Dynamic dataSet values In BIRT - birt

I am using BIRT. In my dataset, sometimes my query returns 5 columns, sometimes 6 or more than that i.e basically, my dataset is dynamic. How to prepare a report using dynamic dataSet?

BIRT provides a Design Engone API to create or modify report designs at runtime. You can use this API in Java or within Javascript event handler (report.beforeFactory()).
http://www.eclipse.org/birt/documentation/integrating/deapi.php
On the following page you can find examples how to use the API: https://bitbucket.org/yaytay/spudsoft-birt-dynamic-columns/wiki/Home

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Adf column filter: which format does ADF use to generate the where clause in the VO's query?

TLDR; is there a way to understand at runtime which format is ADF using for dates behind the scenes? In particular the format used to render dates in dynamically generated sql code?
In the Oracle ADF Application I'm working on there are several table filters (by that I mean the field over the column in which I can write text/number/dates to query the table).
Filtering this way, the framework modifies the query of the View Object, adding the appropriate where clause. On the page there's also a button "Select all" that allows me to select all the data that's rendered in the table (there is a selection checkbox).
In the specific case, the query from the VO is used to aim two different goals:
update the rendered data in the table
if I press the "select all" button a function in the backend database is called (callable statement calling the function), passing as a parameter the query.
The first task is successfully reached (as the table is visually updated), but we had an issue with the second one.
The backend function uses the query to select all the extracted data (as iterating in ADF with java would be too slow).
The problem is that the where clause isn't correctly generated for the backend database (which is also oracle).
Basically the generated WHERE clause (which was added to VO's query automatically by the framework) was
WHERE record_date = '2020-10-12'
which I had to change to
WHERE record_date = to_date('2020-10-12', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
in order to have it correctly executed by the Oracle Db.
So now it's working (yay), but my concern is: isn't it dangerous to assume the date format will be 'YYYY-MM-DD' on every application's instance?
I think this 'YYYY-MM-DD' is the format in which ADF is managing dates (as the value is written as '2020-10-12' in the query).
But is there a way to understand at runtime which format is ADF using for dates behind the scenes? Or does it always use 'YYYY-MM-DD', or am I completely off-road and the storage format is another and I should ask which format does it use to render dates? But dates on page are visually rendered in another way :/
Sorry for my lack of expertise and have a nice day!
Update
The value of the query field, which I'm getting by calling
this.getNamedWhereClauseParams().getAttribute('vc_temp_1');
is of class
oracle.jbo.domain.Date
and by printing it I obtain the date in format YYYY-MM-DD.
Would it be possible that the framework was simply using Date.toString?
This would raise another question: how can I be sure of the pattern used by Date.toString? The documentation isn't clear about it (and it says that it should be used only in development, so this is quite a remote scenario).
What you named 'Filter' is called 'Query by Example' or QBE in short. See the doc for more info.
You can change the query passed to the server using a bean method. Look at e.g. JDev 12.2.1.3: Multi select component table filter for a sample.
Using dates in ADF is always dependent on the current user's settings. If the user don'T use a specific locale the default is 'yyyy-mm-dd'. This can be changed at different points, starting by the entity objects, view objects a,d finally in the UI by using converters.
The best way to use dates depends on the use case.

Cognos: filter alternative?

I've defined a report in Cognos Report Studio.
I've also exposed this report in IBM BAM Business Spaces. I've used Report Viewer widget for that.
This widget allows end users to remove filters defined for the report. The data security is preserved (FGS applied), but they can access irrelevant data for specific report.
I would like to disable this (removing filters). Unfortunately this build-in widget is not allowing that.
As workaround I'm trying to use some other technique than filters to limit the data. I was trying to apply the filtering within the slicer.
My data is quite flat, and the data item I want to filter is not defined as dimension. That's probably the reason why it's not working for me.
I have a table with multiple columns.
My slicer definition:
filter([A_Events Query Subject].[ATracking_Events].[Status Code],
[A_Events Query Subject].[A_Events].[Status Code] = 'Q')
Anyway, all data (not filtered) are shown as a result.
Any idea how this can be solved?

TeeChart in ReportBuilder ignores prouping

I am using TeeChart within a ReportBuilder Report and am now facing a problem:
Lets say I have a Report with a DataPipeline containing a table with two columns.
Now I grouped by one of the columns and put a TeeChart into the group content.
The ReportBuilder is now creating the groups as espected - however, the TeeCart within
the group content always uses all data from the pipeline (nongrouped) non the less - resulting
in repeating the very same (heavily overloaded) TeeChart within each group.
What is the best current practice here?
Is there a way to make the TeeChart to "respect" the grouping or do I have to create a Subreport in each group?
Many thanks and best regards.
Digital Metaphors are who develop, support and maintain the integration of TeeChart into Report Builder. I don't know if they support some kind of connection for the data in the report and the chart.
I'd suggest you to take a look at the TDBCrossTabSource in TeeChart. As you can see in the Summary grouping data section in the Tutorial 8 - Database access, TDBCrossTabSource supports grouping data by a field.

Telerik report filtering

I am using Telerik report for an ASP.MET MVC 3 application.
I need to filter data based only on time not date time. Telerik report only support type date time as report parameter.
So how can i implement filtering data based only on time?
Thanks
Would you have UI that would allow user to select the filter, if yes then you would need to use a datetimepicker widget external to the report viewer which would keep the Time part. Then you can set the report parameter values programmatically.
(additional)You can also create a public report property which would be used to filter the report and this way you're basically skipping the built-in report parameters. See http://tv.telerik.com/watch/reporting/video/telerik-reporting-design-time-support-for-parameterized-queries.

Using parameters in reports for VIsual Studio 2008

This is my first attempt to create a Visual Studio 2008 report using parameters. I have created the dataset and the report. If I run it with a hard-coded filter on a column the report runs fine. When I change the filter to '?' I keep getting this error:
No overload for method 'Fill' takes '1' argument
Obviously I am missing some way to connect the parameter on the dataset to a report parameter. I have defined a report parameter using the Report/Report Parameter screen. But how does that report parameter get tied to the dataset table parameter? Is there a special naming convention for the parameter?
I have Googled this a half dozen times and read the msdn documentation but the examples all seem to use a different approach (like creating a SQL query rather then a table based dataset) or entering the parameter name as "=Parameters!name.value" but I can't figure out where to do that. One msdn example suggestted I needed to create some C# code using a SetParameters() method to make the connection. Is that how it is done?
If anyone can recommend a good walk-through I'd appreciate it.
Edit:
After more reading it appears I don't need report parameters at all. I am simply trying to add a parameter to the database query. So I would create a text box on the form, get the user's input, then apply that parameter programmatically to the fill() argument list. The report parameter on the other hand is an ad-hoc value generally entered by a user that you want to appear on the report. But there is no relationship between report parameters and query/dataset parameters. Is that correct?
My last assumption appears to be correct. After 30 years in the industry my bias is to assume a report parameter actually filters the SQL data using the given parameter. This is not the case with .rdlc files used by Report Viewer. These report parameters have nothing to do with fetching data. Sounds like this was a design decision on Microsoft's part to completely separate the display of data from the fetching of data, hence, Report Viewer has no knowledge of how data may be fetched. Best way for me to conceptualize this dichotomy is to think of Report Parameters more as Report Labels, quite distinct from the dataset query parameters.

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