Starting Report Designer

Follow the process below to start Report Designer.

  1. Click the Report Designer entry in the Pentaho folder in the Programs section of your Start menu, or navigate to the /pentaho/design-tools/report-designer/ directory and run report-designer.bat on Windows, or report-designer.sh on Linux.
  2. Before the program starts, it runs a version checking utility. You can click either option in the version checker screen to start Report Designer – if you just downloaded this file, it is assuredly the most current version, so you may not need to enable this feature right now.
After the version check is complete (or skipped), Report Designer will start. Report Designer displays a Welcome screen and a default workspace at startup. The Welcome screen provides you with a brief introduction to the program, some instructions for getting started, and access to sample content and recently opened reports. For this walkthrough, you won't be following the instructions on the Welcome screen, though if you would like to experiment with Report Designer a little before continuing, feel free.