Customizing Reports with BIRT

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Customizing Reports with BIRT

Rule Scenario Manager supplies two forms of templates: templates that already contain information and blank templates. If you need only to make modifications, it may be more efficient to edit the full report template. For building a template from scratch, use the blank templates.

To modify the BIRT templates used in Rule Scenario Manager:

Copy the plug-in folder <InstallDir>/scenariomanager/applicationservers/<appservername>/jrules-rsm-<appservername>.war/plugins/ilog.rules.rsm.reporting to the Eclipse plug-in folder.
Start Eclipse. Verify that the plug-in is loaded.
Select the template to modify from the <InstallDir>/scenariomanager/samples/basics-javabinding/templates or .../basics-xmlbinding/templates directory:

- Scenario.rptdesign: the full template for scenario reports.

- Suite.rptdesign: the full template for scenario suite reports.

- Simulation.rptdesign: the full template for simulation reports.

- blankScenario: the blank template for scenario reports.

- blankSuite: the blank template for scenario suite reports.

- blankSimulation: the blank template for simulation reports.

Modify or fill in the template as required, and save your changes.

For each report, you can manipulate all the data types found in the data explorer. First, select and format the data location. Then, drag and drop the data type from the dataset.

To include an image in a BIRT template, you must follow these guidelines:

Reference the image with a path of the type: <img src="images/<MyImages>"...>.
Include the image in the corresponding path in the WebApp root: [in rsm.war]/images/<MyImages>.

Note that the viewer does not allow you to visualize the new template without executing the corresponding element. Before executing, you must create and deploy a new rsm.war file containing the new template. If you are working on exploded WAR files (such as a file system), copy your new template into the WEB-INF/classes folder.

Related Concepts

Scenario Report

Scenario Suite Report

Simulation Report

Configuring Rule Scenario Manager Extensions

Related Reference

Rule Scenario Manager XML and Java Artifacts

How to Test Rules in Rule Scenario Manager using XML Binding

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