6:44 p.m.
Author: abogachuk
Date: 2008-09-30 12:44:20 -0400 (Tue, 30 Sep 2008)
New Revision: 10573
Modified:
trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_support.xml
Log:
New report creation added
Modified: trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_support.xml
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--- trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_support.xml 2008-09-30 16:36:33 UTC (rev 10572)
+++ trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_support.xml 2008-09-30 16:44:20 UTC (rev 10573)
@@ -55,36 +55,88 @@
<para>We will show you how to use the Creation wizard for
creating a new BIRT report.</para>
- <para>First create a Report project. Select
<emphasis><property>File >New > Project...</property>
- </emphasis> in the main menu bar or context menu.
The new project dialog appears. Choose <emphasis><property>Business
Intelligence and Reporting Tools > Report
Project</property></emphasis>. Click on the Next button.</para>
-
- <figure>
- <title>New Dialog</title>
+ <para>First create a Report project. Select
<emphasis><property>File > New > Project...</property>
+ </emphasis> in the main menu bar or context menu.
The new project dialog appears. Choose <emphasis><property>Business
Intelligence and Reporting Tools > Report
Project</property></emphasis>:
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>New Report Project
Creation</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
- <imagedata
fileref="images/esb_support/01_create_esb.png"/>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/BirtSupport/01ReportProjectWizard.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ </figure>
+
+ Click on the
<emphasis><property>Next</property></emphasis> button. Specify a
name for the project and change location if necessary:</para>
- <para> Clicking
<emphasis><property>Next</property></emphasis> brings us to the
wizard page where it's necessary to specify the
- folder, name and version for the file. We choose,
for example, <emphasis><property>jboss-esb.xml</property>
- </emphasis> as the name and accept the
selected projects folder and default version.</para>
- <figure>
- <title>Folder, Name and
Version</title>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata
fileref="images/esb_support/02_create_esb.png"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
+ <figure>
+ <title>Specify a Name for the Report
Project</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/BirtSupport/02ProjectName.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
- <para>Thus, our file will be created in the
selected projects folder by default. If you want to change the folder
- for your future file click
<emphasis><property>Browse...</property></emphasis> button to set
needed folder or simply type it.</para>
-
- <para>Clicking on
<emphasis><property>Finish</property>
- </emphasis> results in the file being generated.
The wizard creates one xml file.</para>
+ <para>Click on the
<emphasis><property>Finish</property></emphasis> button. Click
<emphasis><property>Ok</property></emphasis> to switch to the
Report Design perspective. Your Report Project is now created:</para>
+
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>New Report Project Created</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/BirtSupport/03NewProjectCreated.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>Now you can create a Report. Go to
<emphasis><property>File > New >
Report...</property></emphasis>:</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>Create a New Report</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/BirtSupport/04NewReport.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>The new report dialog appears. Select the created
project as a parent folder in the tree view:</para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>Select a Parent Folder</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/BirtSupport/05SelectingParentFolder.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>Click on the
<emphasis><property>Next</property></emphasis> button. Then select
the type of the template to use for your report. Each template is shown in the Preview
window and is described below. Tick off the "Show Report Creation Cheat Sheet"
checkbox if you don't need the Cheat Sheets view to be displayed. The Cheat Sheets
view can walk you though the process of creating a report based on the template you
selected.
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>Choose a Report Template</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/BirtSupport/06ReportTemplate.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+
+ Click on the
<emphasis><property>Finish</property></emphasis> button to open
the newly created report in the workspace:</para>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>Report Opened in the
Workspace</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
fileref="images/BirtSupport/07SimpleListingReport.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+
+
</section>
</chapter>