Designing reports using BIRT Studio : Getting started : Creating a report : Selecting and inserting data in a report
 
Selecting and inserting data in a report
After you choose a data source, the next step is to select the data fields, and lay them out in the report design. You can do one of the following:
*Use Table Builder to select and insert the data fields in the report design. You can also limit the data retrieved from the data set using Table Builder.
*To preview the data as you manually select and insert data fields in the report design, choose Cancel on Table Builder, without making any selections. All the data fields from the selected data set appear in Available Data in BIRT Studio.