WHICH VERSION OF ORACLE REPORT BUILDER IS COMPATIBLE WITH LIBRE OFFICE BASE 3

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#1

WHICH VERSION OF ORACLE REPORT BUILDER IS COMPATIBLE WITH LIBRE OFFICE BASE
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#2

Hi :slight_smile:
Errr, do you know which version? Is it 3.6.6? 3.5.7? If you open
LibreOffice and click on the "Help" menu and go to "About" (at the
bottom usually) then that should tell you which version.

LibreOffice itself can be used to generate reports. Either in Base
itself or by using Writer or Calc. Writer or Calc means the normal
users of the reports are in a more familiar environment and able to
use familiar tools. Just connect the database to the document using
Edit - "Exchange database" errr, not an ideal choice of menu heading
because it doesn't mean "MS Exchange"!!
So, do you really need to use Oracle Report Builder?

Also are you using Base to connect to an external back-end such as
MySql, Postgresql, Sqlite or are all the tables in Base built up in
Base itself?

As a side note. When using mailing lists and forums please try to use
lower-case, or better still sentence-case, rather than all capital
letters. "All capitals" looks like shouting (or sometimes emphasis)
so it's good for military and architectural drawings but not so good
for normal conversation. Many places consider it rude but it also
means that when you DO want to emphasis something it's difficult to
find a way to do so.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

I am using libreoffice 3.5.7.2
Basically I am looking for a report builder which can allow me to easily add
formulas in reports like total no. of records, sum etc.

#4

Greetings,
I am using LO 3.6.7.2 under Linux, which has Report Builder (Oracle?) version 1.2.3 built in. Go into your LO Extensions manager (Tools -> Extension Manager) and look for the report builder installed. The last time I checked, Report Builder 1.2.3 was the latest version.

I am also using MySQL 5.5.36 and mysql-connector-java 5.1.18 with Base. The built-in report builder works well for me. It is much faster than previous versions, so the devs must have fixed some bugs. However, for large databases it can still be a bit slow creating a report. Just have patience and it will eventually complete.

HTH.
Girvin Herr

#5

Thank You very much for your support. I have upgraded libre office to 4.2.1
and the handbook is also pretty helpful.
Once again Thanks!!!