Open Text Corporation

Open Text Holdings, Inc.

Actuate Corporation

Wenbin He

Wenfeng Li

Yu Meng Li

Rima Kanguri

Jun Zhai

Petter Ivmark

Gauri Tikekar

The disclosed embodiments enable a report to be generated using a template. The template may include one or more properties for which for which corresponding values are to be inherited by each copy of the template. A value of a property that is inherited may be overridden by modifying the inherited value. A copy of a template may be incorporated into a report design. Conversely, at least a portion of a report design may be saved as a template.

Methods and apparatus for reusing report design components and templates

In accordance with one aspect of the invention, methods and apparatus for providing information for use in generating or modifying an expression are disclosed. Input from a user is received within an expression. A list of one or more suggestions is provided in response to the input. A selection of one of the suggestions in the list is received. The expression is then built to include the selection.

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