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Subreport with XML data source [message #631305]

Wed, 06 October 2010 18:36

Eclipse User

Hi all,

I'm trying to generate a subreport inside a report with XML as data source. I have problems because I don't know how to get it.
Could anyone tell me how to do this? I don't see any documentation about subreports with XML as data source, and I'm quite newbie with eclilpse BIRT.

Thanks for your help,
Best regards

Re: Subreport with XML data source [message #631453 is a reply to message #631305]

Thu, 07 October 2010 10:54

Eclipse User

Does the sub report use the same xml as the master? Can you give some
more detail on what you need? For example do you have an outer dataset
that list ids and you want these ids passed to the subreports so they
only get xml for those ids.

Jason

On 10/6/2010 6:36 PM, Bea wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to generate a subreport inside a report with XML as data
> source. I have problems because I don't know how to get it. Could anyone
> tell me how to do this? I don't see any documentation about subreports
> with XML as data source, and I'm quite newbie with eclilpse BIRT.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Best regards

Re: Subreport with XML data source [message #631479 is a reply to message #631453]

Thu, 07 October 2010 12:17

Eclipse User

Hi,

I should have explained better. The xml is the same for the master and detail, although I have different data sets for each one. My expected result should be the following:

document
--services
----concepts

Each element has an id. What I want is to embed a table of concepts into its corresponding service (services is another table). Say that a service is the master and a concept the detail. I'd like to know what is the best way to link the concepts subreport to the service report, as with a JDBC data source is easy to create a query with a parameter in the where clause and then pass the parameter in the subreport, but with the xml as data source I can't accomplish it.

This is a summarized version of my XML:

<document>
	<id>1</id>
	<name>main document</name>
	<services>
            <service>
                <id>S1</id>
                <concepts>
                    <concept>
                        <id>30</id>
  			<name>Concept 1</name>
                    </concept>
                </concepts>
            </service>
            <service>
                <id>2</id>        
                <concepts>
                    <concept>
	                <id>47</id>
                        <name>Concept 2</name>              
                    </concept>
                </concepts>
            </service>
      </services>
</document>

Thanks for your help,
Bea.

Re: Subreport with XML data source [message #631498 is a reply to message #631479]

Thu, 07 October 2010 13:45

Eclipse User

If your xml was slightly different you could use the xml data source
parameter feature described here:
http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable2.5.php#j ump_10
It would require that your service id be an attribute not a node. If
you cant change it the best way to do this is to add the master table
for services and then create a dataset that retrieves all the concepts.
drag this dataset to a nested table. Add a filter to the table that
filters on the outer table's service id. I took your example xml and
pasted it to an xml file an wrote a small report off of it. Just change
the datasource xml file location and it should run.

Jason

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<report xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/2005/design" version="3.2.21"
id="1">
<property name="createdBy">Eclipse BIRT Designer Version
2.5.2.v20100208 Build <2.5.2.v20100210-0630></property>
<property name="units">in</property>
<property name="iconFile">/templates/blank_report.gif</property>
<property name="bidiLayoutOrientation">ltr</property>
<property name="imageDPI">96</property>
<data-sources>
<oda-data-source
extensionID="org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.oda.xml" name="Data
Source" id="7">
<text-property name="displayName"></text-property>
<property
name="FILELIST">C:\work\examplereports\xmldatasource.xml</property >
</oda-data-source>
</data-sources>
<data-sets>
<oda-data-set
extensionID="org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.oda.xml.dataSet "
name="Services" id="8">
<structure name="cachedMetaData">
<list-property name="resultSet">
<structure>
<property name="position">1</property>
<property name="name">id</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
</list-property>
</structure>
<property name="dataSource">Data Source</property>
<list-property name="resultSet">
<structure>
<property name="position">1</property>
<property name="name">id</property>
<property name="nativeName">id</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">12</property>
</structure>
</list-property>
<xml-property
name="queryText">< ![CDATA[table0#-TNAME-#table0#:#[/document/services/service] #:#{id;STRING;/id}]] ></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>id</design:name>
<design:position>1</design:position>
<design:nativeDataTypeCode>12</design:nativeDataTypeCode>
<design:precision>-1</design:precision>
<design:scale>-1</design:scale>
<design:nullability>Unknown</design:nullability>
</design:attributes>
<design:usageHints>
<design:label>id</design:label>
<design:formattingHints/>
</design:usageHints>
</design:resultColumnDefinitions>
</design:resultSetColumns>
<design:criteria/>
</design:resultSetDefinitions>
</design:ResultSets>
</model:DesignValues>]]></xml-property>
<list-property name="privateDriverProperties">
<ex-property>
<name>MAX_ROW</name>
<value>-1</value>
</ex-property>
<ex-property>
<name>XML_FILE</name>
</ex-property>
</list-property>
</oda-data-set>
<oda-data-set
extensionID="org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.oda.xml.dataSet "
name="Concepts" id="19">
<structure name="cachedMetaData">
<list-property name="resultSet">
<structure>
<property name="position">1</property>
<property name="name">id</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">2</property>
<property name="name">name</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">3</property>
<property name="name">serviceid</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
</list-property>
</structure>
<property name="dataSource">Data Source</property>
<list-property name="resultSet">
<structure>
<property name="position">1</property>
<property name="name">id</property>
<property name="nativeName">id</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">12</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">2</property>
<property name="name">name</property>
<property name="nativeName">name</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">12</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">3</property>
<property name="name">serviceid</property>
<property name="nativeName">serviceid</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">12</property>
</structure>
</list-property>
<xml-property
name="queryText">< ![CDATA[table0#-TNAME-#table0#:#[/document/services/service/ concepts/concept]#:#{id;STRING;/id},{name;STRING;/name},{ser viceid;STRING;../../id}]] ></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>id</design:name>
<design:position>1</design:position>
<design:nativeDataTypeCode>12</design:nativeDataTypeCode>
<design:precision>-1</design:precision>
<design:scale>-1</design:scale>
<design:nullability>Unknown</design:nullability>
</design:attributes>
<design:usageHints>
<design:label>id</design:label>
<design:formattingHints/>
</design:usageHints>
</design:resultColumnDefinitions>
<design:resultColumnDefinitions>
<design:attributes>
<design:name>name</design:name>
<design:position>2</design:position>
<design:nativeDataTypeCode>12</design:nativeDataTypeCode>
<design:precision>-1</design:precision>
<design:scale>-1</design:scale>
<design:nullability>Unknown</design:nullability>
</design:attributes>
<design:usageHints>
<design:label>name</design:label>
<design:formattingHints/>
</design:usageHints>
</design:resultColumnDefinitions>
</design:resultSetColumns>
<design:criteria/>
</design:resultSetDefinitions>
</design:ResultSets>
</model:DesignValues>]]></xml-property>
<list-property name="privateDriverProperties">
<ex-property>
<name>MAX_ROW</name>
<value>-1</value>
</ex-property>
<ex-property>
<name>XML_FILE</name>
</ex-property>
</list-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-cell" 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" 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>
</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">Services</property>
<list-property name="boundDataColumns">
<structure>
<property name="name">id</property>
<text-property name="displayName">id</text-property>
<expression name="expression"
type="javascript">dataSetRow["id"]</expression>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
</list-property>
<column id="18"/>
<column id="23"/>
<header>
<row id="10">
<cell id="11">
<label id="12">
<text-property name="text">id</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
<cell id="20"/>
</row>
</header>
<detail>
<row id="13">
<cell id="14">
<data id="15">
<property name="resultSetColumn">id</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="21">
<table id="24">
<property name="dataSet">Concepts</property>
<list-property name="boundDataColumns">
<structure>
<property name="name">id</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">id</text-property>
<expression name="expression"
type="javascript">dataSetRow["id"]</expression>
<property
name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="name">name</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">name</text-property>
<expression name="expression"
type="javascript">dataSetRow["name"]</expression>
<property
name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property
name="name">serviceid</property>
<text-property
name="displayName">serviceid</text-property>
<expression name="expression"
type="javascript">dataSetRow["serviceid"]</expression>
<property
name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
</list-property>
<list-property name="filter">
<structure>
<property name="operator">eq</property>
<expression name="expr"
type="javascript">row["serviceid"]</expression>
<simple-property-list name="value1">
<value>row._outer["id"]</value>
</simple-property-list>
</structure>
</list-property>
<column id="43"/>
<column id="44"/>
<column id="45"/>
<header>
<row id="25">
<cell id="26">
<label id="27">
<text-property
name="text">id</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
<cell id="28">
<label id="29">
<text-property
name="text">name</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
<cell id="30">
<label id="31">
<text-property
name="text">serviceid</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
</row>
</header>
<detail>
<row id="32">
<cell id="33">
<data id="34">
<property
name="resultSetColumn">id</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="35">
<data id="36">
<property
name="resultSetColumn">name</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="37">
<data id="38">
<property
name="resultSetColumn">serviceid</property>
</data>
</cell>
</row>
</detail>
<footer>
<row id="39">
<cell id="40"/>
<cell id="41"/>
<cell id="42"/>
</row>
</footer>
</table>
</cell>
</row>
</detail>
<footer>
<row id="16">
<cell id="17"/>
<cell id="22"/>
</row>
</footer>
</table>
</body>
</report>

On 10/7/2010 12:17 PM, Bea wrote:
> <document>
> <id>1</id>
> <name>main document</name>
> <services>
> <service>
> <id>S1</id>
> <concepts>
> <concept>
> <id>30</id>
> <name>Concept 1</name>
> </concept>
> </concepts>
> </service>
> <service>
> <id>2</id> <concepts>
> <concept>
> <id>47</id>
> <name>Concept 2</name> </concept>
> </concepts>
> </service>
> </services>
> </document>

Re: Subreport with XML data source [message #631618 is a reply to message #631498]

Fri, 08 October 2010 04:26

Eclipse User

Now it works. I didn't realized that I can filter in the table by an outer id. Easy and simple.

Thanks!!

Bea.

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