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Report design - dynamic date formats [message #495194]

Wed, 04 November 2009 01:25

Eclipse User

Hi,

I'm using BIRT 2.5.1.

My application uses more than 10 different date formats. User selected date format needs to be applied on date fields programatically. Date format can be passed as a report parameter. Please suggest a way to apply date format available as a paramter dynamically on date fields..

Thanks in advance,
Manilal

Re: Report design - dynamic date formats [message #495239 is a reply to message #495194]

Wed, 04 November 2009 05:01

Eclipse User

Hello Manilal,

I am using my own FormatSpecifier. To do too this you need your own ecore
model with a EClass extending JavaNumberFormatSpecifier from the birt
attribute ecore model. (I have copied the bunch of models from the birt
enginge plugin to birt/chart/ relative to my ecore the model). Generate the
model code from the also newly created EMF model and overwrite in the
Impl-class the functions format(...) and copyInstance(). I think you need to
modify the chart design model in a reflective tree editor where you can load
an additional meta model. (I don't need this step because I am generating
the model at runtime in memory).

This is my EClass definition...

<eClassifiers xsi:type="ecore:EClass" name="MyJavaNumberFormatSpecifier"
eSuperTypes=" birt/chart/org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.attribute.ecore#//Ja vaNumberFormatSpecifier "/>

Regards

Enrico

"Manilal" <manilal@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:hcr6pa$j42$1@build.eclipse.org...
> Hi,
>
> I'm using BIRT 2.5.1.
>
> My application uses more than 10 different date formats. User selected
> date format needs to be applied on date fields programatically. Date
> format can be passed as a report parameter. Please suggest a way to apply
> date format available as a paramter dynamically on date fields..
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Manilal

Re: Report design - dynamic date formats [message #495338 is a reply to message #495239]

Wed, 04 November 2009 10:27

Eclipse User

If you just want to change dates in a report you can use an oncreate
script similar to this:

this.getStyle().dateFormat = params["DateFormat"].value;

If you have a style applied to an element you can change the style date
format for the whole style using a beforeFactory script like:

reportContext.getDesignHandle().findStyle("table-detail").dateFormat=
params["DateFormat"].value;

See attached example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<report xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/2005/design" version="3.2.20"
id="1">
<property name="createdBy">Eclipse BIRT Designer Version
2.5.1.v20090903 Build <2.5.1.v20090917-1447></property>
<property name="units">in</property>
<method
name="beforeFactory"><![CDATA[reportContext.getDesignHandle().findStyle( "table-detail").dateFormat=
params["DateFormat"].value;]]></method>
<property name="iconFile">/templates/blank_report.gif</property>
<property name="bidiLayoutOrientation">ltr</property>
<parameters>
<scalar-parameter name="DateFormat" id="55">
<property name="valueType">static</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
<property name="distinct">true</property>
<list-property name="selectionList">
<structure>
<property name="value">MM/dd/YYYY</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="value">dd/MMM/YYYY</property>
</structure>
</list-property>
<property name="paramType">simple</property>
<property name="controlType">list-box</property>
<property name="mustMatch">true</property>
<property name="fixedOrder">true</property>
<structure name="format">
<property name="category">Unformatted</property>
</structure>
</scalar-parameter>
</parameters>
<data-sources>
<oda-data-source
extensionID="org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc" name="Data Source"
id="7">
<text-property name="displayName"></text-property>
<property
name="odaDriverClass">org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.sampledb.Driver </property>
<property name="odaURL">jdbc:classicmodels:sampledb</property>
<property name="odaUser">ClassicModels</property>
</oda-data-source>
</data-sources>
<data-sets>
<oda-data-set
extensionID="org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.JdbcSelectDataSet "
name="Data Set" id="8">
<list-property name="columnHints">
<structure>
<property name="columnName">ORDERNUMBER</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">ORDERNUMBER</text-property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="columnName">ORDERDATE</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">ORDERDATE</text-property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="columnName">REQUIREDDATE</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">REQUIREDDATE</text-property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="columnName">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">SHIPPEDDATE</text-property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="columnName">STATUS</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">STATUS</text-property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="columnName">COMMENTS</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">COMMENTS</text-property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="columnName">CUSTOMERNUMBER</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">CUSTOMERNUMBER</text-property>
</structure>
</list-property>
<structure name="cachedMetaData">
<list-property name="resultSet">
<structure>
<property name="position">1</property>
<property name="name">ORDERNUMBER</property>
<property name="dataType">integer</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">2</property>
<property name="name">ORDERDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">3</property>
<property name="name">REQUIREDDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">4</property>
<property name="name">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">5</property>
<property name="name">STATUS</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">6</property>
<property name="name">COMMENTS</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">7</property>
<property name="name">CUSTOMERNUMBER</property>
<property name="dataType">integer</property>
</structure>
</list-property>
</structure>
<property name="dataSource">Data Source</property>
<list-property name="resultSet">
<structure>
<property name="position">1</property>
<property name="name">ORDERNUMBER</property>
<property name="nativeName">ORDERNUMBER</property>
<property name="dataType">integer</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">4</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">2</property>
<property name="name">ORDERDATE</property>
<property name="nativeName">ORDERDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">91</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">3</property>
<property name="name">REQUIREDDATE</property>
<property name="nativeName">REQUIREDDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">91</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">4</property>
<property name="name">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
<property name="nativeName">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">91</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">5</property>
<property name="name">STATUS</property>
<property name="nativeName">STATUS</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">12</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">6</property>
<property name="name">COMMENTS</property>
<property name="nativeName">COMMENTS</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">12</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">7</property>
<property name="name">CUSTOMERNUMBER</property>
<property name="nativeName">CUSTOMERNUMBER</property>
<property name="dataType">integer</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">4</property>
</structure>
</list-property>
<xml-property name="queryText"><![CDATA[select *
from orders
where ordernumber < 10104]]></xml-property>
<xml-property name="designerValues"><![CDATA[<?xml
version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<model:DesignValues
xmlns:design="http://www.eclipse.org/datatools/connectivity/oda/design"
xmlns:model="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/report/model/adapter/odaModel">
<Version>1.0</Version>
<design:ResultSets derivedMetaData="true">
<design:resultSetDefinitions>
<design:resultSetColumns>
<design:resultColumnDefinitions>
<design:attributes>
<design:name>ORDERNUMBER</design:name>
<design:position>1</design:position>
<design:nativeDataTypeCode>4</design:nativeDataTypeCode>
<design:precision>10</design:precision>
<design:scale>0</design:scale>
<design:nullability>Nullable</design:nullability>
<design:uiHints>
<design:displayName>ORDERNUMBER</design:displayName>
</design:uiHints>
</design:attributes>
<design:usageHints>
<design:label>ORDERNUMBER</design:label>
<design:formattingHints>
<design:displaySize>11</design:displaySize>
</design:formattingHints>
</design:usageHints>
</design:resultColumnDefinitions>
<design:resultColumnDefinitions>
<design:attributes>
<design:name>PRODUCTCODE</design:name>
<design:position>2</design:position>
<design:nativeDataTypeCode>12</design:nativeDataTypeCode>
<design:precision>15</design:precision>
<design:scale>0</design:scale>
<design:nullability>Nullable</design:nullability>
<design:uiHints>
<design:displayName>PRODUCTCODE</design:displayName>
</design:uiHints>
</design:attributes>
<design:usageHints>
<design:label>PRODUCTCODE</design:label>
<design:formattingHints>
<design:displaySize>15</design:displaySize>
</design:formattingHints>
</design:usageHints>
</design:resultColumnDefinitions>
<design:resultColumnDefinitions>
<design:attributes>
<design:name>QUANTITYORDERED</design:name>
<design:position>3</design:position>
<design:nativeDataTypeCode>4</design:nativeDataTypeCode>
<design:precision>10</design:precision>
<design:scale>0</design:scale>
<design:nullability>Nullable</design:nullability>
<design:uiHints>
<design:displayName>QUANTITYORDERED</design:displayName>
</design:uiHints>
</design:attributes>
<design:usageHints>
<design:label>QUANTITYORDERED</design:label>
<design:formattingHints>
<design:displaySize>11</design:displaySize>
</design:formattingHints>
</design:usageHints>
</design:resultColumnDefinitions>
<design:resultColumnDefinitions>
<design:attributes>
<design:name>PRICEEACH</design:name>
<design:position>4</design:position>
<design:nativeDataTypeCode>8</design:nativeDataTypeCode>
<design:precision>15</design:precision>
<design:scale>0</design:scale>
<design:nullability>Nullable</design:nullability>
<design:uiHints>
<design:displayName>PRICEEACH</design:displayName>
</design:uiHints>
</design:attributes>
<design:usageHints>
<design:label>PRICEEACH</design:label>
<design:formattingHints>
<design:displaySize>22</design:displaySize>
</design:formattingHints>
</design:usageHints>
</design:resultColumnDefinitions>
<design:resultColumnDefinitions>
<design:attributes>
<design:name>ORDERLINENUMBER</design:name>
<design:position>5</design:position>
<design:nativeDataTypeCode>5</design:nativeDataTypeCode>
<design:precision>5</design:precision>
<design:scale>0</design:scale>
<design:nullability>Nullable</design:nullability>
<design:uiHints>
<design:displayName>ORDERLINENUMBER</design:displayName>
</design:uiHints>
</design:attributes>
<design:usageHints>
<design:label>ORDERLINENUMBER</design:label>
<design:formattingHints>
<design:displaySize>6</design:displaySize>
</design:formattingHints>
</design:usageHints>
</design:resultColumnDefinitions>
</design:resultSetColumns>
</design:resultSetDefinitions>
</design:ResultSets>
</model:DesignValues>]]></xml-property>
</oda-data-set>
</data-sets>
<styles>
<style name="report" id="4">
<property name="fontFamily">sans-serif</property>
<property name="fontSize">10pt</property>
</style>
<style name="crosstab" id="5">
<property name="borderBottomColor">#CCCCCC</property>
<property name="borderBottomStyle">solid</property>
<property name="borderBottomWidth">1pt</property>
<property name="borderLeftColor">#CCCCCC</property>
<property name="borderLeftStyle">solid</property>
<property name="borderLeftWidth">1pt</property>
<property name="borderRightColor">#CCCCCC</property>
<property name="borderRightStyle">solid</property>
<property name="borderRightWidth">1pt</property>
<property name="borderTopColor">#CCCCCC</property>
<property name="borderTopStyle">solid</property>
<property name="borderTopWidth">1pt</property>
</style>
<style name="crosstab-cell" id="6">
<property name="borderBottomColor">#CCCCCC</property>
<property name="borderBottomStyle">solid</property>
<property name="borderBottomWidth">1pt</property>
<property name="borderLeftColor">#CCCCCC</property>
<property name="borderLeftStyle">solid</property>
<property name="borderLeftWidth">1pt</property>
<property name="borderRightColor">#CCCCCC</property>
<property name="borderRightStyle">solid</property>
<property name="borderRightWidth">1pt</property>
<property name="borderTopColor">#CCCCCC</property>
<property name="borderTopStyle">solid</property>
<property name="borderTopWidth">1pt</property>
</style>
<style name="table-header" id="56">
<property name="backgroundColor">#6078BF</property>
<property name="fontFamily">"Arial"</property>
<property name="fontSize">small</property>
<property name="fontWeight">bold</property>
<property name="color">#FFFFFF</property>
<property name="paddingTop">0px</property>
<property name="paddingLeft">0px</property>
<property name="paddingBottom">0px</property>
<property name="paddingRight">0px</property>
</style>
<style name="table-footer" id="57">
<property name="backgroundColor">#6078BF</property>
<property name="fontFamily">"Arial"</property>
<property name="fontSize">small</property>
<property name="fontWeight">bold</property>
<property name="color">#FFFFFF</property>
<property name="paddingTop">0px</property>
<property name="paddingLeft">0px</property>
<property name="paddingBottom">0px</property>
<property name="paddingRight">0px</property>
</style>
<style name="table-detail" id="58">
<property name="backgroundColor">#E6ECFF</property>
<property name="fontFamily">"Arial"</property>
<property name="fontSize">x-small</property>
<property name="fontWeight">bold</property>
<property name="color">#000080</property>
<property name="paddingTop">0px</property>
<property name="paddingLeft">0px</property>
<property name="paddingBottom">0px</property>
<property name="paddingRight">0px</property>
</style>
<style name="table-group-header-1" id="59">
<property name="backgroundColor">#809FFF</property>
<property name="fontFamily">"Arial"</property>
<property name="fontSize">small</property>
<property name="fontWeight">bold</property>
<property name="color">#FFFFFF</property>
<property name="paddingTop">0px</property>
<property name="paddingLeft">0px</property>
<property name="paddingBottom">0px</property>
<property name="paddingRight">0px</property>
</style>
<style name="table-group-footer-1" id="60">
<property name="backgroundColor">#809FFF</property>
<property name="fontFamily">"Arial"</property>
<property name="fontSize">small</property>
<property name="fontWeight">bold</property>
<property name="color">#FFFFFF</property>
<property name="paddingTop">0px</property>
<property name="paddingLeft">0px</property>
<property name="paddingBottom">0px</property>
<property name="paddingRight">0px</property>
</style>
<style name="special-header" id="61">
<property name="backgroundColor">#6078BF</property>
<property name="fontFamily">"Arial"</property>
<property name="fontSize">medium</property>
<property name="fontWeight">bold</property>
<property name="color">#FFFFFF</property>
<property name="paddingTop">0px</property>
<property name="paddingLeft">0px</property>
<property name="paddingBottom">0px</property>
<property name="paddingRight">0px</property>
</style>
<style name="crosstab-detail" id="62">
<property name="backgroundColor">#E6ECFF</property>
<property name="fontFamily">"Arial"</property>
<property name="fontSize">x-small</property>
<property name="fontWeight">bold</property>
<property name="color">#000080</property>
<property name="paddingTop">0px</property>
<property name="paddingLeft">0px</property>
<property name="paddingBottom">0px</property>
<property name="paddingRight">0px</property>
</style>
<style name="crosstab-header" id="63">
<property name="backgroundColor">#6078BF</property>
<property name="fontFamily">"Arial"</property>
<property name="fontSize">small</property>
<property name="fontWeight">bold</property>
<property name="color">#FFFFFF</property>
<property name="paddingTop">0px</property>
<property name="paddingLeft">0px</property>
<property name="paddingBottom">0px</property>
<property name="paddingRight">0px</property>
</style>
<style name="mydata" id="64">
<property name="color">orange</property>
</style>
</styles>
<page-setup>
<simple-master-page name="Simple MasterPage" id="2">
<page-footer>
<text id="3">
<property name="contentType">html</property>
<text-property
name="content"><![CDATA[<value-of>new Date()</value-of>]]></text-property>
</text>
</page-footer>
</simple-master-page>
</page-setup>
<body>
<table id="9">
<property name="dataSet">Data Set</property>
<list-property name="boundDataColumns">
<structure>
<property name="name">ORDERNUMBER</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">ORDERNUMBER</text-property>
<expression
name="expression">dataSetRow["ORDERNUMBER"]</expression >
<property name="dataType">integer</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="name">ORDERDATE</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">ORDERDATE</text-property>
<expression
name="expression">dataSetRow["ORDERDATE"]</expression>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="name">REQUIREDDATE</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">REQUIREDDATE</text-property>
<expression
name="expression">dataSetRow["REQUIREDDATE"]</expression >
<property name="dataType">date</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="name">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">SHIPPEDDATE</text-property>
<expression
name="expression">dataSetRow["SHIPPEDDATE"]</expression >
<property name="dataType">date</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="name">STATUS</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">STATUS</text-property>
<expression
name="expression">dataSetRow["STATUS"]</expression>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="name">COMMENTS</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">COMMENTS</text-property>
<expression
name="expression">dataSetRow["COMMENTS"]</expression>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="name">CUSTOMERNUMBER</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">CUSTOMERNUMBER</text-property>
<expression
name="expression">dataSetRow["CUSTOMERNUMBER"]</expression >
<property name="dataType">integer</property>
</structure>
</list-property>
<column id="48"/>
<column id="49"/>
<column id="50"/>
<column id="51"/>
<header>
<row id="10">
<cell id="11">
<label id="12">
<text-property
name="text">ORDERNUMBER</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
<cell id="13">
<label id="14">
<text-property
name="text">ORDERDATE</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
<cell id="15">
<label id="16">
<text-property
name="text">REQUIREDDATE</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
<cell id="17">
<label id="18">
<text-property
name="text">SHIPPEDDATE</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
</row>
</header>
<detail>
<row id="25">
<cell id="26">
<data id="27">
<property
name="resultSetColumn">ORDERNUMBER</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="28">
<data id="29">
<method
name="onCreate"><![CDATA[this.getStyle().dateFormat =
params["DateFormat"].value;]]></method>
<property
name="resultSetColumn">ORDERDATE</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="30">
<data id="31">
<property
name="resultSetColumn">REQUIREDDATE</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="32">
<data id="33">
<property
name="resultSetColumn">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
</data>
</cell>
</row>
</detail>
<footer>
<row id="40">
<cell id="41"/>
<cell id="42"/>
<cell id="43"/>
<cell id="44"/>
</row>
</footer>
</table>
</body>
</report>

Enrico Schnepel wrote:
> Hello Manilal,
>
> I am using my own FormatSpecifier. To do too this you need your own ecore
> model with a EClass extending JavaNumberFormatSpecifier from the birt
> attribute ecore model. (I have copied the bunch of models from the birt
> enginge plugin to birt/chart/ relative to my ecore the model). Generate the
> model code from the also newly created EMF model and overwrite in the
> Impl-class the functions format(...) and copyInstance(). I think you need to
> modify the chart design model in a reflective tree editor where you can load
> an additional meta model. (I don't need this step because I am generating
> the model at runtime in memory).
>
> This is my EClass definition...
>
> <eClassifiers xsi:type="ecore:EClass" name="MyJavaNumberFormatSpecifier"
> eSuperTypes=" birt/chart/org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.attribute.ecore#//Ja vaNumberFormatSpecifier "/>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Enrico
>
> "Manilal" <manilal@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:hcr6pa$j42$1@build.eclipse.org...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using BIRT 2.5.1.
>>
>> My application uses more than 10 different date formats. User selected
>> date format needs to be applied on date fields programatically. Date
>> format can be passed as a report parameter. Please suggest a way to apply
>> date format available as a paramter dynamically on date fields..
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Manilal
>
>

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