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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 nested parameters


We will create two new parameters. The first one will ask the user to select the year in which a film was rented, and the second one will ask the user to select the corresponding month.

Later on, we are going to nest these two parameters. The months in the second parameter will be shown according to the year selected in the first parameter. This way, the second parameter will only offer selection of those months in which there is relevant information present.

  1. Finally, we will modify our main data set to take into account the values present in these two new parameters. We will create a parameter so that the final user can select the year in which films were rented, to be shown in the report. We will head to the Data tab, select Parameters, right-click on it, and select the Add Parameter... option.

  2. On the left-hand side (Datasource), we will press the button to create the data set belonging to this new parameter. At this stage we will select, on...
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