Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to incorporate many chart types in your reports in many different ways. You learned how to configure a chart's dataset as well as how to customize how each chart type looks in a report. You learned how to populate a category series dataset, a pie dataset, an XY (and XYZ) series dataset, a time series dataset, and a thermometer dataset. You saw in detail all the dozens of properties of 17 different chart types. You also learned how to include static and dynamic images, as well as sparkline charts, in your reports.

Now that you have read this chapter, you should feel comfortable with all the ways Pentaho Report Designer offers to render a chart (and graphics in general). This is an advanced task in developing complex Pentaho reports and makes you an expert in dealing with practical use cases.

In the next chapter, you will learn more about parameterization, functions, variables, and formulas in a Pentaho report.