Birt Designer - Insert Table Elements dynamically using Event Handlers Scripting

HeythemB · January 12, 2015

Hello,
 
i'm using Eclipse Birt Designer v4.4.1,
I have a dataset that returns a certain number of rows.
I would like to insert dynamically Table Elements based on the number of returned rows. (If number of rows = 6, then add 6 table elements (the same table structure).
I found out recently that this could be done using Javascript (Or Java) Event Handlers :
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://eclipse.org/birt/documentation/integrating/scripting.php'>http://eclipse.org/birt/documentation/integrating/scripting.php</a>
(probably the onFetch event, the BeforeFactory or the onCreate Event)
Does anyone know how could this be done or provide a similar example for adding an element dynamically to a Birt Report using scripts. 
Thanks.

mwilliams · January 16, 2015

You wouldn't know early enough how many rows will be in one dataset to add tables for each at the appropriate time. One thing you could do would be to add a table/list to your layout that's attached to your data set with six rows and place a table in the detail row. This will create six tables.

Matthew L. · February 6, 2015

This sounds similar to another topic that I created an example for: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://developer.actuate.com/community/forum/index.php?/topic/36007-birt-report-design/?p=133532'>http://developer.actuate.com/community/forum/index.php?/topic/36007-birt-report-design/?p=133532</a>
 
Hopefully the example will be helpful.

tomhat · December 2, 2019

Where can I find the example referenced in Matthew L's above comment. Was it ported over from the old site?

jfranken · December 4, 2019

I think this is the thread:

https://forums.opentext.com/forums/discussion/comment/799363#Comment_799363

Birt Designer - Insert Table Elements dynamically using Event Handlers Scripting

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