The following section describes how to select a data source. The procedure for selecting the data source for your report depends on the template you select. If you select a template that does not include a data set, Report Studio prompts you to select a custom data source, an information object, or a data object stored in the repository. If you choose a cross tab template, you must select a data object that contains a cube or a data model.
How to create a report design using a custom data source
1 Obtain the URL to access the Actuate Report Studio component from your administrator. Choose Actuate Report Studio, as shown in Figure 2‑4.
Figure 2‑4 Launching Report Studio
2 Report Studio appears, as shown in Figure 2‑5. In Create Report, choose New to create a new report.
Figure 2‑5 Opening an existing report or creating a new one in Report Studio
3 Report Template appears, as shown in Figure 2‑6. In Report Template, select a template that does not contain a data set. Choose OK.
Figure 2‑6 Selecting a template
4 Data Source appears, displaying available sample and custom data sources. Select Sample ODA data source, as shown in Figure 2‑7. Choose OK.
Figure 2‑7 Selecting a custom ODA data source
5 Sample ODA Editor appears, as shown in Figure 2‑8. Select the data fields to use in the report design.
Figure 2‑8 Selecting the data fields to use
6 Optionally select Create a parameter to filter the last column.
Select this option to activate any existing parameters for the last data field, Amount. After you insert the data field in the report design, in the Data menu, choose Parameters and make your selection to specify viewing parameters for data in that column.
Deselect this option to view all data rows in the data field.
Choose OK. The selected data fields appear in Available Data in Report Studio, as shown in Figure 2‑9.
Figure 2‑9 Viewing the available data fields in Report Studio
7 To manually select and insert data fields in a report table, in Report Studio, press Ctrl, and in Available Data, select each data field to insert in the table.
8 Drag the fields and drop them in the table placeholder in the display pane. The order in which you select the data fields is important because they appear in the report in the order of selection.
For each data field you insert, a column appears in the table, displaying up to 50 values. Notice that the data field names, PAYMENTDATE, CUSTOMERNUMBER, CHECKNUMBER, and AMOUNT, appear at the top of each column. These items are called column headers, and Report Studio creates them when you insert data fields in a table.
Figure 2‑10 shows a report displaying customer payment data.
Figure 2‑10 Viewing a report with the selected data fields in Report Studio
How to select a template that includes one or more data sets
1 In Report Template, select a template that includes one or more data sets. Choose OK. Data appears, as shown in Figure 2‑11.
Figure 2‑11 Selecting a data set
Data displays the data sets included in the template.
2 In Select Data to Use, select a data set, then choose OK.
Table Builder appears listing the data fields in the selected data set. Use Table Builder to select and insert data fields in a BIRT design.
How to select an information object
This procedure assumes that the option to access information objects has been enabled in the Report Studio configuration file.
1 In Report Template, select a template that does not contain a data set. Choose OK. Data Source appears.
2 In Data Source, select Information Objects. Then, choose OK.
3 Select Information Object appears. Navigate to the folder that contains the information object to use. An information object has a .iob file‑name extension. Select the information object, as shown in Figure 2‑12. Then, choose OK.
Table Builder appears listing the data fields in the selected data set. You use Table Builder to select and insert data fields in a BIRT design.
Figure 2‑12 Selecting an information object
How to select a data object
This procedure assumes that the option to access information objects has been enabled in the Report Studio configuration file.
1 In Report Template, select a template that contains no data set. Choose OK.
2 In Data Source, select BIRT Data Objects. Then, choose OK.
3 In Available Data, if needed, navigate to a folder in Project Root. Then, select a data object design (.datadesign) file to retrieve data on demand, or a data object store (.data) file to use cached data.
To view the data sets and cubes in each data object, select the arrow next to the data object file name, as shown in Figure 2‑13.
Available Data displays the data sets, data models, and cubes in the selected data object.
Select the cube to view the data fields it contains.
Select the data set to view the data fields it contains.
Select the data model to view the data fields it contains.
4 In Select Data, in Available Data, select the data object design file or data object store file to use, then choose the right arrow. When you use a data object design file, you are using the most current data. When you use a data object store file, you are using cached data.
The selected file appears in Selected Data, as shown in Figure 2‑14.
Figure 2‑14 Viewing the selected data object
5 To select a different data object, in Selected Data, select the data object to remove. Select the left arrow. Then, repeat step 4. Choose OK.
6 Select Data appears, as shown in Figure 2‑15. Select a data set or data model to use, then choose OK.
Figure 2‑15 Selecting a data set or data model to use
Table Builder appears listing the data fields in the selected data set or data model. Use Table Builder to select and insert data fields in a BIRT design.
How to select a new data set
1 In Report Studio, choose Modify in the left navigation pane, as shown in Figure 2‑16. In Actuate BIRT Java Component, Report Studio supports selecting a new data set or data model if you use a data object data source.
Figure 2‑16 Choosing Modify
Select Data Set appears displaying the data set currently in use, and the data sets in the data object you selected earlier.
2 Select a new data set from the list of available data sets. Then, choose OK.
Table Builder appears displaying the data fields in the data set you selected.
3 Double‑click each field to add it to the report table.
Select this option to activate any existing parameters for the last data field, Amount. After you insert the data field in the report design, in the Data menu, choose Parameters and make your selection to specify viewing parameters for data in that column. 
