Introduction

Introduction	Contents
	Creating a Report Template
	Understanding Object Oriented Models

ReportWeaver is the report generator for object oriented software. It provides access to various object databases and to pure Java objects.

This documentation is organized according to the level of detail users need to access their data.

Running defined reports. Varying the output by supplying different values to query variables. Exporting data to XML or flat files that can be read by office products. (E.g., Microsoft Excel/Word) This component of ReportWeaver is called the report runner.
Creating tabular report templates using the report and table wizard. Defines the columns of the report, adds grouping sorting and totals to the report. Defines queries to select the data that shall appear in the report. To define tabular reports please use the report/table wizards which are part of the IDE.
Designing free form report templates. Use the page designer to control every detail of the report layout. Create sophisticated reports such as master/detail or multi table reports. To do this, please use the page designer which is part of the IDE.
Refine the database schema to create views of the database. Views provide simplified access or control access rights to different parts of the database. Views show an enhanced form of the business objects by adding structure to the physical database schema. To create views please use the view designer which is part of the IDE.

Please be aware that object data usually has a more complex structure than the tables of a relational database. Therefore, there are two additional steps before you can run a report from object data. First, a logical view of the objects/classes has to be created by refining the given physical data layout. Second, design a template that defines which fields appear in a report and how they are placed on a page.

The documentation is divided into several parts:

Understanding Object Oriented Models

Contents

Creating a Report Template