You can create a parameter values file from a BIRT design that contains filter parameter values. A parameter values file is saved as a report object value file with a .rov file‑name extension. You can save a set of parameter values in a parameter value (.rov) file to avoid having to set the parameter values every time you run a design. A parameter values file is a design file, so you can run it immediately or schedule a job to run the file. At run time, you can modify the set parameter values if necessary.
A parameter values file has a dependency on the BIRT design file (.rptdesign) from which the parameter values file was created. To run a parameter values file, it must have a dependency on the BIRT design file from which it was created. To run a parameter values file, a user needs the execute privilege as well as either read, secure read, or visible privilege on the BIRT design file from which the parameter values file was created. BIRT iHub updates the dependency information if a user moves the BIRT design to a different location in the volume.
How to create a parameter values file
1 Select the menu icon next to a BIRT design and choose Create parameter values file, as shown in Figure 2‑17.
Figure 2‑17 Selecting the option to create a parameter values file
2 On Create Parameter Values File, specify values for the following options, as shown in Figure 2‑18:
File name
Navigate to a new folder location to save the file if necessary
Version information
Select a parameter value from the list, a Customer name in this example.
Figure 2‑18 Specifying parameter properties
Choose OK. The parameter values file appears in the list of files and folders in the folder you specified.
File name