Catalog Browser panel

Clicking View > Catalog Browser (or on the View toolbar) will show the Catalog Browser panel.

This panel lists all data sources, report sets, and styles belonging to the current catalog file (.cat) in the tabs: Data, Report Sets, and Styles. This is a useful interface which simplifies the work of report design and the management of the actual resources you use.

Data tab

In this tab, you can manage data sources and their contents used by the catalog.

Report Sets tab

Manage your report sets in Folder view. You can divide them up into different types. In this way, you can manage them just like processing files in a file system. You can add, open, delete, move, rename and search for items. For details, see Report Set Manager.

Styles tab

From the Styles tab, you can create and edit styles. For details, see XSD styles.

Toolbar

The following are buttons on the Catalog Browser toolbar:

• New
  The first button on the toolbar, which may change according to the currently selected object. Usually, this button contains a plus sign. Click this button to create a new object of the selected type. For example, if a query is currently selected, you can click this button to create a new query.
• Save Catalog
  Saves the current catalog.
• Copy
  Copies the selected entity to the clipboard.
• Paste
  Fetches the entity from the clipboard and pastes it in a suitable node.
• Delete
  Deletes the selected entity.
• Configure Reference
  Allows you to select data sources and resource types that you want JReport Designer to monitor.
• Refresh Reference
  Refreshes the cross-reference relationship information in order to make it consistent with the catalog resources.
• Export Reference
  Exports the cross-reference relationship information to a text file.

  For more information about cross-reference in JReport Designer, see Using a cross-reference table to clarify resource relationships.

• Options
  Opens the Options dialog to set options for editing a catalog or reports.
• Data Source Driver Manager
  Manages cached query results. For details, see Managing cached query results.
• Pre-join
  Defines the pre-join paths formed by the relationships among the tables in the data source you specified. For details, see Pre-joins.
• Data Mapping Editor
  Maps the data values of resources in a catalog to a certain language. For details, see Data Mapping Editor.
• Filter View
  Excludes some elements from the view in the Catalog Browser. For details, see Filtering resources.
• Search
  Searches the required resources in the current catalog. For details, see Searching for resources.
• Expand / Fold
  Expands or folds the Properties sheet of the Catalog Browser.