Creating and Adding Reports to the Report Book

Now that your framework is established, you can create reports and/or subreports to include in your book.

You create a report or subreport as described here, and in Creating a New Report. You can also include previously-created reports. See Adding a Report to the Report Book.

For our walkthrough, you'll create a report, then add it to your report book.

Creating a Report for the Report Book

To create a report:

1. Click and select Other... to open the Wizard selection window.
2. Expand the Jaspersoft Studio folder and select Jasper Report. Click Next.
3. In the Report Templates window, scroll to and select the Leaf Green template. Click Next.
4. In the Report file window, select the MyReports folder and change the Leaf_Green.file name to Content_Page_One.jrxml. Click Next.
5. In the Data Source window, select Sample DB – Database JDBC Connection, and enter the following query:

Select * from orders order by shipcity

6. Click Next.
7. In the Fields window, move the following Dataset fields to the Fields panel on the right to include then in your subreport:
•      ORDERID
•      CUSTOMERID
•      FREIGHT
•      SHIPCITY
•      SHIPCOUNTRY
8. Click Next.
9. In the Group By window, move the SHIPCITY dataset field into the Fields pane.
10. Click Finish. The Content_Page_One.jrxml appears in the Design tab.
11. In the Project Explorer, right-click Content_Page_One.jrxml and select Compile Report. The resulting file, Content_Page_One.jasper, appears in the Project Explorer.

Adding a Report to the Report Book

Now you can add this new subreport to your report book. During this process, you'll assign a data source for executing the subreport.

To add a report to your report book:

1. Double-click the Sample_Book.jrxml in the Project Explorer to open it in the Design tab.
2. Drag Content_Page_One.jasper from the Project Explorer into the Content group. In the Connection dialog, click Finish.
3. In the Design tab, click to select Content_Page_One.jasper.
4. In the Properties view, click the Data button at the top, then click Edit Parameters.
5. In the Report Part Parameters window, click Add to open the Parameter Configuration dialog.
6. In the Parameter Name field, enter REPORT_CONNECTION.
7. Click to open the Expression Editor.
8. In the first column, select Parameters.
9. In the center column, double-click REPORT_CONNECTION parameter connection to add it to the editor field, and click Finish. The expression appears in the Parameter Configuration field.
10. Click OK and confirm the parameter has been added to the Part Parameters list, then click Finish.