Description

Uses the Pentaho Reporting Engine to generate a report given a report specification and report input data.

Inputs and Outputs

Report Specification - The file that contains the Pentaho Report definition. The file may be either a JFreeReport definition or a Pentaho Report Design Wizard specification.

Result Set Type - Specifies the type of result set to use when returnin the query results. The options are:

• Live Result - The query results are fetched from the dabase server on an as needed basis using a data set cursor. This is the preferred option when the data sets being returned are expected to be very large. Performance is slower but memory usage is reduced.
• In-Memory Result Set - The query results are returned in their entirety from the database server and cached on the BI server.

Query - The SQL query to be executed.

Run Query - Determines when the query is to be executed. The options are:

• Immediately - The query is run immediately by the Pentaho BI server.
• From Pentaho Subreport - The query is prepared for execution, with the intention of being run later in the action sequence by a subreport within a JFree Report. See the JFree Report action for further details.

Result Set Columns - The names of each of the columns in the resulting data set. The names must be entered in the order in which they will appear in the data set. The column names need to be provide only if a column will be referenced by name within the action sequence.

Result Set Name - The name of the resulting output dataset. Following actions can refer to the data set using this name.