Sun Report Builder

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Sun Report Builder

Create with the Sun Report Builder stylish, smart-looking database reports. The flexible report editor can define group and page headers as well as group and page footers and even calculation fields are available to accomplish complex database reports.

Along with the flexible database client of StarOffice it is possible to create database reports from HSQL, Oracle, or almost any other database type.

The Sun Report Builder uses the Pentaho Reporting Flow Engine of Pentaho BI.

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Operating System: System Independent
Compatible with: OpenOffice.org 3.1 | StarOffice 9 Update 1 or higher.
Official release: 1.1.0
Date: 2009-May-07
Size: 3.16 MB
License: opensource | Read license
Source code: Browse source code
Further product information: Product details

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got 1.1.0 work with German oOo 3.1.1 Base on XP

after installing Sun Report Builder 1.1.0 "nur für mich" I got the extra "Bericht in Entwurfsansicht erstellen" but only a small window appear and disappear verry quickly.

Even worse clicking on "Bericht unter Verwendung des Assistenten erstellen" results in "Feld hinzufügen: Erste_Tabelle_meiner_Datenbank" without the chance to select any other table then the (alphabetic) first of my database. Regardless what I then tried to do, I didn't get any further, no writer document opens, nothing. Only closing the "Feld hinzufügen: Erste_Tabelle_meiner_Datenbank" window is possible.

Exit Base and restart didn't help but after closing the oOo quick launcher too, it looks quite hopeful for me.

Report Builder Options

Open Office 3.1.1 / Sun Report Builder 1.1.0
Opensuse 11.1 & Windows XP
When I go to Tools/Options/Appearance and scroll down to the bottom of the list and get the options for Report Builder, the items are all in Chinese (or Japanese?). In Windows the items are just lines of squares but in Linux the oriental characters show. (Does download look at my IP address and mix up .ca with .cn... I am in Canada)?

Report Builder 1.1.0 "Cannot be in ORDER BY clause"

Hi,
RB 1.1.0 + OO 3.1.1
Creating a new report with group and sort, I get
com.sun.star.lang.WrappedTargetException.

Cannot be in ORDER BY clause in statement [SELECT * FROM (SELECT

"T_ecritureCompta"."date",
"T_ecritureCompta"."anneeAffectation" AS "AnneeScol",
"T_ecritureCompta"."anneeFiscale" AS "AnneeFiscale",
"T_ecritureCompta"."entree",
"T_ecritureCompta"."sortie",
"Tp_modeReglement"."libelle" AS "type",
"T_adherent"."prenom" AS "prenomAdherent",
"T_adherent"."nom" AS "nomAdherent",
"T_eleve"."prenom" AS "prenomEleve",
"T_eleve"."nom" AS "nomEleve",
"T_ecritureCompta"."commentaire",
"T_ecritureCompta"."banque",

"T_ecritureCompta"."guichet",
"T_ecritureCompta"."numCheque",

"T_ecritureCompta"."compteImane",
"T_ecritureCompta"."numChequeImane",

"T_ecritureCompta"."numPiece"

FROM "T_ecritureCompta"

LEFT OUTER JOIN "Tp_modeReglement" ON "T_ecritureCompta"."mode" = "Tp_modeReglement"."code"
LEFT OUTER JOIN "T_adherent"
ON "T_ecritureCompta"."adherent" = "T_adherent"."ID"
LEFT OUTER JOIN "T_parrainage"
ON "T_ecritureCompta"."parrainage" ="T_parrainage"."ID"
LEFT OUTER JOIN "T_eleve"
ON "T_parrainage"."filleul" = "T_eleve"."ID"
WHERE ("T_ecritureCompta"."mode" != 10 and "AnneeFiscale" < 2099 and "AnneeFiscale" > 2000 )
ORDER BY "nomAdherent", "prenomAdherent", "T_adherent"."ID", "date"
)]

Request can be executed without the report builder
Any Idea?
Thanks

Report Builder 1.1.0 "Cannot be in ORDER BY clause"

Reading differents forums, I discovered that sub-queries can't contains ORDER BY clause, I removed it from the request
and it works better but in SRB having a group:

"nomAdherent"
"prenomAdherent",
"ID" ( primary key)
"date"
The report is ordered by "ID" and "date" and not concat of the 4 fields .

Which seems strange is that reports created with previous version , on request containing an ORDER BY clause are still working.

SRB 1.1.0 "Cannot be in order by clause"

I reply to myself:
The solution was to use a view or a SQL instruction ( instead of request/table) inside the report, at report level;
However I have some doubt about sort in the group; this was working in previous version but does not seem to work or have the same behaviour in release 1.1.0

Very unstable

I have tried Sun Report Builder ever since OpenOffice 2.4. I seldom got it to work in 2.4 as it mostly froze.
I gave it a new chance in 3.0 and 3.1. Base still not stable with Sun Report Builder. (Or should we call it "Sun Crash Producer")
So, this is the third time I throw it out of my system, and this time it'll be permanent.

Running WinXP Pro with SP3 and Java 1.6.0_13 with OOo 3.1 Norwegian.

good job

works fine with me!

thanks for this one.

Still not working after ooo 3.1 Stable is avail

I upgraded ti ooo 3.1 recently and got Report Builder 1.1. At least with a database created with ooo 3.01 the Report Builder does not work :((
properly. Klicking on "create report ..." brings up the error message "no valid report template available". I checked the path settings, no improvement. When I disable the Report Builder, everything works fine with the Assistant. Surprisingly, there is no option to create reports in layout mode then anymore...

Any suggestions anybody?

Phone Number Format Problem

Installed OOo 3.1 and Sun Report Report Builder 1.1 and a problem still exists in displaying phone number format in reports. Phone number field is formatted (000) 000-0000 but is displayed as (0000000000 in reports.

Error: The Status of the Extension is Unknown

I have Open Office 3.0.1 installed on my laptop and I went about downloading this Sun Report extension. When I elect to run the extension the Extension Manager appears to install the extension but then it generates an error

"Error: The Status of the Extension is Unknown"

I tried uninstalling & reinstalling Open Office 3.0.1 and the Extension again and I still received the same error. My friend has the same setup as I do and the extension works fine on his machine so now I am even more baffled.

Can you please advise me on what steps to take?

Thanks a mill,
Sheila

download and install

can u tell me how to install the extension

How to install with OpenOffice 3.1.0 Beta (OOO310m11 Build 9399)

I edited description.xml and rezipped the oxt file, but I keep getting the same error: can't install because dependencies not fulfilled, and then it puts the version number I put in the xml file. What version number am I supposed to match for OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 OOO310m11 (Build:9399)?

This beta is otherwise working beautifully, so I'm confident to try Sun Report Builder. I just need it to stop refusing to install because of the version#. Someone tell me how to do that.

Figured it out

doh! I just deleted the "dependencies" section in the XML file, and it passed.

SunReportBuilder 1.1

There will be a SunReportBuilder 1.1 release coming with the OpenOffice.org 3.1 release. Installation will then go smoothless.

Report builder does not launch

When I go into Reports I cannot launch the Wizard or the creator at all untill I disable the Sun Report Builder and restart the app.

EDIT: launched open office from the command line and enabled sun report builder and got this when I clicked on the wizard:
com.sun.star.uno.RuntimeException:
at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.dispatch_call(Native Method)
at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.invoke(JNI_proxy.java:178)
at $Proxy4.createInstanceWithArguments(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.star.wizards.reportbuilder.ReportBuilderImplementation.initialize(ReportBuilderImplementation.java:195)
at com.sun.star.wizards.reportbuilder.ReportBuilderImplementation.getFrame(ReportBuilderImplementation.java:308)
at com.sun.star.wizards.reportbuilder.ReportBuilderImplementation.getWizardParent(ReportBuilderImplementation.java:139)
at com.sun.star.wizards.report.ReportWizard.startReportWizard(ReportWizard.java:654)
at com.sun.star.wizards.report.ReportWizard.startReportWizard(ReportWizard.java:570)
at com.sun.star.wizards.report.CallReportWizard$ReportWizardImplementation.trigger(CallReportWizard.java:128)

Got nothing when I clicked on the design view.

wizard on win xp

This extension works fine with Kubuntu8.04 and ooo3 but in windows xp all you get is the design view mode whether you select create report in design or use wizard to create report.
Does anyone know how to fix this?

Report Header?

Hello,

I have installed the report builder and am somewhat satisfied with it. The main irritant is the placement of the Report Header/Footer. When you ask to insert them they are placed above and below the Detail section and there is no way to move them. This structures the report from top to bottom as: Page Header, Report Header, Detail, Report Footer, Page Footer. The Report Header/Footer and Page Header/Footer function as labeled; they are just in the wrong place on the page. The developers at Sun are aware of this issue and have chosen to not fix it. Even though the report builder functions reasonably well I am somewhat put off by the fact that Sun refuses to address a functionality issue that has been presented by more than one user.

Thanks for allowing me to vent.

coffeeroaster

Bug : when closing a report, OOo crashes

Hi,
Under Vista (and Ubuntu 8.10) and with OOo 3 (in french version), when you close a report by cliquing the "x", you quit the application too. So the application crashes.
Under Vista, I have to close by the menu to avoid this bug.
Under Ubuntu 8.10, this bug existes when you close by this 2 ways (the "x" or the menu).

No output when using parameters

Hi,

In OpenOffice 2.4 I have created a report using Sun Report Builder version 1.0.2. This report uses parameters. When I run this report in 3.0 using extension version 1.0.5, the report produces no output and the parameters are not asked for. Is this a bug?

Regards,
Jeroen van Veldhuizen

Don't installed

Hello,
I have OpenOffice.org 3.0 and Java Run Time 6 Update 10.
I downloaded Sun Report Builder 1.0.5.
But I can't install it with message:

"Could not create Java implementation loader"

What should I do?
Thanks,

Cannot install

I'm having exactly the same problem. Anyone can help??
Thanks

Can Install

Downgrade your version of Java Run Time 6 to Update 7.

Can't Install

Is there any way to avoid downgrade ? I need Jdk 1.6.0 upd 13.
Tks
Tullio

Chart Function in 1.0.5

The new 1.0.5 version comes with a great Chart feature, but it's use is not completely straightforward. Is it any documentation about it or any sample file ?
Thanks

Extension won't install

I've been trying to download and install Sun Report Builder 1.0.4. I get the following error message:

(com.sun.star.registry.CannotRegisterImplementationException) {{Message="",Context=com.sun.star.uno.XInterface) @0}}

I can successfully install versions 1.0.2 and 1.0.3. I've downloaded the extension afresh, closed the program and reopened it, and rebooted the computer, all to no avail.

I'm running Ooo 2.4.1 on Windows XP SP3.

Help would be appreciated.

Vic

Change format page

Great extension, but not possible change page format from A4 to other. Page settings is disabled.

Documentation Link

Is there a link to documentation available?

Thanks

Thanks!!

Thanks for the links to the helpful support documentation. :-)