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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

Time for action – modifying the report's footer


We will configure the Details Footer section for it to be repeated on every page of our report. We will configure the top border of the Details Footer section. We will modify the name of the labels on the Details Footer section to match the ones in our data set. Finally, we will modify the SumQty function to perform a sum on the sum_amount field.

  1. We will go to Report tree structure (Structure tab) and search the tree for the node by navigating to: Master Report | Group | Details Footer. We will select this node and modify it in the following way:

    • Style.repeat-header: true

    This modification will make this section present on every page.

  2. We will delete horizontal-line from the Details Footer section.

  3. We will go to Report tree structure (Structure tab), navigate to Master Report | Group | Details Body | Details Footer, and set the following:

    • Style.top-style: solid

    • Style.top-size: 4.0

    • Style.top-color : #009933

  4. At this point, we will modify the text...

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