I found a bunch of product of Pentaho, what i want is a software which can do the same thing than tableau software, should i download the Pentaho BI suite CE version ? Should I build it myself ? Any help will be appreciated !!
Pentaho BI Suite as a complete package provides you with all the products required to do data integration, reporting, dashboarding, olap cubes, etc. You will find all the necessary tools required to do a complete DWBI/Data analysis job.
Tableau as a software provides a reporting and dashboarding layer which you can use to visualize data available across various sources. You can do similar work using Pentaho also. Pentaho BI suite provides you with the below tools:
Pentaho also comes with two variants:
It depends on your requirement, which version you want to choose. It can be either CE or EE.
You can read more on the Pentaho Offerings in wiki here.
Hope this helps :)