SUN Report Builder

General Info

A new official name exists: SUN Report Builder. See issue 78437
For more technical info, please read: Sun Report Builder and Planned Feature

Download the SUN Report Builder Extension. The latest release is 1.0.6.

Release Info

   * 1.1.0: formula editor and support of the ODF formula syntax
   * 1.1.0: meta data support like author and title
   * 1.1.0: support of charts
   * 1.1.0: report wizard
   * 1.0.6: report design loses its modification state when report is executed (93014)
   * 1.0.6: chart in generated report displays wrong values (93735)
   * 1.0.6: time values in generated reports are always displayed as if they were forenoon (93443)
   * 1.0.6: Running a report is not possible (error) (95414)
   * 1.0.5: Report Builder cannot be installed (93559)
   * 1.0.4: The creation of reports with grouping is working again.

Roadmap

1.1 is expected to be released May 7th, 2009.

News about the report designer can be found on GullFOSS.

The CWS page inside EIS can be found here.

The Spec can be found here.

Install Steps

• download the OOo 2.3 install set for your platform (at the moment only windows and linux is available)
• [optional] adjust the UserInstallation path in the program/bootstraprc or program/bootstrap.ini file
• start the office and open the extension manager (TOOLS/EXTENSION MANAGER)
• add the report designer extension
• restart the office
• open any database
  
• use 'Create Report in DesignView ..' from the Report panel

=> the SUN Report Designer should appear

Taskhandling for Sun Report Builder

Before writing a new Issue, please check if it not already exists: RPT Double Check

New Issue should contain:

• summary should start with 'RPT: '
• "Version" should be the version you're testing f.e. "RPT 1.1.0"

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Autor

Marc Neumann Christoph Lukasiak (Clu) 1 June 2007
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