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Last Week in the Forums - 8/27/12

The first post, for this week, is about . The poster wanted to be able to highlight the parameter value within a text in their report. An example is provided in the thread with shows one way to achieve this using script.

The next post, for this week, is about creating a graphical representation of airplane seating. The poster wanted to be able to show a graphical representation of an airplane's seating chart, showing which seats are occupied/reserved. An example showing a way in which this can be done can be found in the thread.

Here are a few more :

• Try to hide first row on page - but second row is hidden
  
• Totals in a row crosstab
  
• Calling Multiple reports through Drill through in different target frames
  
• BIRT Deployment in Jboss5.1
  
• Schedule a task to Ftp a BIRT report using iServer

Here is an unanswered post, from last week:

• Query Problem with Temporary Tables and Variables

If you have a suggestion or solution for any of these, please post in the thread!

Thanks for reading this weeks blog! Again, this is just a small sample of what went through the forums this past week. For more questions and answers that have been posted, check out the forums. As always, if you have a question, feel free to ask it, and if you see a question you know the answer to or have a similar experience to, feel free to post an answer or comment.

Last Week in the Forums - 8/20/12

The first post, for this week, is about coloring a bar based on a threshold value. The poster wanted to be able to color the portion of the bar that passed a threshold value. Say, there was a chart threshold of 50 and there were three bars valued at 75, 55, and 45. The first two bars would be one color up to 50, then another color above. The last bar would be entirely the first color. What is done in this case is to use two series. One that goes all the way up to the threshold, if the value is that high, and the other to continue above the threshold if needed. This allows for two colors at the threshold line. An example report can be found in the forum thread.

The next post, for this week, is about creating a chart in script. The poster wanted to know if it was possible to create a chart, on the fly, in script. An example can be found in the forum that shows how to create a chart, in script, using an existing dataSet.

Here are a few more :

• Alternating row colors for detail row?
  
• Create pie chart programmatically ?
  
• Compare date ranges
  
• Reading and setting the report-parameters in Birt Report Viewer jsp
  
• Setting Image on Runtime

Here are a few unanswered posts, from last week:

• AuthenticationMethod SQL connectivity
  
• JSAPI to get list of reports

If you have a suggestion or solution for any of these, please post in the thread!

Thanks for reading this weeks blog! Again, this is just a small sample of what went through the forums this past week. For more questions and answers that have been posted, check out the forums. As always, if you have a question, feel free to ask it, and if you see a question you know the answer to or have a similar experience to, feel free to post an answer or comment.

This blog series takes a look back at the past week in the forums, recalling how active they were and highlights some of the questions asked that seem to frequent the forums or other interesting topics. We're over two weeks into the new year and the forums continue to be busy! Many great questions and answers are being posted every day. As always, thanks to those users who help answer questions! It is a great help to the community!

The unanswered post for this week is about an issue with data from a dataSet not showing up when deployed. The poster's dataSet works when they run it in the designer, but when they run it in their servlet, the data for one dataSet doesn't show. They are using multiple stored procedures. If anyone has any experience with this issue happening to them or has a suggestion, please post a response in the thread.

The next post I'll cover this week is using highlights. The poster wanted to know how they could change the background and font colors for specific rows/columns. The provided answer was to use the built in highlight feature within BIRT to do this. There is also some sample code showing how this can also be done in script.

The last post for this week is about dynamic value series labels in a chart. The poster wanted to display a string and a number in their label dynamically, in multiple lines. An example report is attached that shows a simple script that can be used to do this.

Again, this is just a small sample of what went through the forums this past week. For more questions and answers that have been posted, check out the forums. As always, if you have a question, feel free to ask it, and if you see a question you know the answer to or have a similar experience to, feel free to post an answer or comment.