In the next screenshot, I have a single project called StyleSheetExample with a single
report design file and a report library, which we will discuss in Chapter 9 From
this menu, you can see that the right arrow is available to allow me to go into the
StyleSheetExample project, which is like double-clicking on a folder in Windows
Explorer. I also have the Sync with Editor double-arrows clicked, which allows me to
automatically give focus to each of these items if they are open in Eclipse.
So when would you use multiple reports in a single project, or why would you
want to break out projects instead of storing all your reports in a single project?
This is really a matter of preference. I will typically store reports based on real-life
projects. So if I were doing an earnings report for the 4th quarter, I would create a
single project called 4th Quarter Earnings Report, with a summary report containing
graphs, high-level areas such as regions of the country, and all my detailed
reports??”that would get linked in when a user clicks on a portion of the graph or
region in a single project. This allows me to keep report and projects separated. If
I were building an online reporting portal that uses many shared components, I
would also put all reports in their own project, with a library housing the shared
components.
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