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hints for customizable/configurable/parameterizable BIRT report designs [message #513856]

Thu, 11 February 2010 14:13

Csaba

Messages: 24
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hello Guys,

We would like to show the same data:
o with different layouts/arrangements,
o different labeling (regarding report labels, texts) and
o with different styling.

Possible use-cases are:
o the same data that is rendered by one kind of a report item (like a chart)
o the same data that is rendered by another kind of report item (like a table)
o the same data with customized report labels /different text or different locale/
o the same data with customized styling
o the same data with optional report sections/areas
o etc.

So somehow we would like to assign a number of "report layouts" to the same data and the user can select in which report layout he or she wants the report to render.

Of course the simplest way is to create one BIRT report design file per each demand for a specific report layout.

But I am interested in ways that are more dynamic, flexible and comfortable, so that does not need (direct) creation of new report design files or the existence of static report design files.

Just a little bit of brainstorming... Smile

Any hints are welcome!

Many thanks!
Csaba

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Re: hints for customizable/configurable/parameterizable BIRT report designs [message #514142 is a reply to message #513856]

Fri, 12 February 2010 15:20

Richard A. Polunsky

Messages: 212
Registered: July 2009
Location: Houston TX

Senior Member

You can customize the labels by making them computed fields conditioned on a report parameter.

You can customize styling if your report uses external CSS files - then you can change the selected CSS file at report run time conditioned on a report parameter. (I'll have to look, but I do have code somewhere that does this.)

Richard

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