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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. The forums have been very active, so far, this year, and this week is no different. 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 importing an element from a library, using code. They have some code that they're trying to use. They don't get an exception, but the report comes up blank. If anyone has experience with doing this. Please comment in the thread!

The next post I'll cover for this week is about calculating the number of datys between two dates. If you have two dates and you want to compute the number of days between them, you can simply use the BIRT DateTimeSpan function, DateTimeSpan.days(startDate, endDate), to do this. Just use this in an expression builder in a computed column or any other expression builder.

The last topic for this week is about getting multiple series on the same axis. This question has come up a few times, lately, so I figured I'd cover it. When you're creating a chart where you'll have multiple series, you don't need to select the option to have multiple axes, even if you're using different chart series types. To add a new series, wait til the select data tab and select the drop down next to the y-axis field and choose to add a new series. If you want to change the type, go to the series section in the format chart tab and choose a new type in the drop down for the series you want to change.

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.