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Published inAug 2013
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ISBN-139781782162247
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In this chapter, we created a copy of the report we used in the previous chapter and configured it to perform customer groupings according to the country to which they belong.

We modified the query of our data set so that we could obtain data in a way more easily suited for the group example. We then modified the layout of our report so that it applied to the one presented in this guide. During the recreation of this layout, we had to move an object downwards in the positioning hierarchy.

We configured the Attributes.group value of the Group section and created groups based on their country_id fields. We also configured the Style.pagebreak-after value of this group so that each new group begins on a different page.

We modified the Reset on Group Name value of the functions so that they perform their calculations by group.

Finally, in order to strengthen the knowledge acquired, we proposed the creation of a new report from the ground up.

In the next chapter, we will explain how to create...

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