1. iReport Demo Spring 2008 OEDSA Conference

2. Report Properties

3. Basic Report Layout Each section of the report is called a band Different bands will print different sections of the report Bands can be added, removed and resized Not all bands are always used Fields can be moved, stretched and resized using the mouse.

5. List of Bands Used Title – only prints at top of first page PageHeader – prints at the top of every page Detail – line items – all items print in this section TotalsFooter – created for the Total section to print right after the last item PageFooter – prints at the bottom of each page – But not the last page LastPageFooter – prints only on the bottom of the last page

6. Modifying Bands Each band can be resized by dragging the lines up or down View  Bands will allow you to enter a specific width To remove a band, set the width to 0 To add a band, View  Report Groups and click New. Enter a name and click OK. This will create a new header and footer, with the name specified.

7. Types of Fields Static Text – non-data fields, i.e. Headings, titles, labels, etc. Text fields – can be data and/or non-data Variables – used for calculating of fields Parameters – passed into the report at compile time – most likely won’t be used

8. Creating a new text field

9. New Text Field View  Fields Click New Enter the field name – this will define it in the report Select Class Type – String is text fields, BigDecimal for amount fields

10. New Text Field Cont. Field Description – the path to this field in the xml An example of the xml data path is: CompleteReceipt  Receipt  Item Item fields are entered with just the field name. Fields above that, in the Receipt or CompleteReceipt, need a../ or../../ in front of the name.

11. Adding a Variable View  Variables, and click New. Enter a variable name. Choose calculation type, Add, multiply, etc. Class type and Expressions should be of BigDecimal type

12. Formatting Fields

13. Modifying Fields Right click on a field and select Properties Print When Expression – can use Java code to make the field print at certain times. The previous screenshot shows an expression that will print the field when page number isn’t 1. Top, Left, Width, and Height can be set Foreground and Background colors can also be set

14. Modifying field cont. Fonts Tab Our custom fonts are available: FT10 = Times New Roman, size 10 FT8 = Times New Roman, size 8 FT10B and FT8B are bold versions

15. Modifying Fields, cont. Can set the font yourself, Change both Font name and PDF Font name Choose size, bold, underline, etc. Line spacing and alignment can also be set

16. Modifying Fields, cont. Static Text – if static text field – enter text here Text Field – if regular text field, your shown this screen Can add regular text to the Expression as well as fields Blank when null if only one field is in the expression

17. Modifying Fields, cont. If more than one field is used, java code is needed, shown here. The + “\n” at the end is used for a new line. Finally, the borders tab will allow a border to be set for the field.

18. Images Click the Image button on the toolbar, and drag a box on the form. This is where your picture will go. Right-click, and select Properties. Graphics Element tab will allow you to add a border. Image Tab, click Find Browse to the image you want to add.

19. Images cont. Click OK. The picture should appear. It can be moved or resized. Now, edit the path so USASWeb can see it. Enter the code below. Remember to copy the images and.jasper files to the server!

20. Subreports Most likely won’t be used, but are already on some reports. Subreports are different report files. This allows a whole other report to be displayed inside a report. The grayed out areas are sub reports.

21. Subreports cont. Parameters are used to send data to the subreport. View  Parameters, then click New to add one. A data source can be applied to a subreport in the report properties as shown here:

22. Subreports, cont. Parameters are defined on the Subreport (other) tab. The subreport Expression field will be the path to the subreport. We pass these in via a parameter.

23. Additional Resources The public wiki has a Jasper Reports section available with demos. http://wiki.ssdt.oecn.k12.oh.us/index.php?t itle=Jasper_Reports