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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

Time for action – creating a new report and creating a table based on data sets

We will create a new report, and later we will create a Table type data source and configure its columns and data types. Finally, we will populate the table with the example data.

  1. Start PRD if it is not yet running.
  2. Create a new report. Remember that there are different ways to create a new report as follows:
    • Choose the New Report option in the Welcome window
    • Click on the following icon in the shortcuts bar:
      Time for action – creating a new report and creating a table based on data sets
    • Navigate to File | New
    • Press Ctrl + N
  3. Save the report as 01_Hello_World.prpt using the following icon:
    Time for action – creating a new report and creating a table based on data sets
  4. We will define Table as a data source. The Table is a static data source; it is stored with the report's metadata and remains constant. This type of data source is often used for demonstrations, examples, testing, prototyping, and so on.
  5. In the Data tab, right-click on Data Sets and choose Table.
    Time for action – creating a new report and creating a table based on data sets
  6. We define three columns in our data sets: Zones, Products, and Quantity.
  7. To create the table, click on the...
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