Customizing reports

You can customize the layout and content of the BIRT report templates provided in Rule Designer.

About this task

You can customize the layout and content of the BIRT report templates provided in Rule Designer.

BIRT provides features such as report layout, data access and scripting.

Procedure

To customize the layout:

Click Window > Open Perspective > Other.
In the Open Perspective dialog, select the Report Design perspective, then click OK.
Drag elements from the Palette view, and drop them in the Layout view of your report template.
Select an element in the Layout view, and use the Property Editor to modify the font, padding, border, and so on.

Results

For more information on how to customize BIRT reports, refer to the BIRT Report Developer Guide. You can also find useful information on how to use scripting in a report template in Sample: Custom report generation.