Text

The Text component in an Ad-hoc Report allows you to insert static or descriptive content such as titles, headings, captions, or explanatory notes. It is intended for general information that supports or complements the report layout, can be placed anywhere alongside tables, charts, or other componenets to provide context and clarity.

Objective

Create Adhoc Report using Text.

Adhoc Report - Text: This video contains information regarding How to Create Adhoc Report using Text in AIV.

Steps to Create Adhoc Report using Text

1. Drag and drop the Text component into the empty area as shown below:

   

2. As user performs the above step, a window will appear as per the image below:

   

3. Now you can insert text in the empty area and perform formatting.

4. For this example, we will write Welcome to AIVHUB and apply formatting such as bold, underline, highlight.

5. User can also add the link by clicking on icon right before image icon.

6. As user perform the above steps, window will look as per the image below:

   

7. You can also insert an image by clicking on the icon, and insert a formula into your report by clicking on the icon, if required.

8. Select Landscape View from the Birt Template drop-down as shown.

   

9. You can also specify the number of records to display per page using the widget located near the format selector:

   

10. User can select format in which they want to run the report from the drop-down near to RUN option.

    

11. For this example, we select run as HTML.

12. To run the Adhoc Report using Text Component, click the Run button located at the top-right corner, as shown below:

    

13. Clicking on the Run button opens the following dialog box:

    

14. Since the datset has no parameters, the user clicks the SEND button, and it redirects them to a new tab in the browser.

15. The Adhoc Report using Text component will be generated in HTML.

    

16. If you want to save your report you can click on the Save button at the topmost right corner:

    

17. You can enter a custom name and choose either save as Reports/Template.

18. For this example: give Name: AisReport & Select Save As: Reports and click on submit button to perform the save operation.

19. If you want to change the settings of a component click on Setting icon below Run which will open the following dialog box:

    

20. Here you are changing the Name, Width, Height, and Visibility, then by clicking on the Submit button you can save your changes.

21. Similarly, click the Delete icon to remove the Text component.

The following graphical elements are available in Adhoc reports:

Adhoc Table
Adhoc Chart
Adhoc Image
Adhoc Annotation
Adhoc Pivot
Adhoc Pre-defined Components
Bind Parameters
Adhoc Embed Link