文档介绍：Pentaho Reporting for Java
Developers
Create advanced reports, including cross tabs,
sub-reports, and charts that connect to practically
any data source using open source Pentaho Reporting
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Pentaho Reporting for Java Developers
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First published: September 2009
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Pentaho Reporting 7
Typical uses of Pentaho Reporting 8
Operational reporting 8
Business intelligence reporting 9
Financial reporting 9
Production reporting 11
Pentaho Reporting history 12
Pentaho Reporting timeline 13
Feature overview 14
An advanced reporting algorithm 14
A multitude of available data sources 14
A wide variety of output formats 15
Pixel accurate rich formatting 17