how to use the Pentaho data integration for reporting - pentaho

In my project we are using Pentaho data integration , saiku-server for reporting.
Now i am new to the business intelligence thing and i am confused which functioning will be performed by which software.
Senior coder here dont tell me so thats why i am asking here.
I am confused what are the functioning provided by these tools
Pentahoo
PAN
Kitchen
Spoon
Saiku
There are scripting which generates the these four files
cube.json sims.json schema.json path.json
now i don't know which software will be using that json files pentahoo , saiku spoon or what.
can anyone give me some idea

Pentaho data integration is one of open source tool provided by pentaho suit.
Spoon is used to create transformation using GUI interface.
if you simply want to run the transformations and jobs then use kitchen or spoon. (mainly used for running this things using command line)
saiku is a 1 of server, pentaho itself has a server (pentaho bi server) and in this you can add saiku pluggin for displaying cubes which are designed in pentaho schema workbench.
for more understanding google the terms which i mansion in the answer.

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What is exactly the problem in my case ?
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You will not be able to achieve simply using transformation.
You can create one job and there call your transformation, and you will be able to do batch process/scheduling in spoon.
Note : I am talking about community edition.

How to use web service as data source on Pentaho

I am trying to use a web service as a data source in the Pentaho report designer.
Can you please guide me on this.
If you don't have Pentaho Data Integration, you can do it the hard way with Groovy scripting, I have an example here (although it uses a Java client not a Web client):
http://funpdi.blogspot.com/2014/09/groovy-datasources-with-pentaho-report.html
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I'm using Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) version 5.2 on Mac OSX
I would like to create transaction for the 3 transformation in my job.
I follow this manual https://help.pentaho.com/Documentation/5.2/0L0/0Y0/0H0
But there is no Transaction or Miscellaneous Tab in the Job Setting (but it does has in Transformation setting)
Do you guys have any idea how to bring it?
Best Regards,
Based on http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/.10+Job+Settings, that feature is only in Enterprise Edition. You should check your Pentaho version.

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once i create the data source for reporting and analyse purpose(OLAP cube) it's working fine using at that time Data but i need to know how to process it according to time period(need to change the cube data after mid night).
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Download Pentaho Data Integration from here.
Go step by step when you created data source and write it down.
Then make Job (or Transformation if it's simple) and make a scheduler.
Here you will find info about PDI.
Good luck!