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Pentaho 5.0 Reporting by Example: Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   Pentaho 5.0 Reporting by Example: Beginner's Guide Learn to use the power of Pentaho for Business Intelligence reporting in a series of simple, logical stages. From installation in Windows or Linux right through to publishing your own Java web application, it's all here.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782162247
Length 342 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mariano, GARCIA MATTIO Mariano, GARCIA MATTIO
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. What is Pentaho Report Designer? FREE CHAPTER 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 A. Sakila DB Data Dictionary B. Pop Quiz Answers Index

Creating and configuring Subreports


To add a Subreport to our report, we just drag the Sub-report object () and drop it in any section of the work area.

When we do this, PRD will ask us if we want our report to be Banded or Inline as shown in the following screenshot:

The following options refer to the position and anchoring of the Sub-report:

  • If we choose the option Banded, the Sub-report will be as wide as our report, and we will not be able to modify its width but only its height. Its position will depend on the objects present in the section where we have placed the Sub-report. It will be placed at the end of all the section's objects, and we will not be able to modify its position.

  • If we choose the option Inline, the position and size of the Sub-report will be totally configurable but is more resource intensive.

After choosing one of these options, PRD will ask us if we want the new Subreport to use one of the data sets in the main report. Next, a new tab will open where we can begin to...

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