Build Reports with JasperReports, Java and Spring Boot

Discover how Jasper reports are designed with a template file using Jasper Studio and drag-and-drop elements. Compile jrxml with JasperCompileManager in Java to produce PDF, HTML, or Excel outputs.

Install the JDK, Maven, and STS on your local machine, then configure JAVA_HOME and M2_HOME environment variables to finalize the setup.

Download and install Jaspersoft Studio from the community edition, register and log in, then create a Jasper report project and explore the design tools for reporting.

Set up a Java project, add the Jasper reports dependency in pom.xml for Maven, design the report with Jasper Studio, and generate a pdf by filling it with application data.

Create your first Jasper report by selecting a simple blue template in Jasper Studio, naming the .jrxml file, and previewing tabular data with dummy data from the sample DB.

Identify the basic elements of a Jasper report in Jasper Studio, including static text, text field, chart, table, image, and frame, and distinguish labels from dynamic inputs.

Master how parameters provide a single report input, how fields supply row-wise values during iteration, and how variables enable on-page calculations in JasperReports for Java applications.

Create a Jasper parameter named studentName and bind it to a text field with $P{studentName}. Pass its value from Java via Map<String, Object> using the parameter name as key.

Bind five pojo fields to a garbage collection data source from a Java student list to render tabular rows in JasperReports.

Learn to compile a JasperReports xml template, fill it with parameters, fields, and a data source, and export the result to a pdf file using JasperFillManager and JasperExportManager in Java.

Learn to set horizontal and vertical alignment for five text fields in a JasperReports pdf, and preview by supplying parameter values during the Java report run.

Change Jasper report element properties at runtime from Java by accessing elements with a unique key and dynamically updating properties like color across text fields, tables, or images.

Design a custom JasperReports report from scratch, mastering bands like title, page header and detail. Learn to include images, tables, charts, export to HTML and Excel, and create subreports.

Create a blank Jasper report from scratch and learn how bands such as title, page header, column header, detail, column footer, page footer, and summary behave across pages.

Design a Jasper report by adding an image, static text, and a text field to the title band, then enclose them in a frame and adjust size.

Add a horizontal line to the page header band in JasperReports, set to fit container width with one-pixel height, and preview that it appears on every page, top after title.

Create a page footer in JasperReports to show the current page out of the total pages using the page number variable and two text fields on every page.

Add the table element to a JasperReports detail band and design a two-column table showing subject name and marks, using dataset fields and a student name parameter.

Create two table dataset fields—subject name and marks obtain—map them to POJO fields from a Java list, using a bean collection data source.

Learn to fill a JasperReports table by passing a bean collection data source as a report parameter, bind it to the table dataset, and export the filled report to pdf.

Learn how to sort table data by a column, such as subject name, in a JasperReports report using sort fields, choosing field or variable, and setting ascending or descending order.

Create a variable in the data set to sum the marks obtained across five subjects and display the total in the table footer.

Configure JasperReports to show pie and 3d bar charts by using two fields as key and value (subject name and marks) and supplying a chart data source.

Learn how to add a pie chart to a Jasper report, configure the series with subject name as the key and marks obtained as the value, and adjust summary band.

Create a JasperReports pie chart in a Java app, export the report to PDF, and configure label, key, value, and maximum slices with other aggregation.

Create a 3D bar chart in JasperReports by mapping subject name to the category axis and marks obtained to the value axis, then generate the report as PDF.

Export JasperReports to HTML with the Jasper Export Manager and a JasperPrint object, and share the HTML file alongside its image folder.

Export Jasper reports to Microsoft Excel using the JR XLS exporter; set export input and exporter output, then run export report to generate an Excel file alongside PDF and HTML.

Discover how to add a sub report to a master report in JasperReports, compile the sub report, and pass it and its data source as parameters from the master report.

Compile the sub report XML to obtain its Jasper report object. Pass the sub report and sub data source to the master report via a parameter map.

Learn how to pass sub report parameters in JasperReports using a java.util.map, linking master and sub reports with student name data, and export the master report in pdf.

Configure spring boot with jasper reports and expose a rest endpoint that returns a pdf report built from xml designs loaded from the classpath using resource utils.

Learn how to export a JasperReports PDF in a Spring Boot API, returning the report as a byte array with proper headers and a 200 response.

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