A few months ago I first mentioned that you can create Mondrian schemas with Power*Architect. Finally I get the time to create a step by step guide for a small Mondrian schema. This post covers the preparation of Power*Architect to create a new schema, the coming blog post will cover the schema creation and testing.
What you need to get started:
- Nightly build from Power*Architect
- A database, e.g. MySQL or PostgreSQL with the data you want to analyze. In this example I'll use the Pentaho sample data which is included in the Pentaho BI Server 3.x
- Wabit 0.97 (includes Mondrian built in)
or a running Mondrian instance and a Mondrian client of your choice
Step 1 - Setting up the database connection
- Start Power*Architect
- Open the Connections menu and start the Database Connection Manager.
- Click on New.
- Add the database connection details. For the Pentaho sample data enter the data as shown in the screenshot (Click on it for a larger screenshot). Make sure you enter the right folder name.
- Test the connection and click on Ok.
- Close the Database Connection Manager.
- Open the Connections menu -> Add source connection and select the created connection
Step 2 - Visualize the data model (Optional)
If you don't know the data model, I recommend using Power*Architect to visualize it. This step is not needed for the creation of Mondrian schemas.
- Unfold the database connection and drag&drop the needed tables to the right hand PlayPen. In my example I use the tables orders, customers, dim_time and orderfact.
- Add the relationships between the tables: Click on
(Non identifying relationship), on the key in the dimension table and then on the related column in the fact table. - Add the end the model should look similar to the following screenshot.
- You can find more details on how to use Power*Architect in the help and manual.
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