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Published inAug 2013
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ISBN-139781782162247
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In this chapter, we created our first report by following a series of steps that we listed and explained in detail.

We created a Table type data set and configured its data manually. We defined three columns: Zones, Products, and Quantity. We specified the type of data that each would contain (String, Integer, and so on). Then we populated the table with the example data.

We configured the Report Header and Details Header report sections, adding labels and a horizontal line. Also, we configured the characteristics of these insertable objects.

In the Details section, we added the fields from the table we created initially.

We created and added various functions to the report. We created and added RowBanding to alternately color the data in the Details section, and in the Details Footer section, we added Count (Running) and Sum (Running) to count and sum up respectively.

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Pentaho 5.0 Reporting by Example: Beginner's Guide
Published in: Aug 2013Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781782162247