Reusing Resource Bundles

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The location of a resource bundle determines whether it's reusable and the conditions under which the server uses it. To resolve a $R expression in a report, the server scans resource bundles at two levels in the order described in this table.

Order	Level	Description
1	Report/ Repository	A report-level bundle declares the resource bundle base name in the header of its JRXML file. The Romanian resource bundle is a report-level bundle. A repository-level bundle is independent of any specific report and can be linked to multiple reports, as described in TIBCO JasperReports Server Data Management Using Domains.
2	Server	A server-wide bundle typically contains server messages and labels of user interface components, as described in the TIBCO JasperReports Server Administrator Guide. This bundle typically resides in the WEB-INF/bundles directory of the server.

First, the server searches the report/repository level and stops scanning resource bundles if it finds a resolution to the $R expression. If the server does not find a resolution, it scans the server level for the resource ID of the field and uses this ID.