Overview of JasperReports Server Administration
JasperReports® Server builds on JasperReports® Library as a comprehensive family of Business Intelligence (BI) products, providing robust static and interactive reporting, report server, and data analysis capabilities. These capabilities are available as either stand-alone products, or as part of an integrated end-to-end BI suite utilizing common metadata and provide shared services, such as security, a repository, and scheduling. The server exposes comprehensive public interfaces enabling seamless integration with other applications and the capability to easily add custom functionality.
The heart of the Jaspersoft® BI Suite is the server, which provides the ability to:
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Easily create new reports based on views designed in an intuitive, web-based, drag and drop Ad Hoc Editor. |
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Efficiently and securely manage many reports. |
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Interact with reports, including sorting, changing formatting, entering parameters, and drilling on data. |
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Schedule reports for distribution through email and storage in the repository. |
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Arrange reports and web content to create appealing, data-rich Jaspersoft Dashboards that quickly convey business trends. |
For users interested in multi-dimensional modeling, we offer Jaspersoft® OLAP, which runs as part of the server.
While the Ad Hoc Editor lets users create simple reports, more complex reports can be created outside of the server. You can either use Jaspersoft® Studio or manually write JRXML code to create a report that can be run in the server. We recommend that you use Jaspersoft Studio unless you have a thorough understanding of the JasperReports file structure.
You can use the following sources of information to learn about JasperReports Server:
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Our core documentation describes how to install, administer, and use JasperReports Server and Jaspersoft Studio. Core documentation is available as PDFs in the doc subdirectory of your JasperReports Server installation. You can also access PDF and HTML versions of these guides online from the Documentation section of the Jaspersoft Community website. |
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Our Ultimate Guides document advanced features and configuration. They also include best practice recommendations and numerous examples. You can access PDF and HTML versions of these guides online from the Documentation section of the Jaspersoft Community website. |
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Our free samples, which are installed with JasperReports Library, Jaspersoft Studio, and JasperReports Server, are available and documented online. Please visit our GitHub repository. |
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This administrator guide describes features that are only available to users who have administrator roles. Many of the configuration procedures also assume you have access to the installed files on the host computer.
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If you have a subscription to our professional support offerings, please contact our Technical Support team when you have questions or run into difficulties. They're available on the web at and through email at https://support.tibco.com and support@tibco.com. |
This chapter contains the following sections:
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This section describes functionality that can be restricted by the software license for JasperReports Server. If you don't see some of the options described in this section, your license may prohibit you from using them. To find out what you're licensed to use, or to upgrade your license, contact Jaspersoft.
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JasperReports Server is a component of both a community project and commercial offerings. Each integrates the standard features such as security, scheduling, a web services interface, and much more for running and sharing reports. Commercial editions provide additional features, including Ad Hoc charts, dashboards, Domains, auditing, and a multi-organization architecture for hosting large BI deployments. This guide documents the features of the commercial edition.
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