Bug 151384 - Need a simple API for completely avoiding .rptdesign creation
Summary: Need a simple API for completely avoiding .rptdesign creation
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: z_Archived
Classification: Eclipse Foundation
Component: BIRT (show other bugs)
Version: 2.1.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: Future   Edit
Assignee: Ivy Li CLA
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Reported: 2006-07-21 05:22 EDT by Prabhu CLA
Modified: 2006-09-26 04:51 EDT (History)
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Description Prabhu CLA 2006-07-21 05:22:40 EDT 
Let me know, if it is already present.

We need a very *simple* API for displaying reports on the fly using BIRT. The advantage of this is to completely avoid creation of .rptdesign. We are not able to create this, due to many static features in BIRT. (Eg: Bug 151383)

The API could be like this

ReportDesigner designer = new ReportDesigner();

designer.addColumn("Date", obj.date, <some style related information);
designer.addGroupByKey("Date");

designer.addSortKey("customer_name");

Something like this. Let me know, if you need additional details.
Comment 1 Wang Qiangsheng CLA 2006-07-23 21:58:46 EDT 
Do you mean to create a report design on the fly and show them in the layout editor?
Comment 2 Wenfeng Li CLA 2006-07-25 20:35:51 EDT 
There is a BIRT designe engine API(DE API) to create or modify .rptdesign in Java code. 

What do you do with the .rptdesign after you create it with code?