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titleWhat is iReport Designer?

iReport is a powerful graphical design tool for report designers and power users to define reports for execution using the JasperReports engine.
http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/ireport-designer
There are community and enterprise versions for both JasperReports and iReport Designer, depending on your needs.

 

 

 

How to Use the JasperReports Userview Menu

1. Design Report Using the iReport Designer

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Figure 1: Jasper Reports Properties

NameDescription
Custom ID

Item link slug. Optional field.

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titleUnique field

Value defined here must be unique to the rest of the Userview Menus as the first matching name will be called upon.

LabelMenu label. Mandatory field.
Default Output
  • HTML
Export OptionsEnable export options at the bottom of the generated report.
Jasper Report Definition (JRXML)Paste your JRXML definition in XML here.
Use virtualizer for large report?If you are experiencing issue in generating of report, try checking this option.

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Figure 2: Jasper Reports Properties - Configure Datasource

NameDescription
Datasource
  • Default Datasource
  • Custom Datasource
If the default datasource is selected, the custom JDBC settings below will be ignored.

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Figure 3: Jasper Reports Properties - Report Parameters

NameDescription
 Parameters

If your Jasper Reports is expecting parameters, here's where you can map there.

NameDescription
Name

Jasper Reports parameter name.

Code Block
titleExample
group

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Value

Hardcoded value and Hash variable is accepted here.

Code Block
titleExample
#requestParam.groupName#

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Figure 4: Jasper Reports Properties - UI

NameDescription
Custom HeaderCustom Header in HTML.
Custom FooterCustom Footer in HTML