The Definitive Guide to iReport

Description

JasperForge.org is the open source development portal for the JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite, the JasperSoft Business Intelligence solution that delivers comprehensive tools for data access, data integration, analysis, and reporting, including iReport. This definitive, authoritative book covers the following:

* Covers iReport as an intuitive and easy-to-use visual report builder/designer for JasperReports, written in 100% pure Java.
* Shows how users can visually edit complex reports with charts, images, and subreports, as iReport is integrated with leading open source chart libraries for Java
* Demonstrates how the data to print can be retrieved through several methods including multiple JDBC connections, TableModels, JavaBeans, XML, MDX, EJBQL, Hibernate, and so forth What you'll learn
* Understand the iReport and JasperReports installation process and fundamental concepts.
* Build your very first simple report.
* Set up and implement types of datasources including a JDBC connection, a custom datasource, and XML datasources.
* Explore iReport plug-ins.
* Create simple and complex charts. Who this book is for

This book is for business intelligence reporting tool users and developers who have a background primarily in Java and Java EE.

CONTENTS:

1 Introduction 9
2 Getting started 12
3 Basic notions of JasperReports 24
4 Report structure 33
5 Report elements 46
6 Fonts and Styles 74
7 Fields, parameters and variables 84
8 Bands and groups 97
9 Subreport 105
10 Datasources and query excecuters 121
11 Internationalization 184
12 Scriptlet 189
13 Template 194
14 Charts 200
15 SubDataset 209
16 Crosstabs 217
17 Other interface components 237
18 Plugins and additional tools 245
19 Solutions to common problems 257
20 iReport options 268
Appendix A - GNU General Public License 275
Appendix B - DTD definitions 281
Appendix C - iReport and JasperReports versions 293