Time for action – creating a new data set

Now we will open the previously created report and save it with a different name. This copy shall serve as the base report, which we will use throughout this chapter. Later we will create a new data set of JDBC type.

1. Open the 01_Hello_World.prpt report from the PRD UI. To do so, click on the icon from the Shortcuts menu, and search for the report 01_Hello_World.prpt; select it, and click on the OK button.

2. Now navigate to File | Save As... and save the current report with the following name: 03_Adding_Relational_DS.prpt.

3. We will now create a new data set of JDBC type. In order to do so, go to the Data Panel (inside the Panel tab), right-click on Data Sets and select the JDBC option.

4. We will be presented with a new window on the left side of which we will be able to observe the connections that have already been defined by the current user:

   

   Note

   By default, PRD brings a series of example data sets. To see these connections in detail, we can go to the...