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Product type Book

Published in Sep 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788298995

Pages 470 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Concepts

Data Processing

Authors (2):

Jasmine Kaur

Francesco Corti

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Customer Feedback

Dedication

Preface

1. Introduction to Pentaho Reporting

2. Getting Started with Report Designer

3. Getting Started with Reporting SDK

4. Creating a Report with Report Designer

5. Design and Layout in Report Designer

6. Configuring JDBC and Other Data Sources

7. Including Graphics and Charts in Reports

8. Parameterization, Functions, Variables, and Formulas

9. Internationalization and Localization

10. Subreports and Cross Tabs

11. The PRPT Format and the Java API to Build It

12. Developing Using Data Sources

13. Internationalization, Subreports, and Cross Tabs Using Java

14. Building Interactive Reports

15. Using Reports in Pentaho Business Analytics Platform

16. Using Reports in Pentaho Data Integration

17. Pentaho Reporting Nightly Build and Support

Chapter 4. Creating a Report with Report Designer

In the previous two chapters, you learned the basis of Report Designer and Reporting Software Developers Kit (SDK). Reporting Engine has been treated as part of the other two tools. In this chapter, you are going to use Pentaho Report Designer again, with the goal to better understand it and start becoming a real expert. With this chapter, starts a collection of six chapters entirely dedicated to the desktop reporting tool. Starting from here, you will see all the advanced features, with the goal of being able to develop the best reports for your manager and customers.

To get started, you will first learn how to develop a Pentaho report from scratch, not using the Report Design Wizard as you did in Chapter 2, Getting started with Report Designer. The manual creation of a Pentaho report will give you the opportunity to see in action, all the features (basic and advanced) of the Pentaho Report Designer. As usual, the description will be driven...