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Can a table be created dynamically in RTC BIRT

Is it possible to create a table dynamically in RTC BIRT so that a table can be generated when its columns are not known until run time. There seem to be packages around that provide the capability but it's not obvious how the capability can be integrated into a BIRT report.

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The first question is always - why? You can see similar discussions below.
http://developer.actuate.com/community/forum/index.php?/topic/20572-dynamic-table-creation-in-birt/
http://developer.actuate.com/community/forum/index.php?/topic/36066-dynamic-creation-of-tables-in-birt/

It really depends on how "dynamic" your use case is.

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Thanks for the response. The use case is: the report can generate upto 40 columns controlled by the user via a set of report parameters. This is a large number of columns, which the Report Designer struggles with when addijng new columns etc. The report is usually exported to Excel and is generated via a scripted data set based on information extracted from a number of RTC tables.

The referenced articles are very useful but I can't see how to get started - i.e. how or where to add the table/code to the RTC report.

If I understand your use case correctly, you need to dynamically add columns to a table, not dynamically create a table. In this case, see the below posts for some ideas.
https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/252344/
https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/158139/

The BIRT reports in RTC are essentially just BIRT reports with Jazz data source, so there should be no difference in manipulating tables and the like comparing to other BIRT reports.

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