The question mark represents a data set input parameter, which is not the same as a report parameter. Select jobtitle,firstname, lastname,emailįrom Employees as employees where employees.jobtitle = ? To specify the job title on-the-fly your query should look like this: In the previous example we hard coded the selection criterion in the where clause. You can also use parameters in the query to add dynamics to your report. If you don't know how to do this we suggest that you refer to the Eclipse BIRT Tutorial. When the server is started, open your favorite browser and point it to Tip:
In the Servers view (if it is not open select Windows → Show View → Other → Server → Servers), select the server the application is deployed to and hit the Start button. To see that the application works correctly and as you expect, you need to launch it on the server. We have created a Seam project and inserted the helloBirt report into the helloBirt.xhtml view file. You can use EL expressions to bind the representation layer with back-end logic.Ĭreate the helloBirt.xhtml file in the WebContent folder with the following content: įrom this listing above you see that the title of the report is set via by setting the parameter name and defining the value attribute with the Customers Contacts value. To set a parameter you need to specify it's name the value you want to pass. You can manage the properties of the report using the attributes of the tag. The is a container for a BIRT report, that helps you integrate the report into Seam environment. To use that tags on the page you need to declare the tag library and define the name space like this: To find more information about the framework pleas read the JBoss BIRT Integraion Framework API Reference chapter. The jboss-seam-birt.jar library implements the functionality of the components. The JBoss BIRT Integration framework provides 2 components represented as and tags.
xhtml file that will contain the BIRT report you have just created. When you are done with the helloBirt.rptdesign file, you should create a.
You can download the helloBirt.rptdesign file here and copy it to the WebContent folder of your Seam project.