I created a dataset that contains more than 10 fields. But the page can only hold, say 8 fields (after exporting to PDF). Is there a way to "move" those remaining 2 fields to the next row? So each record will have two rows of headers and two rows of data.
thank you
You can add an extra row to the header by simply right-clicking one of the header textboxes, and then insert row below or above as required.
Then in your detail row, do the same thing, and then on the additional row you just added, set the textboxes to the remaining fields.
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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).
I have a report in SSRS that uses a matrix with static columns.
Here are the static columns:
After generating the report, the rows with same values end up being grouped together:
Is there any way to get rid of these groups? I'd rather the values be repeated for each row, so it looks more like an excel sheet.
Here is a better picture of my report design plus the row and column groups. These groups were created when I added them to the matrix and are not needed as far as what I can tell for my report:
As you are not doing any calcuations on hte row gorups, there is no need for them.
Delete all but one of the row groups by right-clicking the rowgroup in the Row Groups pane at the bottom of the screen and choosing Delete Group. If prompted, choose Delete Group Only, otherwise it will delete the associated columns too.
When you noly have one group left, right-click it and choose Group Properties and delete the group expression, this will change it to be a details style group.
Make sure the Hide Duplicate expression is back to default (blank or None) in case you changed it earlier.
That should work. I replicated a similar scenario to your and the above step did the trick.
You will probably also need to go back to your group properties and set the sorting options to ensure data is sorted correctly.
I am fairly new to BIRT reports.
In the BIRT reports designer I have added a 2nd row to my table which is binded to a data set. In this 2nd row I want 1 column from my data set to take up the whole row.
So what I did was to add the second row and merge all the columns in that row to form one column. I then added a text field with Dynamic HTML Text.
<VALUE-OF>row["ITEMDESCRIPTION"]</VALUE-OF>
The problem I have is that the data is not taking the whole row. It is being wrapped into only a small section of the row. I must be missing something. Can someone help me with this pls.
I'm attaching both the way the end report looks like and also the screenshot of the set up in the designer.
End Result
Designer (you can see all the rows merged in the second row of the table and in the properties i can see a colspan of 10 for that single column)
thanks
I've found out that the asnwer to this question is to make the field element inline style rather than block and also to check the No Wrapping check box for this field int he designer.
I'm in great need of help. I've a form which asks basic questions and puts the results into rows of an existing spreadsheet.
Specific data from those responses are "promoted" to 2nd, 3rd and 4th tabs based on IF formulas on tabs 2+ checking the value of a pull down selection on in the corresponding row on each previous tab. (Waterfall)
My challenge is - forms data is inserted into a new row (Does not use existing) and if I set the pulldown value to "Approved" on the first tab, the formulas on the second tab which were contiguous now skip the row where the form data was automatically entered.
I suspect I need to learn how to properly use ArrayFormula, etc, but have not managed to fix this looking at existing examples combined with my IF statements.
Help is appreciated. Sample is here. Safe to ignore the first and last tabs.
Thank you.
You can try using an open-ended range with ArrayFormula. For example, the formula on "2-Pipeline" in cell D3 could be:
=arrayformula(IF('1-IdeasReceived'!U2:U="Approved",'1-IdeasReceived'!L2:L, ))
The ranges U2:U and L2:L should pick up all rows in those columns, even after you've had forms submitted.
Since this is an ArrayFormula over column ranges, you only need it in cell D3; it will inject CONTINUE formulas down the rest of the column.
Warning: Your spreadsheet is combining dynamic row content (e.g. pulled from another sheet) with static content (e.g. "Environment, Health & Safety" column on "2-Pipeline" sheet). This is bound to result in misalignment if rows are added or deleted in the middle of the source data.
Does anyone know how to set a height and width on a subreport so that it forces the subreport to wrap into several columns?
The delimma: I have to show a legend in a limited amount of space in a page header above a tabular report, and I'd like to limit the height of the legend so that it wraps into multiple columns, as needed. For example, the subreport might be pulling from a dataset containing 8 items: 1-red, 2-blue, 3-purple, 4-green, 5-yellow, 6-orange, 7-brown, 8-black. I'd like for the subreport to be formatted into 3 columns/3 rows, showing the first 3 in the first column, the next 3 in the 2nd column, and the last 2 in the last column.
Currently, the subreport is setup to have 3 columns, and the size of the subreport area inside of the master report is set to the exact same size as the subreport, itself. However, when I run either of the two, I'm getting only 1 column, and the height of the subreport is expanding to fit everything into 1 column.
Does anyone know of a work-around for this?
I would structure my query so that there are 4 columns, handling the logic for what colors are in your legend in SQL. That way you can guarantee that you always have at least 4 columns. If you have less than 4 just pass in null or empty values. Then the 4 column table for your subreport would be pretty straight forward.
The only other option I could think is to use a single text box and build your string with carriage returns after every 4th color...but that could be rather messy as well and you would have less control with the formatting (since you're using 2005).
HTH
PS. If you need some help structuring your query I'll be happy to help with that if post some code.