TIBCO™ JasperReports® Server builds on TIBCO™ 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 TIBCO™ Jaspersoft® BI Suite is the server, which provides the ability to:
| • | Easily create new reports based on views designed in an intuitive, web-based, drag and drop Ad Hoc Editor. |
| • | Efficiently and securely manage many reports. |
| • | Interact with reports, including sorting, changing formatting, entering parameters, and drilling on data. |
| • | Schedule reports for distribution through email and storage in the repository. |
| • | Arrange reports and web content to create appealing, data-rich Jaspersoft Dashboards that quickly convey business trends. |
For business intelligence users, Jaspersoft offers TIBCO™ Jaspersoft® OLAP, an optional component of JasperReports Server, controlled by license and described in its own user guide.
While the Ad Hoc Editor lets users create simple reports, more complex reports can be created outside of the server. You can either use TIBCO™ 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 extend your knowledge of JasperReports Server:
| • | Our core documentation describes how to install, administer, and use JasperReports Server. Core documentation is available as PDFs in the docs folder 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. |
| • | Our Ultimate Guides document advanced features and configuration. They also include best practice recommendations and numerous examples. These guides are available online in PDF and HTML from the Documentation section of the Jaspersoft Community website. |
| • | Our Online Learning Portal lets you learn at your own pace, and covers topics for developers, system administrators, business users, and data integration users. The Portal is available online from Professional Services section of our website. |
| • | Our free samples, which are installed with JasperReports, Jaspersoft Studio, and JasperReports Server, are documented online. The samples documentation can be found on our community website. |
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, flash charts, dashboards, Domains, auditing, and a multi-organization architecture for hosting large BI deployments.
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