I want to create a BIRT Report with the Report Designer. (I am new to that..)
I can insert some values from a Dataset and can display it easily.
But now, I want to have a MultiPage-Report.
I have a Datasource (XML) with four or more DataSets - and I want to have (every page has the same header and same style) one dataset per Page.
The Data Binding Expression is by now dataSetRow["xxx"] - but how can I create a four-page-Report with same headers on every page and different dataset displaying on every page? - Maybe is there a function like "nextDataset" - or a checkmark to make a multi-page report with the length of the datasets?
Thanks
A Dataset in independent from the layout.
To show the rows from a dataset, you need (except for single-row datasets) a List item or a Table item, which is bound to the Dataset.
You can use the page break properties of the layout items to control page break.
Example:
E.g. if you have 4 datasets D1, D2, D3, D4, then you'll need 4 List or Table items T1, T2, T3, T4.
Set "Page break before" to "Always" for T1, T2, T3, T4 to make sure that each table starts on a new page.
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I have a table, which is listing the name of benefits and it is only 1 column (just name of the benefit).
I'm wondering if there is any native function of BIRT Report Designer to produce rows not only vertically but also populate horizontally to 3-4 columns.
Something like below:
Benefits List
Benefit-1 Benefit-3 Benefit-5
Benefit-2 Benefit-4 Benefit-6
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Ok, I found a solution!
Under the following link there is a Eclipse Community Page Link recommendation about an additional computed column. Even though I don't have any computed column, the recommendation gave me an inspiration. Instead of creating an additional column, I used the rownum that is used generally to bind dataset parameter. For the table row, I created "visibility" condition that checks if the rownum + 1 is divided by 3. Depending on what is the result, it will be hidden or viewed:
Main Grid
It includes a grid with 2 rows and 3 columns. 1 row is merged to view the header. In each column of second row, the same table is placed with the same dataset.
Image Showing Main Structure
Select Table Row
Image Indicating Row Selection
Set the Visibility
Image Showing Details of Visibility Condition
The syntax basically means: "Do not show the row if the division result is not 1".
For the second column, you will need to compare with 2: (row.__rownum + 1) % 3 != 2 and the third column with 0: (row.__rownum + 1) % 3 != 0
Hope it'll be helpful for someone.
An more straightforward approach ist to use a List item instead of a Table item.
In the detail area of the List, create a Grid item of fixed width and height.
Put the content (e.g.) text into the grid's cells.
Important: Set the "display" property of the grid to "inline" instead of the default "block".
This way BIRT will put the grids from left to right until the line is full.
Then it will fill the next line (think of "display: inline" like adding words to a paragraph).
There is a query which brings in more than 100 records and I have mapped row number for each record. There are 2 tables designed in the BIRT layout which is mapped to the same dataset. The output of this report should be such that all the odd row numbers should appear in the LEFT and right row numbers on the RIGHT side. This works for the first few pages however after that the LEFT side remains empty and all of them come to the RIGHT side. Below is the condition used in table Filters,
LEFT Side Table
BirtMath.mod(row["srnbr"],2) Equals 1
RIGHT Side Table
BirtMath.mod(row["srnbr"],2) Equals 0
Add the style from BIRT outline for left alignment ,
add the condition in highlight for data element from properties and apply the style.enter image description here
I have created a form with two textbox items and one editable datagrid in oracle apex form. Now i want to store those two items data along with this grid's records in single database table as we can do in invoice form. My items are in form region and grid is in its sub region. How to write the insert query. I have written a query but its storing only form items data but not grid's data.
my query as follow :
insert into FOREIGN_SAMPLE (REF_NO,PARTY_NAME,PRODUCT_NAME)
values (:P22_REF_NO,:P22_PARTY_NAME,:PRODUCT_NAME);
Here, PRODUCT_NAME is field of grid view and other 2 are form items.
Here's how:
interactive grid should contain those two columns (ref_no, party_name)
as their source, use form items (:P22_REF_NO and :P22_PARTY_NAME)
once you enter values into the product_name column in the interactive grid and save changes, ref_no and party_name will be saved along with product_name
In other words: don't write your own INSERT statement.
I have a report design where I have to display each row of a table in separate pages as header and on each page I need to display separate body. In BIRT, if I set the page break property for table as always, I can see the data on separate pages but I am not able to insert other elements in between these rows. Is it possible?
You have to add multiple Detail rows. In first you'll have what you have recently, in second you can put whatever you like, just treat it as a grid.
I have a report with 24 charts, one for each hour of the day. The user can choose to show one, a couple, or all the charts, based on a drop down. The drop down is tied to a parameter that allows multiple values. See below:
The problem is that if the user chooses one or a few hours from the drop down, all the charts show, and the one(s) chosen give data while the others say "no data available".
Currently for each chart I've added the following to show data if the value was chosen in the drop down:
=Switch(Parameters!HOURINPUT.Value(0) = "0", false)
Is there a way to hide the charts that the user did not choose from the drop down?
It would look nicer to hide the chart and see only the ones chose than have a blank box that says "no data available" in them.
UPDATE:
More than one parameter.
Assuming that the only differences between the charts are the hour of the day specified, then I suggest:
Add a new dataset to the report with values 0 to 23 as selected in the entered HOURINPUT parameter - something like: with cte as (select 0 n union all select n+1 n from cte where n < 23) select n report_hour from cte where n in (#HOURINPUT)
Add a new tablix to the report, with a single detail cell only, bound to your new dataset.
Move one of the existing graphs into the new table's detail cell so that it becomes a subreport, replacing all hard-coded time references in the graph with references to the report_hour value from the new dataset.
You can then remove the other 23 graphs.
In addition to ensuring that graphs are only displayed for the times selected, this should also simplify future maintenance of the report, since any changes required to a graph will only have to be entered onto the one graph (instead of all 24).