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In BIRT technology, a predefined structure for a report design. A report developer uses a report template to maintain a consistent style across a set of report designs and to streamline the report design process. A report template is a model for a complete report or a component of a report. Actuate BIRT provides standard templates and supports custom templates.
In Figure G-56, New Report displays the available templates and Preview displays a representation of the report layout for the selected My First Report, a customer-listing report template.
Figure G-56  
Related terms
Actuate BIRT iServer, Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) technology, design, format, layout, listing report, notification, report, report object design (.rod) file, style
Contrast with
report template (.rpttemplate) file

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