Summary

In this chapter, we have seen how to create several different chart types. We have seen how we can create interactivity within a single report and how to drill down into a separate report using charts and passing through parameters. We have seen how to aggregate data within a chart to serve as a summary for the more detailed data. We have opened the dialog to edit properties of charts and seen how a few of the properties affect the look and feel of charts as well as the behavior.

In the next chapter, we are going to explore the basic of scripting in BIRT reports. Throughout this book we have been using a basic type of script called an expression. We will explore this in following chapters and expand into event handling as well.