у меня так работает
в процедуру передаю массивы названий и типов полей и параметров

void buildDataSet( ArrayList< String > cols, ArrayList< String > typecols, ElementFactory designFactory, ReportDesignHandle designHandle, String qry, String[] paramname, String[] paramvalues, String[] paramtype ) throws SemanticException {

OdaDataSetHandle dsHandle = designFactory.newOdaDataSet( "ds",
"org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.JdbcSelectDataSet" );
dsHandle.setDataSource( "Data Source" );
// String par = "156";
if ( !(paramname == null))
{
for( int i=0; i < paramname.length; i++)
{
OdaDataSetParameter odaDataSetParameter=StructureFactory.createOdaDataSetParameter();
odaDataSetParameter.setName("param" + String.valueOf(i));

//Linked to report parameter
//odaDataSetParameter.setParamName("link to report");

if (paramtype[i].equals("Дата"))
{
odaDataSetParameter.setDataType("date");
odaDataSetParameter.setNativeDataType(93);
}
else if (paramtype[i].equals("Число"))
{
odaDataSetParameter.setDataType("integer");
odaDataSetParameter.setNativeDataType(4);
}
else
{
odaDataSetParameter.setDataType("string");
}
//odaDataSetParameter.setDataType("date"); //DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_INTEGER "date-time"
//odaDataSetParameter.setNativeDataType(93);
odaDataSetParameter.setPosition(i+1);
odaDataSetParameter.setIsOptional(true);
odaDataSetParameter.setAllowNull(false);
odaDataSetParameter.setIsInput(true);
//odaDataSetParameter.setExpressionProperty("DefaultValue",ExpressionType.CONSTANT);
if (paramtype[i].equals("Число")) // || paramtype[i].equals("Текст")
{
odaDataSetParameter.setDefaultValue(paramvalues[i]);
}
else
{
odaDataSetParameter.setDefaultValue("\""+ paramvalues[i] +"\""); //par paramvalues[i]
}


PropertyHandle odaDataSetParameterProp = dsHandle.getPropertyHandle(OdaDataSetHandle.PARAMETERS_PROP);
odaDataSetParameterProp.addItem(odaDataSetParameter);
}

// String qry = "Select first 100 id, firmid, mark from drink where id = ?";
for( int i=0; i < paramname.length; i++)
{
qry = qry.replace(":" + paramname[i], "?");
}
}
dsHandle.setQueryText( qry );

for( int i=0; i < cols.size(); i++)
{
ColumnHint resultHint = new ColumnHint();
resultHint.setProperty(ColumnHint.COLUMN_NAME_MEMBER, "NAMEFIELD"+(String)cols.get(i));
resultHint.setProperty("alias", "NAMEFIELD"+(String)cols.get(i));
dsHandle.getPropertyHandle(OdaDataSetHandle.COLUMN_HINTS_PROP).addItem(resultHint);
OdaResultSetColumn column = StructureFactory.createOdaResultSetColumn( );
column.setPosition(i+1);
column.setNativeName( "NAMEFIELD"+(String)cols.get(i) );
column.setColumnName( "NAMEFIELD"+(String)cols.get(i) );

if (typecols.get(i).equals("Дата"))
{
column.setDataType("date");
//odaDataSetParameter.setNativeDataType(93);
}
else if (typecols.get(i).equals("Число"))
{
column.setDataType("float");
// odaDataSetParameter.setNativeDataType(4);
}
else
{
column.setDataType("string");
}
OdaResultSetColumnHandle columnHandle = (OdaResultSetColumnHandle)dsHandle.getPropertyHandle( OdaDataSetHandle.RESULT_SET_PROP ).addItem(column );

//CellHandle cell = (CellHandle) tabledetail.getCells( ).get( i );
//DataItemHandle data = designFactory.newDataItem( "data_"+(String)cols.get(i) );
//data.setResultSetColumn( (String)cols.get(i));
//cell.getContent( ).add( data );
//cell.setStyleName("CellHeader");
}

//dsHandle.paramBindingsIterator().

designHandle.getDataSets( ).add( dsHandle );



}

}