Task 2:  Create a new report

You can create a report in the following ways:

Start with a blank report design.

Use a predefined report template.

For each template, BIRT Report Designer provides a cheat sheet, which contains step-by-step instructions, to help you create the report.

For this tutorial, you start with a blank report design.

1	Choose File→New→Report. New Report appears. Figure 1-5 shows the window that appears in BIRT Report Designer. New Report is slightly different in BIRT RCP Report Designer.

Figure 1-5  New Report in BIRT Report Designer

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2	In BIRT Report Designer, in the tree view of the available folders, select the project that you created. This step applies only to BIRT Report Designer users.

3	Type the following text as the file name:

Customers.rptdesign

4	Choose Next. New Report provides options for starting with a blank report and several report templates, as shown in Figure 1-6.

Figure 1-6  Report templates in New Report

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5	Select Blank Report, then choose Finish. Your new report appears in the main window. This window displays the layout editor, as shown in Figure 1-7. The layout editor shows an empty report page.

 

The remainder of this tutorial provides the detailed steps for creating the customer report.

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Figure 1-7  Blank report design

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