Common

The following attributes belong to the common property:

Attribute Name	Purpose	Values
type	Defines the type of element.	Predefined and locked as an element type.
field-name	Defines the existing field to use.	String; there is no default, you must define a value manually.
value	Defines a hard coded value instead of a field.	String or integer; no default value.
group-fields	Defines the field to group by.	String or integer; no default value.
resource-value	A resource string found within the resource bundle.	String; no default value.
resource-identifier	Defines the file that contains resource strings.	String; no default. This is a properties file, including the path.
name	The name you want to assign to this element.	String; no default value.
output-format	Sets preferred output type for the report.	String; no default value. Possible values are: html, pdf, xls, rtf, csv, xml.
lock-output-format	Locks the output type specified in the output-format attribute so that no other output type can be chosen.	Boolean; default is false.
auto-submit	If selected, your parameterized reports will automatically update based on the current selection in your parameter lists. If un-checked, parameter selections will not automatically change the report data; report users will have to select a new parameter value and then click View Report to update the report.	Boolean; default is false.
format	Sets the Java format string.	String; there is no default. Must be in the Java number or date format.
if-null	If the defined field or value returns null, show the value defined here.	Boolean; default value is false.
message-null-value	If the message returns null, then return the value defined here.	String; no default value.
arc-height	Defines the arc (corner) height of a rectangle.	Integer; default value is 0.
arc-width	Defines the arc (corner) width of a rectangle.	Integer; default value is 0.
data-cache	Determines whether parameter result sets are cached, which would reduce the amount of reload time when switching parameters in a rendered report. This option can be further configured through the org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic. core.cache.InMemoryCache.CachableRowLimit and org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic. core.cache.InMemoryCache.MaxEntries engine settings.	Boolean; default is True (cache is turned on).