Report Designer Configuration Files
Overview
Upon first launch, Report Designer creates a .pentaho directory in the current user's home directory, and populates it with a number of subdirectories.
Upon first launch, Report Designer creates a .pentaho directory in the current user's home directory, and populates it with the following subdirectories:
| Directory | Purpose |
|---|---|
| caches | Contains cached fonts, which speeds up report rendering |
| classic-engine | A cache directory that contains low-level options saved by the Pentaho Reporting engine |
| report-designer | Contains both the default Pentaho-supplied report samples and content, and user preferences for the Report Designer interface |
| report-design-wizard | Contains the default Pentaho-supplied Report Design Wizard templates |
| simple-jndi | Holds a single properties file that contains JNDI connection information. By default it has connection details for the Pentaho-supplied HSQLDB sample database |
The following files contain various configuration options for Pentaho Reporting. The options are not particularly self-explanatory and their value limits are not obvious; therefore, you shouldn't change any options in these files unless you are following guidelines from Pentaho documentation or are assisted by a Pentaho support or consulting representative.
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
| /pentaho/design-tools/report-designer/resources/report-designer.properties | Contains options for the Report Designer client tool. It does not change any report options. |
| /pentaho/design-tools/report-designer/resources/classic-engine.properties | Contains global report rendering options for reports generated locally from Report Designer. Some of these options can be overridden in individual reports. |
| /tomcat/webapps/pentaho/WEB-INF/classes/classic-engine.properties | Contains global report rendering options for published reports that are generated on the Pentaho Server. Some of these options can be overridden in individual reports. |