New User Defined Data Source Dialog

The New User Defined Data Source dialog appears when you right-click a data source node and select New User Defined Data Source from its shortcut menu in the Catalog Manager. It is used to add user data source objects into a Logi JReport catalog. See the dialog.

The following are details about options in the dialog:

Name

Specifies the name of the UDS. The name cannot be the same as any of the existing procedures, SQL files, HDSs, business views or queries. It also cannot be empty.

Class Name

Specifies the full name (including package name) of the class represented by the UDS. The jar file containing the class should be appended to the ADDCLASSPATH variable in the setenv.bat/setenv.sh file in the <install_root>/bin folder in both Logi JReport Designer and Logi JReport Server.

The class implements

After filling in the Class Name field, the classname of the interface that the class implements will be displayed here. If the class does not implement jet.datasource.JRUserDataSource you will receive an error message.

Parameter

Specifies the parameter for the UDS. The PARAMETER string must match the format defined in the UDS class. You can reference parameters and constant level formulas predefined in the current catalog data source and the special field User Name in the string. By default the UDS will use the same database as the jdbc connection information used in the current data source. If your UDS includes the database information such as URL and Driver you can use the parameter to override the default data source.

Edit Format

Opens the Edit Format dialog to specify the value formats of the referenced parameters and formulas.

Name
Displays names of the parameters and formulas.
Format
Specifies the value formats of the parameters and formulas.
OK
Accepts changes and closes the dialog.
Cancel
Does not retain changes and closes the dialog.

Specify Columns

Specifies the column definitions. If you don't specify the column definitions, Logi JReport will retrieve them from result set. When you select OK to add the UDS, Logi JReport will run the UDS with the default parameters and use the returned data to determine the datatypes of the columns. If you are using formulas to provide the parameters you need to put temporary values into the formulas since Logi JReport will not prompt you for the parameters when you add the UDS.

Name
Specifies the valid name of the column. The name of the column should have the same validation with a common table column. The default names for column definitions are ‘column1', ‘column2', and so on.
SQLType
Specifies the data type of the column. The following types are supported:
- String
  The corresponding JDBC type is VARCHAR or LONGVARCHAR.
- java.math.BigDecimal
  The corresponding JDBC type is NUMERIC.
- boolean
  The corresponding JDBC type is BIT.
- byte
  The corresponding JDBC type is TINYINT.
- short
  The corresponding JDBC type is SMALLINT.
- int
  The corresponding JDBC type is INTEGER.
- long
  The corresponding JDBC type is BIGINT.
- float
  The corresponding JDBC type is REAL.
- double
  The corresponding JDBC type is DOUBLE.
- java.io.InputStream
  The corresponding JDBC type is VARBINARY or LONGVARBINARY.
- java.sql.Date
  The corresponding JDBC type is DATE.
- java.sql.Time
  The corresponding JDBC type is TIME.
- java.sql.Timestamp
  The corresponding JDBC type is TIMESTAMP.
Precision, Length, Scale, Radix
Specifies the default value for each SQL type. Select the cell to modify the value if necessary. The most common error is the scale may be 0 based on the returned data but you want it to be 2 for an amount.
Nullable
Specifies whether the value of the column can be null. X stands for No Nulls, √ stands for Nullable and ? stands for Nullable Unknown.