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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
Profile icon 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 – configuring the Report Header and Details Header sections


In the ensuing steps, we will configure the Report Header and Details Header sections so that it looks as follows:

  1. In the Report Header section, we will add a label with the header text.

  2. To do this, we must drag-and-drop the insertable object Label (); this means that we need to drag it and release it in the work area that belongs to the Report Header section. Next, we will configure this label so it includes the text First Report: Hello World in bold face, centered, and large font size.
  3. To do so, we will select the label we just added in the work area and configure its Attributes and Style properties.

  4. In the Attributes tab, as the value of the characteristic value, we enter First Report: Hello World.

  5. In the Style tab, as the value of the bold characteristic, we enter true.

  6. In the Style tab, as the value of the font-size characteristic, we enter 20.

  7. In the Style tab, as the value of the h-align characteristic, we enter...

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