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JasperReports. An open source Java report generation framework. By Alan Bond ITEC 400 V1FF Assignment 14-1 Robert D’Andrea, Professor. JasperReports. An embeddable Java reporting library for developers Designed to accelerate report development compared to “from scratch”
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JasperReports An open source Java report generation framework. By Alan Bond ITEC 400 V1FF Assignment 14-1 Robert D’Andrea, Professor
JasperReports • An embeddable Java reporting library for developers • Designed to accelerate report development compared to “from scratch” • Supports dashboard style reports and print-ready operational reports • High performance and scalable
Popularity • Over 3 million downloads • Over 80,000 production deployments worldwide • Over 8,000 commercial license deployments • 65,000+ registered developers on more than 300 Jasper-related projects
Part of an open source suite • Embeddable Java reporting framework • Visual report builder & designer • Security and metadata management • OLAP to drill, slice, & dice • Data integration platform • Over 18 languages supported
Available under the LGPL • Acronym for GNU Lesser General Public License • “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix” • Intended for software libraries • Allows libraries to be used in proprietary programs
Analysis experience • Cons • Cryptic, difficult to get started • Limited documentation (unless you buy it) • Pros (after buying documentation) • Easy to set up • Easy to create a sample report • Good tutorials
References • JasperReports Logo: http://jasperforge.org/sf/projects/jasperreports • BI Suite logos: http://www.jasperforge.org/ • Example images: http://www.jaspersoft.com/pr_reportshowcase.html • Data: http://www.jasperforge.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=486&Itemid=2 • LGPL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html