The encoding charset is a method that allows the conversion of a character in a natural language into a symbol of a different representation system as a number in an electronic system. The conversion is performed after applying a series of codification rules. This concept is very important since its application allows us to show symbols belonging to different languages into our reports.
To modify the encoding charset of our report, we must go to Report tree structure (the Structure tab), search the tree for the Master Report node, select it, and put into Style.encoding the charset we wish to use, for example:
- Style.encoding =
LATIN1
In this section, we will invite you to create your own report from the ground up, and to employ in this endeavor the knowledge you have acquired up to this point. The report we are inviting you to create should look like the following:
Q1. Which of the following affirmations are true?
- JDBC is a driver to connect to databases.
- MySQL's JDBC driver is included by default in the whole Pentaho suite.
- When a new connection is created on PRD, it is available to every user in the system.
- The Count functions of the Running and Summary categories perform the same calculations, the difference lies in which section of the report they are placed.
- PRD's feature to enable the modification of the encoding charset of our reports makes it possible to show symbols from different languages in the said reports.