentaho upgrade and migration
We upgrade older Pentaho versions to a current release and test every job on the way. When you'd rather move, we rebuild the jobs on Azure Data Factory, dbt, Airflow or Databricks, run old and new side by side, and switch over when the loads match.
Questions about Pentaho consulting services What buyers ask us about Pentaho
What are the benefits of Pentaho Data Integration?
It's open source, runs on most platforms, connects to most databases and files, and has a visual designer that's quick to learn. It handles scheduling, metadata and data quality checks inside the same jobs.
Do Pentaho consultants offer ad-hoc support?
Yes. We fix failing jobs, tune slow ones, help with upgrades and build new reports as and when you need it, as well as on a monthly support contract.
Can I hire Pentaho experts to extend my data team?
Yes. Our Pentaho developers and data engineers can join your team for a project or for as long as you need them, with clear roles agreed at the start.
How much do Pentaho consulting services cost?
It depends on the number of jobs and reports, the data volume, and whether you need ongoing support. A short review of your jobs gives us enough to quote.
How long does it take for a Pentaho dashboard to go live?
From a couple of days for a simple dashboard on clean data, to a few weeks when the data needs integrating or modeling first.
Bring the Pentaho job that keeps failing
We'll find out why, and tell you whether to fix it or rebuild it.