Before creating a Report Template you should initially add a data
source say, customer.ds
to the File System. Refer to the JDBC chapter of
the Elixir Data Designer Documentation for details on how to add the JDBC data
source.
If you want to add a simple tabular report, perform the following steps:
Select a FileSystem. Select Add
->Report
template from the
file system popup menu.
When the Report Template Wizard appears, enter a name for the Report,
for example First report
, and click Next.
In the screen that appears, locate and select the Customer.ds
datasource
and click Next.
Select Standard Report
. The different types of Standard
reports are listed on the right of the dialog. Select Tabular Report
from the
list and click Next.
The next page allows you to choose the fields to be displayed in the table. In this case, click the '>>' button to move all the fields to the Report table.
Finally, click Finish. the system adds First report.rml
is
added to the repository and opened to show the Layout tab.
Select Render from the toolbar. On the Render Wizard
, select Glint
and click Finish. The output is displayed as shown in
Figure 2.10, “Generated Glint Report”.