1 Overview of JasperReport Dec 27, 2007

2 Current Reporting Library iText for PDF report generation iText is a powerful PDF generation engine How can we design/deliver a report with iText? –Write Java code directly calling iText library –The code need handling layout, style and so on Concerns –Code duplication –Customization, localization, and internationalization

3 JasperReport (1) Build over iText to generate PDF report Store a report template as XML format Supported by a report designer, iReport Benefits –Eliminate an amount of Java code –Ease the report design and testing –Improve the maintainability and reusability –Highly configurable (L10N and I18N)

4 JasperReport (2)

5 JasperReport (3) Support multiple data sources –Database connection –Embedded SQL statement –Java Collections (Collection, Array and Map) –JDBC result set Support multiple report formats –PDF, XLS, CSV, HTML, XML, RTF, ODT, TXT

6 JasperReport (4) Learning Curve –Not very hard to learn –Especially for the programmer who has experience in Java Swing or JSP –Good documentation online and a few books on market Requirements Disadvantages –Lose flexibility comparing to directly coding over iText –Report designer may still make beginners confused thought it is good

7 JasperReport (5) Open source Java reporting library Under the Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL) Since 2001 Backed by a company now, JasperSoft 2007 Duke’s Choice Award Winner ource/business_intelligence/jasperreports/ ource/business_intelligence/jasperreports/

8 Demo and Questions