Developing bespoke/advanced dashboards in Pentaho isn't a job for end users. This recipe guides you on how to upload a ZIP file that contains some layouts of dashboards and data sources, so we don't develop dashboards from scratch. This ZIP file, called Pentaho MongoDB Cookbook.zip, is available for download along with this book.
You can find more details on the Internet about how to build bespoke dashboards in Pentaho, if you are interesting in learning about them in more detail.
Make sure that your Pentaho BI Server is running and you have logged in to the Pentaho user console.
Proceed with the following steps:
- In the Pentaho user console, click on Browse Files. Then click on the Public folder. In the panel to the right, click on the Upload button.
- Next, click on Browse.
- In your filesystem, navigate to the location of the Pentaho MongoDB Cookbook.zip file.
- Click on OK.
This recipe guided you through importing a ZIP file that contains a folder with sample resources, which will help you in the upcoming recipes on developing dashboards.
The Pentaho BI Server from version 5.x onward doesn't use the filesystem anymore as a content repository for end users. From this version onward, Pentaho has an implementation of a content repository for Java, providing features of multi-tenancy and content recovery.