Introduction to iReport
iReport is a program that helps users and developers that use the JasperReports library to visually design reports.
Through a rich and very simple to use GUI, iReport provides all the most important functions to create nice reports in little time. iReport can help people that don't know the JasperReports library create complex reports and learn the XML syntax, taking a look to the generated code. iReport can help skilled report designers compose very complex pages, saving a lot of time. iReport is written in Java.
iReport is a visual designer for JasperReports. But What's JasperReports? JasperReports is the best open source reporting engine available for java community. It is developed by a small big genius called Teodor Danciu. JasperReports has always had one lack: it doesn't provide an adapted tool to visually design reports. JasperReports has hundred of features; possibilities of use are infinitely... a person that does not have much confidence with the XML could have some problems to take fully advantage from the JasperReports library.
iReport 3.7 Book
-Learn how to use iReport to create, design, format, and export reports
-A step-by-step, example-oriented tutorial with lots of screenshots to guide the reader seamlessly through the book
-Generate enterprise-level reports using iReport 3.7
-Give your reports a professional look with built in templates
-Create master/detail reports easily with the sub-report feature
-Produce summary data and present them in a dynamic crosstab report
In More Detail
What you will learn from this book
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Through a rich and very simple to use GUI, iReport provides all the most important functions to create nice reports in little time. iReport can help people that don't know the JasperReports library create complex reports and learn the XML syntax, taking a look to the generated code. iReport can help skilled report designers compose very complex pages, saving a lot of time. iReport is written in Java.
iReport is a visual designer for JasperReports. But What's JasperReports? JasperReports is the best open source reporting engine available for java community. It is developed by a small big genius called Teodor Danciu. JasperReports has always had one lack: it doesn't provide an adapted tool to visually design reports. JasperReports has hundred of features; possibilities of use are infinitely... a person that does not have much confidence with the XML could have some problems to take fully advantage from the JasperReports library.
iReport 3.7 Book
-Learn how to use iReport to create, design, format, and export reports -A step-by-step, example-oriented tutorial with lots of screenshots to guide the reader seamlessly through the book
-Generate enterprise-level reports using iReport 3.7
-Give your reports a professional look with built in templates
-Create master/detail reports easily with the sub-report feature
-Produce summary data and present them in a dynamic crosstab report
In More Detail
What you will learn from this book
- Using iReport for creating reports
- Using special kinds of data operations to generate more powerful reports
- Combining data to produce master/detail reports
- Adding images and controlling the layout and formatting of your report
- Using report variables to store data during the execution of the report
- Representing business data in the form of pie charts, bar charts, line charts and so on
- Calling iReport from a Java desktop or web application
- Creating reports from the NetBeans IDE
- Creating JDBC connections from iReport to connect to different data sources.
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References:
1. iReport Documentation, http://www.jasperforge.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.ireport/wiki/IReportManualV1.2.1, Accessed on 15 July 2008
2. Getting Started, http://www.jasperforge.org/jaspersoft/opensource/business_intelligence/ireport/page.php?id=5 , Accessed on 15 July 2008
3. iReport 3.7, http://www.packtpub.com/ireport-3-7/book, Accessed on 19 March 2010.
1. iReport Documentation, http://www.jasperforge.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.ireport/wiki/IReportManualV1.2.1, Accessed on 15 July 2008
2. Getting Started, http://www.jasperforge.org/jaspersoft/opensource/business_intelligence/ireport/page.php?id=5 , Accessed on 15 July 2008
3. iReport 3.7, http://www.packtpub.com/ireport-3-7/book, Accessed on 19 March 2010.
