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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 web client

We will create a web client using a JSP in order to give the user a friendly interface that allows for the selection of Parameters in our report. We will configure this JSP so that it contains the necessary code to achieve our goal. We will then open a web browser to see what the final presentation of our application looks like.

  1. To finish the application, we will create a web client that will allow the final user to interact with the service we created in a friendly and visual way. Our client will be implemented using a JSP, given that this is the component that is better suited to create user views.
  2. We will now create a JSP. We will then head to the Project Explorer panel and select the node named prd5Ch14; then we will go to WebContent, right-click on it, and then go to New | Other....
  3. In the following window, we will select the item labeled JSP File, which is found in the Web category, and click on Next >.
  4. We will configure its File Name...
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