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You're reading from Pentaho 8 Reporting for Java Developers Create pixel-perfect analytical reports using reporting tools

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788298995

Length 470 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Pentaho

Concepts

Data Processing

Authors (2):

Francesco Corti

Jasmine Kaur

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Pentaho Reporting FREE CHAPTER

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

The advanced data source

Advanced data sources require advanced knowledge and skills, so only a high-level overview of each advanced data source is given in this section.

Scriptable

The scriptable data source lets the developer develop a source code generating a dataset in various languages. As in the previous data sources, you can create multiple queries and manage the addition/deletion of queries.

External

The external data source is used when a report is used in .xaction. You can refer to the official documentation for the (few) documents about this data source. Pentaho action sequence XML documents (.xaction) define activities such as database queries, report generation, and email actions, and the order in which they occur.

Sequence generator

The sequence generator develops a sequence to be used in your report. As in previous data sources, you can create multiple queries and manage the addition/deletion of queries. For each query, you can define the group (numeric or system), the sequence...