Creating a bookmark
When defining a bookmark, you specify a name that determines how BIRT Studio generates the bookmark. To create a bookmark for use in all supported BIRT applications, the bookmark name must begin with a letter ([A-Za-z]) and may be followed by any number of letters, digits ([0-9]), hyphens ("-"), underscores ("_"), colons (":"), and periods ("."). Do not enclose the name in single or double quotation marks, or use spaces or the percent symbol ("%") in the name. The letters in the name are case-sensitive. When naming a bookmark, provide a name representative of the report element being bookmarked, such as CrossTab, SummaryTable, Chart, and so on.
How to define a bookmark for a report table
1 Select the target report element for which you want to define a bookmark, such as the report table, summary table or cross tab element, and choose Bookmark from the context menu.
2 Bookmark appears, as shown in
Figure 9‑1. In Enter Bookmark, type a name for the bookmark. Choose OK.
Figure 9‑1 Creating a bookmark
How to define a bookmark for a report element in a section
1 Select the chart or other report element in the section, and choose Bookmark from the context menu.
2 Bookmark appears, as shown in
Figure 9‑2. Select Generate Dynamic Bookmark Based on Section Value. Choose OK.
Figure 9‑2 Creating a section‑level bookmark
The report elements for which you define bookmarks in BIRT Studio can be displayed in BIRT dashboards using a Reportlet gadget. A bookmark created at the report section level can be accessed in a report document file by BIRT dashboards. For more information, see Building BIRT Dashboards.
