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RTC custom contributors on top of custom text fields to add on BIRT Report


usman syed ali (15510) | asked May 27 '14, 8:17 a.m.
 Hi,

I have a situation to display a report in BIRT that should include custom fields (text field and contributors list) in RTC. Thanks to Rafik's video I am able to display custom text fields on the report by creating "Workitem Snapshot" datasource and using LIVE_WORKITEM_CNT table without the duplicate rows.

I am pulling custom text fields value from String_key and String_Val by storing the values in an array on the onfetch of the dataset and later retrieve it on another dataset using the computed columns. On top of that I want to display the custom contributor i.e. UAT Officer on the report. What I have found is Live_Snapshot does have a table "com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem" wherein itemExtensions.key and itemExtensions.value.itemId pair store this information in the encrypted form. To retrieve the meaninful value I have to link it with the Contributors table in the Common Snapshot. I want to achieve this as well. Any one please help me how to do this?

Thanks.

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usman syed ali commented May 28 '14, 3:13 a.m.

Any suggestion please? 

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David Greggs (211) | answered Jun 05 '15, 2:11 p.m.

I was able to get this to work and this is how.

1. Create a data source to Live_Snapshot

2. Create a new "Simple" Data set. 

a. Set data source to Live_Snapshot

b Set Table Name: com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem

c. Select columns: itemExtensions.value.itemId

d. Select parameters:

itemId: This can be defaulted to a known WI_ITEMID of a Work Item for testing

workItemType = hard code to work item type

itemExtensions.key: hard code to the name of the work item field holding the contributor

3. Create a new Simple Data Set

a. Set Data Source = Common_Shapshot

b. Select columns: Contributor_Itemid, Contributor_Name

c. Select parameters: Contributor_ItemID  This can be defaulted to a known CONTRIBUTOR_ITEMID for testing purposes

4. Create a Join Query that joins data set in 2 on the left to data set in 3 on the right

Do a left outer join and join itemExtensins.value.itemId to Contributor_Itemid

5. In your report, add the join data set in 4 to the column for the custom contributor

6. Do a parameter binding as follows:

a. Bind the itemid to the WI_ItemID

b. Remove the extra column, header and footer from this nested table

You now have the custom attribute contributor listed on your report.

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