eRD Pro Example of Reusable Reporting Concepts

Here is an eRD Pro example that uses all the previously discussed Reusable Reporting concepts. The data layer uses our generic schema. The presentation layer is built off the generic schema field names. Internationalization is accomplished through properties files with name/value pairs associated with the generic schema. It can be downloaded by clicking here.

This report can be run and viewed in English, Japanese and French. Set the viewing locale in eRD Pro Designer's Tools | Options | General tab then Default locale dropdown.


When running this example in the designer, choose the desired locale in the report input parameter dropdown. Since this report is running at generation time, it doesn't have the viewing locale to make this decision for us, so we handle it through the dropdown.


Now you can see how the Reusable Reporting concepts can be used with eRD Pro reports. Later on, I'll discuss how other components in the report layout can be published to a library and made available to all your reusable designs.