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Enabling the User to Filter Data : Tutorial 3: Creating and using report parameters : Task 4: Lay out the data

Task 4:

In this procedure, you create a layout that displays the data in a simple row‑and-column format.

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Drag the Products data set from Data Explorer, and drop it in the layout editor. BIRT Report Designer creates a table that contains all the data set fields and corresponding labels, as shown in Figure 12‑12.

Figure 12-12 Layout editor displaying product data in a table

Figure 12-12
Layout editor displaying product data in a table
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Product Name
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Similarly, edit the PRODUCTVENDOR and QUANTITYINSTOCK labels so that they appear as follows:
Vendor
Quantity In Stock

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Preview the report. It should look like the one in Figure 12‑13.

Figure 12-13 Report preview

Figure 12-13

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