How to use a template report item

To use a template report item, you must create a report design from a template that contains a template report item.

1	Create a report design. In the New Report wizard, choose the Chart and Listing predefined template.

2

Perform the steps in the cheat sheet adjacent to the layout editor. The final instruction is to edit the chart. This template item appears in the layout with an appropriate icon and instructional text, as shown in Figure 20-10. The text supplements the instructions in the cheat sheet. In this case, the instructions are similar.

Figure 20-10  Using a template report item

When you double-click the template report item, BIRT changes the template report item to a standard report item. The chart now appears as a standard chart element in the layout.

3	Double-click the chart element. The chart builder appears.

4	Set up the chart as described earlier in this online help.

5	To discard the changes that you made to the chart, right-click the chart element, and choose Undo Edit Chart.

6	Right-click the chart element again, and choose Undo Transfer to Report Item. The chart now appears as the original template report item, as shown in Figure 20-10.