Including dynamic images in reports

Including dynamic images in your Pentaho report is useful, because in that way you can add logos, and graphics in general, that may change according to a data source. As an example, we can imagine a report changing its logo depending on the department of the user or the image of a product in a product list.

To add dynamic images to your report, use the image-field icon (

) from the Report Designer palette and place it in your report. The content field accepts different types of image inputs for rendering. By double-clicking on the element, you can edit the source pointing to the right field of your dataset. If you have a field that contains a URL or file system location to your image, the image-field element will render the specified image.