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You're reading from Pentaho 8 Reporting for Java Developers

Product type Book

Published in Sep 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788298995

Pages 470 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Concepts

Data Processing

Authors (2):

Jasmine Kaur

Francesco Corti

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Customer Feedback

Dedication

Preface

1. Introduction to Pentaho Reporting

2. Getting Started with Report Designer

3. Getting Started with Reporting SDK

4. Creating a Report with Report Designer

5. Design and Layout in Report Designer

6. Configuring JDBC and Other Data Sources

7. Including Graphics and Charts in Reports

8. Parameterization, Functions, Variables, and Formulas

9. Internationalization and Localization

10. Subreports and Cross Tabs

11. The PRPT Format and the Java API to Build It

12. Developing Using Data Sources

13. Internationalization, Subreports, and Cross Tabs Using Java

14. Building Interactive Reports

15. Using Reports in Pentaho Business Analytics Platform

16. Using Reports in Pentaho Data Integration

17. Pentaho Reporting Nightly Build and Support

Previewing Pentaho reports in different formats

Now that you have two brand new reports (report_01.prpt and report_02.prpt) developed starting from a blank page, let's see how to preview report_02.prpt in different formats. As you learnt in the introduction, Pentaho Reporting Engine is able to generate reports in several formats, independently from the development.

To preview a report choosing the format, click on the green arrow icon (

) visible in the toolbar. Once clicked, you will see a short menu appear with a list of possible formats. The following screenshot shows what the menu looks:

Choosing the Print Preview item is like choosing the default format; the default format is generated and downloaded locally. If you select the PDF format, you will see that the report is entirely generated and downloaded locally. If your client environment has a reader (or software) associated with the format, you will see that it will be opened and previewed. On other hand, if the format of your report...