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Dynamic images in reports
Hello, I need to render an image from a POJO I use to make the report. The problem is, the image is stored directly in the object as a bytearray. I can get the image as a bytearray or as a BufferedImage (and those are always PNG). Is there any way to paint the image from bytearray in the BIRT report? Thanks
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Web Viewer Problem In weblogic 9.2
We are trying to upgrade our reports from 2.2.1.Created the reports using 2.5.0 using Eclipse downloaded from birt exchange.We have a dynamic web module (part of an ear file)under weblogic workshop .Imported the birt.war file from the runtime for 2.5.0 in to the webmodule .copied the plugins and the reports that are…
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Deploying BIRT in a JAR application
Hello, <br /> I am using BIRT to generate a PDF report from my desktop application. The report is finished, now I just need to deploy it. I dont need any fancy thingies like RCP or viewer, just the button "Generate report", which will save the report in PDF to the given location.<br /> <br /> Now in the handler of the…
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Problem with parameters in BirtExportReportDialog.js
I have been working for a couple of weeks in a web app using birt for reporting using v.2.5.2 and I had stumbled into a lot o problems to do simple things, needing to hack almost everything with scripting but this one is a bit too serious. I have a report with a dataset parameters, to fetch them I have the same report…
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IRenderTask still in a "Running" status after invoking IRenderTask.cancel()
I don't know why, but I'm having issues when trying to cancel a IRenderTask using the IRenderTask.cancel() method. I'm trying to getting advantage of the rptdocument mechanism while running report. 1- Let the user decide if he want to refresh report's data before rendering it. 2- If user choose to refresh data, invoke…
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Report takes a long time to render, then ClientAbortException
Hi, I've searched around but couldn't find a definite answer, that's why I'm finally posting here in hope that someone can help me clarify what I think is the problem, and hopefully provide a solution. Problem On local and staging servers, I have no problem rendering and downloading the report. However on the production…
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Error when exporting the data into Excel
I am using Birt 2.5.2. When I run the View Report with XLS, I get the following error in the logs - 18/05/2010 10:44:07 org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.excel.ExcelEmitter needOutputInMasterPage WARNING: Excel page header and footer don't support html text. The Excel report does not display the data correctly. Can…
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Crosstab
Hello everyone, I am new for BIRT and I got some questions for crosstab. I am tring to generate a report (please see the attached file called 'Volume Report') by using BIRT. I defined three dimensions: Dimension 1: state Dimension 2: date Dimension 3: summary (volume of each service type for each state) I generate half of…
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Birt report - element alteration and creation
In my Database there is a table with the following fields: FieldName: name, email, gender Value: John,s@hotmail.com,M So in my birt report I will be seing this as two different elements.I intend to represent the information in this format instead: [FieldName]:[Value],.........[FieldName]:[Value] name: john,…
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IllegalStateException: can't re-generate content for MultiLineItem
Please help. I have design a report and run it on birt 2.3.2 preview without errors. it fails with errors, if i use "report" -> "run report" birt navigator context menu function. errors are in the problems view and points to different dynamic text fields. i don't know, why the errors occur. how can i resolve the problems?…
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Need help with Visability Expression
I have a report where the user is presented with a List box parmater to choose which tables they want to see. Using that, I am trying to configure the expression in the Visability feature but can not figure out how to do it. I know there are other threads that refer to a report I can download, but I can not open those.…
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KeepTogether Functionality?
I have a database memo field that can span many pages and birt will always throw a page break if this field won't fit on the current page. This is not the functionality I'd like, I'd like it to always print this row directly below the previous and always wrap if it will not fit on the page. I've tried setting "avoid page…
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BIRT 2.3.2 - Preview Problem
All, I am currently facing a problem with previewing my reports although it has been working all along. I believe there is a problem with the viewer of the tool as my queries generate the results in the preveiw results without problem. Also, I have tried to change the Web Browser setting from Eclipse but still get the…
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Date parameter Need to use as date and convert to number for 2 different data Sources
One data source stores date in date format and the other stores date as number. How do I prevent the user from entering the date twice for the different formats?
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Setting Legend Title from report parameters
Good day I'm trying to create a reports that includes some multi-line charts What I'm trying to do is to use some report parameter as values for the legend title . In example: each chart has several lines, each one representing the performance of a LAN switch port. Each port correspond to a report parameter . I' ld like to…
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Change labels of Y axis in charts
Hi, I would like if someone could help me. I have a report with a chart. In Y Axis I have values as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and in X Axis I have the company's name. But I would like to change the text of Y Axis to A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2. But I don't know how to do it. I know how to change X Axis with: function…
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ClassCastException with custom's ODA driver
Hi, I wrote a ODA runtime driver with the wizzard. No error occures when launches a JUnit test. It does render a pdf file from rptdesign file. If rptdesign file has embed images, and the images have "width" or "height" property, it renders an empty pdf to me, otherwise it seems OK. Eclipse Version:…
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Aggregate 'duplicate' rows in a group based on visible columns
Hello, I wish to create a report based on information served by a webservice. For this, I created a datasource and associated dataset. This is all functional, but I don't have the ability to do complex queries: i basically get a flat list of records and then must to my grouping/sorting in birt. The data served consists of…
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Should bookmarks work in group footers?
I am using bookmarks to tag rows. This works fine with group headers, but erratically or not at all with footers, depending on whether or not I include a bound column. Without a column, the first instance of the footer row gets the bookmark, but subsequent instance do not. If a column is included in the bookmark…
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JSF4Birt & Glassfish
Hi all, I'm trying to get jsf4birt working in my web application. It is deployed on Glassfish. I have added the required jar files and created the platform directory and it's contents to WEB-INF. It all compiles lovely but when trying to view the report I get.. javax.faces.FacesException: No configuration was defined for…
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Different font encoding for Times Roman
I'd like to set different encoding for Times Roman font type in birt. I found a fontsConfig.xml in plugin directory, which contains this settings, but the best solution would be for me, if I can do from Java or any other way in the runtime of birt report. Any suggestions, ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Csaba
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How can I integrate a BIRT report in a web application?
I am looking for some basic steps on how to integrate the BIRT engine in a web application. I have created some sample reports using Actuate BIRT Report Designer professional. This creates *.rptdesign. How can I invoke and show this report from within my web application? The web application is hosted using weblogic and…
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Transforming row values as columns
Hi, I have table that return values like below. Employee Id| Questions | Answer1 | question1 | answer1 1 | question2 | answer2 1 | question3 | answer3 2 | question1 | answer1 2 | question2 | answer2 2 | question3 | answer3 I wanted to show them in Birt report as Employee | question1 | question2 | question31 | answer1 |…
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dynamic column repetition
Hi, I'm having a big problem with BIRT, and I don't find a solution... here it is: I have a simple report that contains only a table. My table has 7 big columns, so the width of my table is bigger than the page's width. When I export my report to a .pdf file, it looks like this: Page 1 : Code : ++++++ | Column 1 | Column 2…
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genReport.sh for Birt 2.5.1?
Hello, In previous BIRT releases, (e.g. 2.3.1) there was a ReportEngine directory that contained genReport.sh. I was looking for something similar in Birt2.5.1. Is there a genReport.sh available for Birt2.5.1? Thanks, Mike
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eSpreadsheet in Maximo
Can you run an eSpreadsheet in Maximo?
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iServer Management Console
Can you login to the iServer Management Console on a Maximo installation?
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how to use LAYOUT screen
Background: We write BIRT reports for Maximo. So, the output size is always 8 1/2 x 11 - regular US paper. We have never been asked to write BIRT reports to any other format - till now. Issue: When using Eclipse/BIRT, the LAYOUT tab is not WYSIWYG. Even if you change the MASTER PAGE, the LAYOUT seems to have a mind of it's…
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chart error
When I add a chart to a BIRT Maximo, I get the following error:A BIRT exception occurred: There are errors evaluating script "__bm_open()": ReferenceError: "MXReportDataSetProvider" is not defined. (<inline>#1).. See next exception for more information. There are errors evaluating script "__bm_open()": ReferenceError:…
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column width
If I create a BIRT report from scratch, it's easy to drag the column width back and forth. If I create a Maximo report, dragging the column width doesn't do anything. Is there a way around this? Thanks
