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One feature that is very nice to have in a report is newspaper style pages. In this style, the data from a single query is shown in multiple columns within the same page. Essentially this becomes a table element, but the table wraps within the page confine first, for a specified number of columns before it goes on to the next page. I will attach an image of a report with newspaper columns in the next post.
Created attachment 36917 [details] A report showing first name with multiple columns per page
+1 for adding this feature in next release (2.4 or 3.0). Also see this bug for related enh request #133282
*** Bug 242504 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Also I assume that the feature will like it is described in http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/ref/ROM_Page_Setup_SPEC.pdf (on page -5-) 1.1.5 Multi-column Reports Customers sometimes have the need to create reports with multiple columns. For example, a bank statement may list checks in two or three columns. A printed phone list may display two columns. A dashboard report may show several short reports side-byside as in a web portal. BIRT supports multi-column reports. It • Allows the output of a single report to be listed in multiple columns. • Allows a multiple-column page layout. That is, the report itself is divided into multiple columns. See Word for an example. • Allows two or more reports to be printed side-by-side similar, effectively creating “subpages”. For example, to create a sales summary report that shows top-10 largest sales in one column and top-10 riskiest sales in another column. This feature creates “newspaper-style” layouts in which content snakes from one column to another. Multi-column reports are not available in simple HTML and FO output in the first release.
Hi, I am waiting for this bug to be resolved, the bug activity states this is for release 2.5 RC1, does anyone know when that is supposed to come out? I can help test this if you need someone to do it. Thanks Pallavi
defer to 2.5.1
schedule to 2.6.0. and raise the priority to p2.
woo hoo, glad we can get it in.
(In reply to comment #8) > woo hoo, glad we can get it in. Sorry, we need more time. The status update was setting priority to p5.
French BIRT community is interested in this feature ( multiple projects ). Wenfeng , at current state , when is this scheduled? Thanks, Stefan
I am very interested in this feature. Even Microsoft Access does this very well. The idea is to have content flow into multiple columns either going top to bottom and left to right or left to right and top to bottom on each page. I know you can use grids and filters to try and mimic this behavior, but this is not ideal and does not handle the pagination as well as a report that supports having multiple columns in the output. Thanks
Hello, Here is an example of what the desired behavior would look like: http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/devshare/designing-birt-reports/1076-columns-flowing-newspaper-style/ This is a very nice filter script, howerer it completely breaks when grouping is used. Thank you, Michael
The news paper style is a very nice feature to have. Awaiting for this bug to get resolved, some projects are pending due to this. Regards Udaya
Any plan to implement this ? As mentioned by Michal Chomiczewski, DevShare contains a nice filter script, but which doesn't work when using grouping functionality.
The question last asked in 2014. Guessing users have just given up on this feature ever seeing the light of day. Asking for flow of data across multiple columns. Currently working with Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools SDK Version: 4.3.1.v201308301349-8F8y7OFT0z0-U-CZbeSSZC Build id: v20130917-1035
Any update on when this might become available?
(In reply to Michal Chomiczewski from comment #12) > Hello, > > Here is an example of what the desired behavior would look like: > http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/devshare/designing-birt-reports/1076- > columns-flowing-newspaper-style/ > > This is a very nice filter script, howerer it completely breaks when > grouping is used. > > Thank you, > Michael Michael, Thank you for posting this. The link is no longer working but, ultimately, for the use case we have, we would need to do groupings. Posting a reply to get some visibility on this request. Jason
