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At this point, you have either installed the standalone Design Studio or installed the Design Studio plug-in into Eclipse. If you haven't already done so, you should also install and run the Pentaho BI Server and test the samples in samples/getting-started to insure your BI Server is functional. Also try one or two reports in samples/steel-wheels/reports within your environment and with your browser. For more information about installing and configuring the Pentaho BI Server refer to Getting Started with the BI Platform Getting Started with the BI Platform
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