Saving a cross tab
To save a cross tab for later use, or for others to use and modify, save the cross tab to one of the following files types:
If you modify a cross tab in a report design (.rptdesign) file or a report document (.rptdocument) file, you can save it to a report design (.rptdesign) file or a report document (.rptdocument) file using Interactive Viewer. To decide to which of these file types to save the cross tab, consider the following differences between them:
To enable a user to open the modified cross tab in Actuate BIRT Designer Professional or Actuate BIRT Studio, and to provide the user with the ability to modify the cross tab extensively, save the cross tab to a report design (.rptdesign) file.
To enable a user to open the modified cross tab in the viewers, and to limit the extent of the changes a user can make to the report, save the cross tab to a report document (.rptdocument) file. You cannot open a report document file using Actuate BIRT Designer Professional or Actuate BIRT Studio.
If you create a cross tab using a data object store (.data) file, or modify a cross tab in a cube view (.cubeview) file, you can save it to a cube view (.cubeview) file, report design (.rptdesign) file, or report document (.rptdocument) file using Data Analyzer. To decide to which of these file types to save the cross tab, consider the following differences among them:
If you save a cross tab to a cube view (.cubeview) file, you can only open the file using Data Analyzer.
To enable a user to open the modified cross tab in Actuate BIRT Designer Professional or Actuate BIRT Studio, and to provide the user with the ability to modify the cross tab extensively, save the cross tab to a report design (.rptdesign) file.
To enable a user to open the modified cross tab in the viewers, and to limit the extent of the changes a user can make to the report, save the cross tab to a report document (.rptdocument) file.
For more information about Actuate BIRT Designer Professional, see BIRT: A Field Guide and Using Actuate BIRT Designer Professional. For more information about Actuate BIRT Studio, see Using BIRT Studio - iHub Edition or Using BIRT Studio - Java Component Edition. For more information about the BIRT viewers, see Working with Actuate BIRT Viewers.
How to save a cross tab to a report design file or a report document file using Interactive Viewer
If you create or modify a cross tab in a report design (.rptdesign) file or a report document (.rptdocument) file, you can save the file to a report design (.rptdesign) file or a report document (.rptdocument) file using Interactive Viewer.
1 In Data Analyzer, choose OK.
Data Analyzer closes, and the cross tab appears in Interactive Viewer.
2 From the menu, choose one of the following commands:
Save Design.
Save Document.
3 In Save, specify the options for the saved file.
Figure 2‑24 shows the options for saving a report document file.
Figure 2‑24 Saving a cross tab to a report document file
In Choose a Folder, choose from the following options:
Choose to save the file in the default location, which is your home directory denoted by the folder names that follow the slash (/).
To save the file to a different directory, choose the slash (/) to display a list of available directories. Then, choose a directory from the list.
In File name, complete one of the following tasks:
To overwrite an existing file, select the file name from the list.
To save the file without overwriting a file, type a new name in File name.
In Save as type, the file type you chose in step
2 appears. If you chose Save Design, Report design (*.rptdesign) appears. If you chose Save Document, Report document (*.rptdocument) appears.
Choose OK.
How to save a cross tab to a file using Data Analyzer
If you create or modify a cross tab using a data object store (.data) file, or modify a cross tab in a cube view (.cubeview) file, you can save the file to a cube view (.cubeview) file, report design (.rptdesign) file, or report document (.rptdocument) file using Data Analyzer.
1 Choose Save As.
2 In Save As, as shown in
Figure 2‑25, specify the options for the saved file.
Figure 2‑25 Saving a cross tab to a BIRT report document file
In Choose a Folder, choose from the following options:
Choose to save the file in the default location, which is your home directory, denoted by the folder names that follow the slash (/).
To save the file to a different directory, choose the slash (/) to display a list of available directories. Then, choose a directory from the list.
In File name, complete one of the following tasks:
To overwrite an existing file, select the file name from the list.
To save the file without overwriting a file, type a new name in File name.
In Save as type, select one of the following file types:
BIRT Cube View (*.cubeview)
BIRT Report Design (*.rptdesign)
BIRT Report Document (*.rptdocument)
Choose OK.
