URL Parameters for the Report Viewer Plugin

When reports are rendered in the Pentaho User Console, they are rendered via a Pentaho Plugin (Reporting Platform Plugin).

Like .xactions, reports (.prpts) can be accessed via a URL. This URL can be easily be created by right clicking on a report (.prpt) and selecting "Create Deep Link". Note: This encodes the URL.

Launching the report within the Pentaho User Console

In the link below, "name" parameter allows you to assign a name to the tab that will display in the Pentaho User Console.

http://localhost:8080/pentaho/Home?name=Inventory%20in%20PUC&startup-url=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8080%2Fpentaho%2Fcontent%2Freporting%2Freportviewer%2Freport.html%3Fsolution%3Dsteel-wheels%26path%3D%2Freports%26name%3DInventory.prpt

Launching the report without the Pentaho User Console

http://localhost:8080/pentaho/content/reporting/reportviewer/report.html?solution=steel-wheels&path=/reports&name=Sales%20Summary.prpt
Optional parameter that you can pass to the report viewer.

Parameter Name	Default Value	Accepted Values	Description
showParameters	true	true, false	If true, shows the parameter UI, but will keep the pagination controller.
paginate	true	true, false	If true, shows the pagination controls.
layout	vertical	vertical, flow	If set to vertical, parameter UI will use a vertical layout where each parameter will stack on top of the next. If set to flow, parameter UI will layout the parameters on the same row until wrapping is needed.

To make this the default behavior for the reporting plugin

Edit the command property in the reportingplugin.xml in /pentaho-solutions/system/reporting/.

For example

<command>content/reporting/reportviewer/report.html?solution=

Unknown macro: {solution}

&
amp;path=

Unknown macro: {path}

&name=

Unknown macro: {name}

&layout=flow</command>
</operation>

Note: &layout=flow has been added.