Dynamic Reporting using the ReportSpec API (work in progress)

growing need for dynamic reports (eg crosstab)

reference to nic guzaldo techtips

inline action-sequence based dynamic reporting

can be done in Java code in an embedded solution

fully dynamic means the report will be generated without any knowledge of the data

programmatic means our use of the ReportSpec API is targeted at a specific batch of data (typically a fixed number of columns)

include xaction XML along with detailed discussion

include xaction XML along with detailed discussion

assumption is that user already has jfreereport in an embedded environment

example snippet of Java code that can be used to dynamically generate a report definition