How to create a multiple column with varying no of records report in Ireport ?

[hallodrischulze]

Hello Forum, i need to design a report in a single page with multiple column and also each column containing varying number of records. What is the best way to do that with ireport or jasperreports generally? The report has a certain amount of fields. If one field is blank, it should be removed in the column and the empty space should be removed (as in Column 2 and Column 4). Thank You.

It should look something like this:

    Column 1                           Column 2

label: Textfield                  

label: Textfield                   label: Textfield

label: Textfield                   label: Textfield

label: Textfield                  

---------------------------------------------------------

    Column 3                           Column 4

label: Textfield                  

label: Textfield                   label: Textfield

label: Textfield