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You're reading from Pentaho 8 Reporting for Java Developers

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

Master report and report bands properties

Now that the concepts of element and property have been introduced, let's start talking about the root of a report (the Master Report element) and the first level in the tree structure, the bands. Specifically, we are going to describe the properties related to each type of element, starting from the common ones and then describing the specific ones, element per element.

Every Pentaho report you create has a Master Report element as the root of the tree hierarchy. The Master Report element is not explicitly visible in the preview or the report canvas, but it contains a set of general properties. In the following section, dedicated to the Master Report element, you will learn more about the specific properties of this root element.

When first creating a report, in your canvas and report explorer structure tree, you will see: Page Header, Report Header, Details , Report Footer, and Page Footer band. These bands, along with other bands, including Group...