Running, printing, and viewing a document : Retrieving and viewing data
 
Retrieving and viewing data
The View service supports viewing a document, paging through a document using a web browser, retrieving an entire document or individual components of a document, and viewing the data in a variety of display formats.
The Actuate Information Delivery API supports the View service tasks described in Table 4‑1.
Table 4‑1 Operations for retrieving and viewing data 
Operation
Programming task
GetContent
Retrieving the contents of a report using a component identifier or component name and value. Use the component identifier of 0 to view the entire report.
GetCustomFormat
Retrieving a report in a custom format.
GetEmbeddedComponent
Retrieving an embedded component. The component can be static data, dynamic data, or a style sheet, depending on the suboperation you use.
GetFormats
Retrieving a list of locales or a list of formats that BIRT iHub supports.
GetPageCount
Requesting the number of pages in the report.
GetStyleSheet
Retrieving the style sheet for a report.
GetTOC
Retrieving the table of contents for a report.
SearchReport
Searching a report for specific criteria.
SelectPage
Retrieving a page or range of pages to view.
Typically, a user views a document using Actuate Information Console JavaServer Pages (JSP). Developers can also create custom report viewing pages to integrate with their applications.