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iReport Features

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Interface

  • Fully dockable and configurable interface that supports localization
  • Unlimited undo/redo support
  • Visual designer with drag and drop
  • Elements and tools palette for quick access
  • Report inspector gives structured view of all report objects
  • Property sheet to edit all object properties
  • Built-in expression editor with syntax highlighting
  • Integrated preview
  • XML editor for report source
  • Database explorer
  • Support for plug-ins


Report Layout

  • Support for input parameters
  • Variables to perform calculations at different report levels including sum, average, count, min/max, custom calculations, and standard deviation
  • Multiple sections and multiple details
  • Groups with multiple headers and footers
  • Support for multiple datasets and subreports
  • Customizable page format with support for multiple columns
  • Complete set of charts including Pie, Pie3D, Bar, Bar3D, XyBar, StackedBar, StackedBar3D, Line, XyLine, Area, XyArea, Scatter, Bubble, TimeSeries, HighLow, Candlestick, Thermometer, Meter, Gantt and multiple-series charts.
  • Graphic elements including frames, lines, rectangles, round rectangles, and ellipses
  • Label and text fields with support for HTML and RTF formatting
  • Crosstab elements
  • Support for custom components including barcodes, lists and flash-based charts
  • Dynamic page break and multiple page numbering
  • Support for styles and conditional styles
  • Support for scriptlets
  • Ability to write report expressions in Java, Groovy and Javascript
  • Support for 508 tags in PDF
  • Element grouping
  • Report internationalization and localization





Templates

  • Large set of report templates ready to use or customize with the report wizard
  • Support for custom templates
  • Ability to import template libraries
  • Chart themes editor
  • Styles editor
  • Styles library
  • Template thumbnail creation tool

Export and Preview

  • Integrated preview
  • Export to PDF, HTML, XHTML, XLS, RTF, DOCX, Text, CSV, OpenOffice, XML, PNG.
  • Ability to execute a report using different Locales and Time Zones
  • Support for report virtualizers to run reports requiring large amounts of memory
  • Large set of export options for each document format
  • Auto compilation of subreports
  • Configurable JasperReports properties
  • Support for multiple character encodings
  • PDF password protection and encryption
  • Optional HTML header and footer
  • Automatically launch external viewers

Report Designer

  • Magnetic guide lines
  • Grid and snap to grid features
  • Position, align, and resize elements using mouse or keyboard
  • Contextual menu for common operations
  • Resizable bands
  • Zoom in, zoom out
  • Multi-metrics rules
  • Drag objects from the report inspector and from the palette into the designer
  • Multiple element selection options
  • Copy and paste elements and formats
  • Large set of formatting tools to align, resize and format elements
  • Real time design error detection
  • Compatibility mode to save a report using a specific version of JasperReports
  • Crosstab designer

Designing Tools

  • Report wizard to quickly create new reports
  • Subreport wizard to create/add/bind a new report to another report
  • Group wizard to group data and create group headers and footers
  • Hyperlink editor
  • Padding and borders editor
  • Pattern editor to format numbers and dates
  • Palette tools including current date, page number, page X of Y, total pages, and percentages
  • Wizard for creating internal variables





Data Sources

  • Support for all relational databases accessible via JDBC
  • Support for a large set of data sources including local and remote XML files, arrays and collections of Java Beans, CSV files, Hibernate connections, EJBQL connections, XMLA servers, custom data sources and JRDataSourceProviders
  • Built-in support for SQL, HQL (Hibernate Query Language), MDX and XPath
  • Integrated SQL query builder and MDX designer
  • Field mapping tools for Java Beans, XML and CSV files
  • Automatic discovery of SQL fields
  • Pluggable data sources and query executers to provide support for custom query languages and data layer integration
  • Ability to use multiple data sources with list components and subreports
  • Database explorer



JasperServer Integration

  • Full integration with JasperServer
  • Ability to explore the JasperServer repository
  • Report publishing wizard
  • Configure multiple servers
  • Resource editing and report publishing tools
  • Support for editing reports remotely
  • Drag and drop repository resources into reports
  • Drill down helper tool
  • Remote report execution with integrated preview
  • Support for JasperServer input controls