How can I across the values in a field by Pentaho Report Designer?

Question

I am a beginner.. I want to know how can I across the values in a field by Pentaho Report Designer? Does it support this? Like this : In Database

name   id               
 a      1              a   b   c
 b      2     to       1   2   3 
 c      3

THX :)

Answer 1

Yes, you can do this in the cutting edge Pentaho reporting, see here:

http://www.on-reporting.com/blog/a-quick-introduction-to-crosstabs-in/

Another alternative is if your data can be modelled in a Mondrian schema then use the OLAP input data source and you can pivot your data however you see fit!

Last Alternative - use the Kettle option as suggested.

Answer 2

You can achieve that using Kettle via the row normalizer and row denormalizer steps.