Time for action – publishing reports in Pentaho BA Server

Using PRD, we will open a report we created in earlier chapters and then publish it in Pentaho BA Server. We will configure the connection data required by Pentaho BA Server and then configure the data related to the publication. Finally, we will use PUC to run the report we have published.

1. We start PRD and open a report of our choice; in this case, the report we propose is the one we created in the previous chapter: 13_Adding_Subreports.prpt.

   Note

   When publishing a report, Pentaho BA Server must be running.

2. We publish this report in our Pentaho BA solutions folder (the Reporting folder).

3. We select the following option in the shortcuts bar:

   

   Note

   We can also do the preceding task by navigating to File | Publish....

4. The previous action will open a window for us to log in to Pentaho BA Server as shown in the following screenshot:

   

   Here we should complete the required information as follows:

   • URL: = http://localhost:8080/pentaho. This is the base...