Tutorial 1:  Building a simple listing report

This section provides step-by-step instructions for building a report that lists customer names, phone numbers, and contact names. The report uses data from the sample database that is supplied with BIRT Report Designer, Classic Models. Figure 1-1 shows a portion of the finished report.

Figure 1-1  Report listing customer names, phone numbers, and contacts

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In this tutorial, you perform the following tasks:

Create a new project. If you are using BIRT RCP Report Designer, you do not complete this step.

Create a new report.

Build a data source.

Build a data set.

Lay out the report to display each row of the data set.

Sort the data.

Format the report to enhance its appearance.

Create a report title.