Catalog Browser panel

Clicking View > Catalog Browser on the menu bar, or the Catalog Browser button on the View toolbar will show the Catalog Browser panel.

This panel lists all data sources, reports, and styles belonging to the current catalog file (.cat) in three tabs: Data, Reports, 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.

Reports tab

Manages your page reports 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 Page Report Manager.

Styles tab

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

Properties sheet

Lists the properties of the selected object. This sheet is hidden by default. To display it, click the Expand button on the Catalog Browser toolbar, or right-click any object in the left tabs and select Properties from the shortcut menu. For details about the properties, see Properties in the Catalog Browser.

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.
• 
  Adjusts the order of parameters displayed in the parameter value specifying page. This button is available when the Parameters node or a parameter is selected. For details, see Editing the display sequence of parameters.
• 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. For details, see Using a reference table to clarify resource relationships.
• Refresh Reference
  Refreshes the reference relationship information in order to make it consistent with the catalog resources.
• Export Reference
  Exports the reference relationship information to a text file.
• 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 Defining the join relationships between tables.
• 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.