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.

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