This section describes new features introduced in the Jaspersoft BI Suite Version 7 release. For information regarding features added to Version 6 releases, see the latest 6.4.x release notes.
Version 7.5.1
Version 7.5.1 is a maintenance release that includes improvements requested by customers. For information about the status of specific cases, please visit TIBCO Jaspersoft Technical Support (http://support.tibco.com).
| • | Updated upgrade scripts. When upgrading JasperReports Server from 7.1 to 7.2 then to 7.5, the upgrade scripts generated a warning in logs for PostgreSQL and SQLServer, and a fatal error for Oracle DB. Use the scripts in this release to avoid warnings and errors when upgrading these databases. The issue is not resolved for DB2 and MySQL in this release. |
Version 7.5
JasperReports Server 7.5 added these features:
| • | Updated user interface. This release includes a new look and feel that is crisp and easy to navigate. It keeps the familiar layout and provides updated icons, styling, and colors throughout the application: |
| • | The home page has a simpler layout with all BI tools in a single column and introduces a color-coding of features that is consistent throughout the application. For example, the green icon for finding reports on the home page matches the green icon for adding a report in the Dashboard Designer. |
| • | The pages for creating data sources have been streamlined and color-coded. |
| • | The Domain Designer has new icons for tables, fields, joins, sets, and others throughout. |
| • | The Report Viewer, Ad Hoc Designer, and Dashboard Designer are all updated with new icons, color-coding, and matching styles so that viewing data is clearer and creating visualizations is simpler. |
| • | Three new visualizations. The new gauge types are the circular gauge, the multi-level gauge, and the arc gauge. These gauges have formatting properties to set minimum and maximum values, colors for value ranges, whether the value is displayed, and if so the number of decimal places and a suffix string such as the % sign. |
| • | Ad Hoc visualization selector. This UI element has been updated to choose or switch between visualizations more easily. The visualization selector now lets you choose crosstab or table, and the chart selection includes a sidebar for chart categories. In addition, the visualization mode toolbar drop-list is replaced with a visualization selector button. |
| • | New color picker dialog. The Ad Hoc Designer and Dashboard Designer have a new color picker interface for specifying colors to match any palette where visualizations are embedded. The default color selections are expanded, and custom colors may be specified precisely with HEX or RGB entry options. |
| • | Colors in Ad Hoc charts. There are several new features in the Ad Hoc Designer that allow greater customization of chart colors. New UI properties allow the user to set the series color, the plot color, and the background color in charts that allow it. |
| • | Distinct values in Ad Hoc tables. Tables often contain columns that have duplicate values in many rows, making it difficult to find relevant data. The new distinct values selector in the Ad Hoc Designer hides the duplicate rows and makes tables shorter and easier to read. Note that tables with a totals row will not recalculate the total values when duplicate rows are hidden. |
| • | Referential Integrity for Domains. New configuration settings let you adjust how strictly Ad Hoc views and reports are checked against their underlying Domain. By default, fields and measures in a view or report that do not exist in the Domain will cause an error upon opening. Administrators can adjust the level of referential integrity to allow opening views and reports when Domain security causes missing items. |
| • | Security. This release of JasperReports Server updates its use of cryptographic keys, for example to encrypt user passwords internally. All keys are now generated and managed in a single keystore for consistency. Keys used for encrypting export catalogs from older versions of the server have new procedures and user interface for importing into this version of the server. For more details, see the JasperReports Server Security Guide. |
| • | Update to Log4j 2. The logging service now relies on the updated Apache Log4j 2. This upgrade provides higher performance of the loggers and thus less overhead for JasperReports Server. If you have custom loggers, you will need to update their definitions using the new syntax. |
| • | Java 11. JasperReports Server runs with Java 8 and Java 11 for certain platforms, see the Platform Support document for more details. |
Version 7.2.1
Version 7.2.1 is a maintenance release that includes improvements requested by customers. For information about the status of specific cases, please visit TIBCO Jaspersoft Technical Support (http://support.tibco.com).
Some components included in the installer have been updated:
| • | Oracle JDK 8 version 1.8.0_201 (8u201) |
Version 7.2
JasperReports Server 7.2 added these features:
| • | New Domain Designer. We improved and rebuilt the Domain designer's presentation and functionality with: |
| • | All New User Experience. Our modern web UI with streamlined workflows helps you quickly define and manage Domains, including these helpful usability features: |
| • | Support for searching across the Domain designer helps you manage large Domains efficiently. |
| • | Undo, Redo, and Undo All buttons. |
| • | One single Save button (Save and Submit is removed). |
| • | Context-based designer space. |
| • | Support for profile attributes as schema names, derived tables, calculated fields, and pre-filters. |
| • | Improved Special Character Handling. We added support for many characters in schema, table, and field names. |
| • | Improved Joins Support. New features and UI improvements include: |
| • | New drag and drop interaction helps you create join trees and expressions; you can view the overall logical data model and expand into each join tree. |
| • | The abilities to rename join trees, use more join operators, and create constant joins. |
| • | Support for advanced joins that use either a Full or Minimum join path. With Minimum paths, you can assign join weights and force tables to always be included in your overall join expression. |
| • | Redesigned Presentation including: |
| • | A single element can now be part of multiple sets (your no longer need to duplicate fields). |
| • | Sets and items belonging to a single join tree are neatly organized under data islands, providing a clear view of their relationships. |
| • | Improved presentation shows the properties of sets and items directly on the Presentation tab. |
| • | Inline editing of properties without the need to click an Edit button. |
| • | Similar items and their properties can be compared using search. |
| • | Validation and performance improvements, including: |
| • | The new model checks the validity of the Domain with every action, and provides real-time feedback in the form of useful icons, helping you maintain the Domain's validity and save without losing changes. |
| • | Better interface components, paginated loading, and refined client-side rendering all improve the performance of Domains; the new designer handles thousands of tables. |
| • | New platforms. This release adds several new third-party platforms: |
| • | Tomcat versions 9.0.1 through 9.0.17 |
| • | WildFly 13, 14, 15, and 16 |
| • | Oracle WebLogic 12.2.1.3 |
| • | Microsoft SQL Server 2017 |
| • | Oracle Database 12c Release 2 12.2.0.1 |
| • | Legacy Dashboards End of Life. With this release, legacy dashboards are no longer available to view or edit. These older objects are no longer supported. Legacy Dashboards refers to those developed with the JasperReports Server dashboard designer in versions earlier than 6. These dashboards utilized older architecture that we deprecated. If your installation still includes dashboards in the legacy dashboard format, please recreate them in the new Dashboard designer before migrating to this release. |
| • | Accessibility Support. To help visually impaired users, we improved keyboard and screen-reader support in the report viewer. You can now navigate the main report viewer menu structure using the keyboard and hear interface descriptions using JAWS-enabled screen readers. |
| • | JasperReports Library. This new version provides dynamic control of page numbers. |
| • | Jaspersoft Studio 7.3. This new version supports Spotfire 7.11 and higher. |
This release also includes enhancements and fixes requested by our customers. For more information, see Reported Issues Fixed in this Release.
|  | The configuration of the ResourceForwardingServlet servlet has changed since Release 6. For more information, refer to the New Configuration in Version 7.1, below. |
Version 7.1.3
JasperReports Server 7.1.3 is a maintenance release that includes improvements requested by customers. For information about the status of specific cases, please visit TIBCO Jaspersoft Technical Support (http://support.tibco.com).
Some components included in the installer have been updated:
| • | Oracle JDK 8 version 1.8.0_201 (8u201) |
Version 7.1.1
Version 7.1.1 was a maintenance release that included improvements requested by customers. For information about the status of specific cases, please visit TIBCO Jaspersoft Technical Support (http://support.tibco.com). In addition, we updated the version of Tomcat: Apache Tomcat 8.5.34.
Version 7.1
JasperReports Server 7.1 added these improvements:
| • | Visualize.js Ad Hoc View Support. Visualize.js provides new building blocks to embed Ad Hoc views, helping application developers build modern, immersive experiences. This release includes: |
| • | A frozen heading pane and infinite scrolling for table and crosstab components; this can greatly improve performance when viewing large result sets. |
| • | CSS inheritance can define crosstab and table styling. |
| • | The ability to capture attributes about table, crosstab, and chart components for use in hyperlinks. |
| • | Object properties that help developers build their own user interfaces for selecting visualization types. |
| • | Parameter and parameter value calls that enable dynamic view updates and custom filter controls in the surrounding application. |
| | OLAP Data Sources are not supported by Ad Hoc views in Visualize.js. |
| • | Ad Hoc Views. Ad Hoc views and reports now offer: |
| • | Ad Hoc View Referential Integrity. When items from a Domain are used in a dependent Ad Hoc view, removing the items from the Domain now returns an error message when editing the Ad Hoc view. You're given the option to remove the missing items from the Ad Hoc view to continue using it. The removed items no longer appear in the Data Source Selection panel. |
| • | Time Balance Calculations. The ability to define basic Time Balance properties on measures, providing greater control of time series aggregate data. |
By default, all data are aggregated by summing time series values. New options let you calculate aggregate time values by taking the first or last values of a time series. This benefits cases where opening and ending balance values (such as Inventory and Cash Balances) are measured. These options can change the totals to the sum of the numeric data for a period of time, as well as an average of the numeric values, the first numeric value entered for the period, and the last numeric value entered for the period.
| • | Grouping by Day of the Week. There is a new option for grouping time series data by Day of Week. |
| • | Jaspersoft Studio. Several new features are available in our report designer: |
| • | Spotfire (Version 7.5+) Infolink support. The data adapter for connecting to a Spotfire instance uses the latest public Spotfire API. Report developers can create content from Spotfire data. |
| • | Support for properties in datasets and query executers. Better support for fields and parameters in the Dataset and Query dialog, including support for field properties on the Fields tab and show and hide built-in parameters, and the ability to display, create, and edit parameter properties on the Parameters tab. This lets you configure your fields and parameters directly in the Dataset and Query dialog. |
| • | Data adapters that connect to a web service. You can now create data adapters that connect to a web service. You configure these data adapters in the data adapter dialog. When you use this type of data adapter in a report, you can access it in the Dataset and Query dialog: you can auto-discover fields from a node you enter in the query dialogs and view and manage HTTP parameters on the Data Adapter tab. |
| • | Enhanced Properties UI. The advanced properties dialog now displays a searchable list of available properties. You can create expressions, toggle the view to the old Properties dialog, and add properties for your custom classes. Most elements now support expressions in properties. |
| • | Support for Data Snapshots. Jaspersoft Studio now lets you create a JasperReports data snapshot, which contains a sample dataset that contains all sample data necessary to run the report. Storing the data for a report makes it easier to develop reports while offline or to share a functional report with other developers. |
You can still create reports and connect to the latest JasperReports Server with previous versions of Jaspersoft Studio.
| • | New Platforms. Components included in the installer have been updated to: |
| • | Oracle JDK 8 version 1.8.0_201 (8u201) |
| • | Spring Framework 3.2.18 |
| • | New Third-party Software Support. This release adds support for Oracle 12c as a host for the JasperReports Server repository and WebLogic 12.2.1 as the application server. |
| • | Security Improvement. JasperReports Server implements a new mechanism to protect against clickjacking attacks. To enable this mechanism, edit a configuration file. |
| 1. | Using a text editor, open the applicationContext-security-web.xml file (found in <js-install>apache-tomcatwebappsjasperserver-proWEB-INF). | | 2. | Locate the antiClickJackingEnabled property in the webAppSecurityFilter bean, and set it to true. Setting this property to true instructs JasperReports Server to include an X-Frame-Options header in every response. | | 3. | You can also set the antiClickJackingOption property to control the header value. Valid values are: | | • | DENY - JasperReports Server doesn't load into any iframe. | | • | SAMEORIGIN - JasperReports Server only loads into an iframe on a page in the same domain as JasperReports Server. | | • | ALLOW-FROM - JasperReports Server only loads in a frame on a page specified in antiClickJackingUri property. | | 4. | If you set the antiClickJackingOption property to ALLOW-FROM, also be sure to set the antiClickJackingUri property to a valid URI. | | 5. | Save the file and restart the server. | |
| | If you use iframes to embed JasperReports Server (including use of Visualize.js), set the antiClickJackingOption to either SAMEORIGIN (if the embedding host is on the same domain as JasperReports Server) or ALLOW-FROM (if the embedding host is on a different domain than JasperReports Server). If you use ALLOW-FROM, also set the antiClickJackingUri property. |
| | Clickjack protection doesn't support cases in which multiple domains embed JasperReports Server. |
| • | Directory Access Control. A new option controls access to resources in the file system of the JasperReports Server host using the ResourceForwardingServlet servlet. The servlet forwards requests to handle browser caching. For example, when it receives calls to /runtime/<hex-code>/<my-resource>, it forwards them to /<my-resource>. |
The servlet controls access using a whitelist that can include both resource and directory names; for simplicity here, we use the term directories.The whitelist defines the directories to which access is granted; access to other directories is denied. By default, it lists all the directories that JasperReports Server requires.
New Configuration
| | Note that this approach differs from the previous implementation, and requires intervention in fewer cases. In general, you don't need to change it. We recommend that any additions you make to the whitelist be considered carefully and tested thoroughly. We advise against removing the default values from the list, as this would impair functionality. |
To configure this list, edit the forwardWhitelist parameter of the ResourceForwardingServlet servlet in the web.xml file.
| 1. | Using a text editor, open the web.xml file (found in <js-install>apache-tomcatwebappsjasperserver-proWEB-INF). | | 2. | Locate the init-param section of the ResourceForwardingServlet servlet. | | 3. | In the param-value section of the forwardWhitelist parameter, review the comma-separated list of directories that JasperReports Server users should be able to access. This parameter can only list directories under the jasperserver-pro deployment directory. | | 4. | If you make changes, save the file, restart the server, and test the application thoroughly. | |
| | In a previous version, access to the application's resources was controlled by a blacklist. The blacklist has been removed in favor of this whitelist. |
| | The previous approach sometimes required additional steps. For example, if you restricted access using the security-constraint tag in web.xml, you may have also restricted that access using the ResourceForwardingServlet servlet. This step is no longer necessary, since access is now denied by default. If a high-priority case requires you to customize the ResourceForwardingServlet servlet and use JasperReports Server to cache a third-party resource, you might consider editing this list and making further customizations; we advise against such changes due to the security risks they might pose. |
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