Author Archives: Gerrit Goewey

Using XMLA in Pentaho Reporting

Anyone who has ever actually attempted it may have noticed that Pentaho Report Designer does not natively accept XMLA as a datasource.  It is still possible, and this little guide will step you through how to do this.  We used … Continue reading

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Installing and configuring phpCAS

Since CAS is capable of integrating applications made in many different languages, you may want to take the time to get everything you can authenticating through it.  Every different language needs a separate client though, which needs to be installed … Continue reading

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Pentaho SSO with CAS and LDAP: Tips and Notes

After hearing various comments and setting up some more production implementations, I figured I would share some tips beyond the straight setup here. I will reserve the other post for keeping the basic instructions and use this one for any … Continue reading

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Pentaho SSO Setup using CAS and LDAP

Hello.  Today I’m going to be discussing how to go about setting up SSO (Single Sign On) support for Pentaho using CAS (Central Authentication Service) and an LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Server.  By doing this, you can allow Pentaho … Continue reading

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