in iReport it easy to link an existing Input control (Folder Input controls in Report Unit) - right mouse - "Link an existing input control"
Is this as easy in Jaspersoft Studio possible - I couldn't find the context-menu in the Report Unit.
2 Answers:
Right-click the report unit and choose "New".
From there it will be obvious. (But I understand why you wouldn't think of it at first.) It a different way to think of things, but I think the new flow is better once you're used to it.
EDIT: Based on baumgaro's comment, it's clearly not as obvious as I claimed. But you need to choose "Link" when your goal is to link to an existing input control (or link to another type of object).
I fixed creation of linked resources inside ReportUnit, now it will work
you can create a linked input control, New->Link and select an input control
or you can just create a new input control
or you can copy & paste an input control
thanks for all the answers and the fixing! I do unterstand now - "Link" makes sense - but as mdahlman comments - I get the same error message (http://community.jaspersoft.com/jaspersoft-studio/issues/2743) - the fixed version will be Jaspersoft Studio 2.0.1? - or is there a repository where I can get daily builds?
Actually this will lead to a new "Input Control" - but I would like to reuse an existing Input Control - "Link an existing input control" from somewhere else in the resource tree in JasperServer. Is this possible?
That leads to the ability to create a new input control, of course. But it also leads to the choice "Link" which is what you want.
Important detail: Linking input controls fails for me. (Linking other types of objects works well.) I logged it: http://community.jaspersoft.com/jaspersoft-studio/issues/2743