Author: abogachuk Date: 2008-10-09 10:43:49 -0400 (Thu, 09 Oct 2008) New Revision: 10768 Modified: trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_designer.xml trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_support.xml Log: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBDS-388 - links adjusted, BIRT Designer chapter updated Modified: trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_designer.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_designer.xml 2008-10-09 13:35:22 UTC (rev 10767) +++ trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_designer.xml 2008-10-09 14:43:49 UTC (rev 10768) @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> -<chapter id="birt_designer" xreflabel="birt_designer"> +<chapter id="Birt_Designer" xreflabel="Birt_Designer"> <?dbhtml filename="birtDesigner.html"?> <chapterinfo> <keywordset> @@ -10,30 +10,26 @@ </keywordset> </chapterinfo> - <title>BIRT Designer</title> - - + <title>BIRT Report Designer</title> - - - - <section id="birt_designer_introduction"> - - <title>BIRT Report Designer</title> - <para>BIRT Designer is an intuitive and quite easy Eclipse-based set of plugins to make reports. We will pass you through all its features.</para> - - </section> - - - + <para>BIRT Designer is an intuitive and quite easy Eclipse-based set of plugins to make reports. We will describe all its features to you.</para> + <section id="birt_designer_features"> <title>BIRT Report Designer Features</title> <para>Here are the main BIRT Report Designer features:</para> - <itemizedlist><listitem><para><emphasis role="bold"></emphasis>Palette - Contains the standard BIRT report elements such as labels, tables, and charts and is used in conjunction with the Layout View to design reports.</para></listitem> + <itemizedlist><listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Palette</emphasis> - contains tables, labels, and charts. It is used in conjunction with the Layout View to design reports.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Layout View</emphasis> - WYSIWYG editor that provides drag and drop creation of the presentation portion of your report.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Data Explorer</emphasis> - Organizes your data sources (connections) and data sets (queries). The data set editor allows you to test your data set to ensure the report receives the correct data. Within this view multi dimensional cubes can be created using existing data sets. Cubes are currently used when building dynamic cross tables. This view also is used to design report parameters.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Property Editor</emphasis> - Presents the most commonly used properties in a convenient format that makes editing quick and easy. BIRT also integrates with the standard Eclipse property view to provide a detailed listing of all properties for an item.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Report Preview</emphasis> - You can test your report at any time with real data. The preview is a window directly within Eclipse.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Script Editor</emphasis> - Scripting adds business logic to reports during data access, during report generation, or during viewing. The code editor provides standard Eclipse features for editing your scripts: syntax coloring, auto-complete and more. An interesting new feature, for BIRT 2.3 is the ability to debug scripts while the report is running.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Outline</emphasis> - BIRT reports are organized as a tree structure with the overall report as the root, and separate categories for styles, report content, data sources, data sets, report parameters and more. The Outline view provides a compact overview of your entire report structure.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Cheat Sheets</emphasis> - Learning a new tool is always a challenge, but Eclipse offers an innovative solution: cheat sheets. These are short bits of documentation that walk you through new tasks.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Resource Explorer</emphasis> - BIRT allows the reuse of report objects, such as tables, data sources and styles. Objects created for reuse are stored in a library file. To browse the contents of report libraries BIRT supplies a Resource Explorer view. This view list all libraries within the resource folder, in addition other shared content such as images and JavaScript files.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Chart Builder</emphasis> - Adding Charts to BIRT designs is expedited with the Chart Builder. Chart creation is separated into three phases: Select Chart Type, Select Data, and Format Chart.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Expression Builder </emphasis> - BIRT expressions are really just simple scripts that return a value. Expressions are used for assigning data values to report elements, building image locations, hyperlinks, parameter default values and many other places. Expressions are constructed within BIRT using the Expression Builder.</para></listitem> - - </itemizedlist> @@ -41,16 +37,14 @@ <para>There are a number of ways we can improve the report's appearance: </para> - <itemizedlist><listitem><para>Add a title to the top of the report;</para></listitem> - - - - Add a title to the top of the report. - Add some color to enhance the column headings. - Shrink the size of the city and state columns. - Add some color to make the state and city group headers stand out. - Format the phone numbers. - Sort customers by name. - </itemizedlist> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>Add a title to the top of the report;</para></listitem> + <listitem><para> Add a title to the top of the report. </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> Add some color to enhance the column headings. </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> Shrink the size of the city and state columns. </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Add some color to make the state and city group headers stand out. </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Format the phone numbers. </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Sort customers by name.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> </section> </chapter> Modified: trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_support.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_support.xml 2008-10-09 13:35:22 UTC (rev 10767) +++ trunk/birt/docs/en/modules/birt_support.xml 2008-10-09 14:43:49 UTC (rev 10768) @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ <section><title>Create Report Layout</title> - <para>After the Data source and Data set are specified you can continue with the report layout. Please see the <xref linkend="birt_designer"/> chapter to learn more about BIRT Report Designer.</para> + <para>After the Data source and Data set are specified you can continue with the report layout. Please see the <xref linkend="Birt_Designer"/> chapter to learn more about BIRT Report Designer.</para> </section>