Publishing a Report to JasperReports Server
You can easily publish your reports from Jaspersoft Studio to any JasperReports Server connection. Publishing to the server uploads the JRXML for the report, along with any resources that the report needs such as images and query resources. You must also configure the data source for the report on the server.
Publishing Report Resources
The reports you create in Jaspersoft Studio can have embedded resources, such as such as images, query resources, and data adapters using net.sf.jasperreports.data.adapter. You can use the following columns in Select Resources to publish page of the Report Publishing Wizard to control the resources you upload:
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Overwrite – Controls whether or not you overwrite a resource if it already exists. This setting is important when you republish a report that has been published before. Click on the value in this column to display a drop-down menu with the following choices: |
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Overwrite – Creates a new resource or overwrites an existing resource with the current version. |
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Ignore – Ignores the resource. |
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Overwrite Only Expression – Updates the expression for the resource. Enter the new value in the Expression column. Does not create or overwrite the resource. |
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Expression – When Overwrite or Overwrite Only Expression is selected, lets you choose the expression you want to use. Click on the value in this column and then click ... to open the Expression Editor and edit the expression that specifies the location where the file is saved. By default, resources such as images are published to a repository location, and the uploaded report uses the repo: syntax to refer to the report location. |
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Type – When Overwrite is selected, specifies the existing resource to overwrite. Click on the value in this column to display a drop-down menu with the following choices: |
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Save to Folder – Save to a location anywhere on your JasperReports Server instance. When you choose this option, you are prompted to navigate to the location you want. |
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Link to Resource – Links to an existing resource on your JasperReports Server instance. When you choose this option, you are prompted to navigate to the resource you want. If you modify a report and the report is set to Overwrite, changes overwrite only the path, not the resource. |
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Use Local Resource – Save as a resource inside the report unit on JasperReports Server. |
Choosing a Data Source for a Published Report
In JasperReports Server, data is usually specified using a JasperReports Server data source. Like a data adapter, a JasperReports Server data source does not contain data; instead it contains the information JasperReports Library needs to construct a JRDataSource when the report is run. Choosing a JasperReports Server data source instead of a data adapter when you publish a report to JasperReports Server lets you take advantage of features specific to JasperReports Server or to use a JNDI connection configured on your application server.
When you upload a report from Jaspersoft Studio to JasperReports Server, you can choose one of the following options:
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Data Source from Repository – Use an existing JasperReports Server data source for your report. |
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Local Data Source –Create a JasperReports Server data source or upload a Jaspersoft Studio data adapter file to use in your report. |
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No Data Source – Make no changes to the data adapter information in your report. |
Data Source from Repository
The Data Source from Repository option lets you choose an existing data source from the JasperReports Server repository.
To use the Data Source from Repository option:
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Make sure the data source is available in JasperReports Server. If you want to create a data source, select Local Data Source instead. |
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If you are using a JDBC or JNDI data source, make sure that your connection uses the same driver as your Jaspersoft Studio data adapter. For example, if you connect to an Oracle database from a commercial edition, you can download and use the native Oracle driver or you can use the TIBCO Oracle JDBC driver that is included with Jaspersoft Studio. If your driver in JasperReports Server does not match the driver used in Jaspersoft Studio, you could see different data in your uploaded report. |
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Click  to publish your report and select a JasperReports Server instance and repository location where you want to save the report. Then click OK. If you are prompted to upload resources, select your settings. |
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Select Data Source from Repository when prompted. |
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Click ... and select the correct JasperReports Server data source from the repository. |
Local Data Source
The Local Data Source option lets you create a new data source in JasperReports Server to use with your report, or to upload a data adapter from Jaspersoft Studio to JasperReports Server. To use this option to create a new data source:
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If you want to use a JNDI data source, first set up the JNDI connection for your database in your application server. Make sure to use the same JDBC driver for your Jaspersoft Studio adapter and the JNDI connection in JasperReports Server. |
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Click  to publish your report and select a JasperReports Server instance and repository location where you want to save the report. Then click OK. If you are prompted to upload resources, select your settings. |
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Select Local Data Source when prompted. |
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Click ... to open the Add Resource wizard. |
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Select the type of data source you want to create , for example, Datasource JDBC, and click Next. |
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On the Resource Editor page, enter a name and unique ID for the data source. You can also enter an optional description. Then click Next. |
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On the next page, manually fill in the required information for the data source you want to create. |
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Click Finish to create the data source and use it in your uploaded report. |
For some types of data sources, such as JDBC, JNDI, and bean data sources, you can publish a data adapter from Jaspersoft Studio and set it as the data source for the report:
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Make sure that the data adapter you want to upload is saved locally as an xml file in the same project as your report. See Importing and Exporting Data Adapters for information about exporting a global data adapter to your project; see Copying a Data Adapter for information about copying a data adapter from one project to another. |
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Click  to publish your report. Select a JasperReports Server instance and repository location where you want to save the report. Then click OK. |
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If you are prompted to upload resources, select your resource settings and click OK. |
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Select Local Data Source when prompted. |
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Click ... to open the Add Resource wizard. |
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Select the type of data source you want to create and click Next. Only some data source types can be imported from data adapters in Jaspersoft Studio, such as Datasource Bean, Datasource JDBC, and Datasource JNDI. |
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On the Resource Editor page, click Import from Jaspersoft Studio. If this button is not available, you can't import the data source type you selected. |
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The Import dialog shows a list of local and global adapters. Make sure to select a local adapter, which will include the name of a file. Click OK then Finish to select the adapter. |
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Click Finish to publish the report and selected data adapter to the repository. |
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If you are using a custom data adapter or any other adapter that uses one or more jars that aren't included in JasperReports Server, add the jar(s) to a location on your server classpath.
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No Data Source
Use No Data Source when you have configured net.sf.jasperreports.data.adapter in your JRXML, as described in Default Data Adapter. Setting net.sf.jasperreports.data.adapter lets you use multiple data adapters in the same report, for example, using a different data adapter for a subreport.
To use this option:
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Set the default data adapter(s) for the datasets and subdatasets used in your report, as described in Default Data Adapter. |
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Follow these guidelines when setting default data adapters in a report that you want to publish: |
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Do not use global data adapters. The default data adapter must reference a local file in the same project as your report, or a data adapter already in your repository. |
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Where possible, use inheritance to reduce the number of times you actually set the default data adapter. If your report uses a specific adapter multiple times, try to structure the report so that the data adapter is set for a single dataset and other datasets inherit it. For example, if you have a crosstab and a table that use the same data adapter, you could create a subreport that contains the table and crosstab. Then if you set your data adapter as the default for the subreport, the table and crosstab inherit this adapter. Reusing the data adapter improves performance when you run the report. |
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Publish your report and select No Data Source when prompted. |
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When you publish the report, the default data adapters are uploaded to the repository. |
Example of Publishing a Report
To publish a report to the server:
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Click the Publish Report button  in the upper-right corner of the Designer. The Report Publishing Wizard opens. |
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Locate the directory for storing your report. |
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Name the report unit. The report unit contains all report files. |
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Click Next. The Select Resources window opens. This window displays any resources required by your report, such as images, query resources, and embedded data adapters. |
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Select any resources you want to upload with your report and check the box if you want to overwrite previous versions of those resources. Click Next. The Configure the data source window opens. |
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Click Finish. The report is uploaded to the server. If there are no errors, an appropriate message is shown. |
to publish your report and select a JasperReports Server instance and repository location where you want to save the report. Then click OK. If you are prompted to upload resources, select your settings.
to publish your report and select a JasperReports Server instance and repository location where you want to save the report. Then click OK. If you are prompted to upload resources, select your settings.
to publish your report. Select a JasperReports Server instance and repository location where you want to save the report. Then click OK. 
in the upper-right corner of the Designer. The Report Publishing Wizard opens.
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