Now that the Pentaho report is correctly published in the Business Analytics Platform, what you probably expect to do is to start using it. The most simple use we can think of is the preview. The preview of a Pentaho report can be done in two different ways: by manually using the browse files page or through a direct link.
Previewing a report from the browse files page is as straightforward as clicking on the .prpt
file and selecting the Open
item or the Open in a new window
item. The difference between the two is easy to understand, but the final result is exactly the same, even if the target window will be different.
One of the most powerful features of the Business Analytics Platform is accessing a published report using a public URL. The public URL is defined as follow:
- The base URL. In our example,
http://localhost:8080/pentaho
. - The endpoint path. In our example,
/api/repos/
. - The path...