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Pentaho 5.0 Reporting by Example: Beginner's Guide

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Product type Book
Published in Aug 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782162247
Pages 342 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Mariano, GARCIA MATTIO Mariano, GARCIA MATTIO

Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Pentaho 5.0 Reporting by Example
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. What is Pentaho Report Designer? 2. Installation and Configuration 3. Start PRD and the User Interface (UI) Layout 4. Instant Gratification – Creating Your First Report with PRD 5. Adding a Relational Data Source 6. Adding Groups 7. Adding Parameters 8. Using Formulas in Our Reports 9. Adding Charts 10. Adding Subreports 11. Publishing and Running Reports in Pentaho BA Server 12. Making a Difference – Reports with Hyperlinks and Sparklines 13. Environment Variables, Stylesheets, and Crosstabs 14. PRD Reports Embedded in Web Applications Sakila DB Data Dictionary Pop Quiz Answers Index

Summary


We created a report from scratch and created and configured its data set. We created and established the default value for a Parameter, SelectCountry.

We talked about Subreports, defined what they are, what they let us do, and what new possibilities they bring. We also talked about their behavior and general use. We explained the relationship that exists between the main Report and the different Subreports and how they can communicate. We explained step-by-step how to create and configure our own Subreports.

We added two Subreports to our report, one at a time, and made each of them inline type Subreports. Then we defined the Parameters that the Subreport should import from the main Report.

Next, we created the data sets for the Subreports and configured them to be filtered by the values imported from the main Report.

We also designed the content of both Subreports. In the first, we added and configured a charts, and in the second we created a table.

Finally, to practice what we had seen...

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