When to use Studio vs Ad Hoc reports

When to use Jaspersoft studio:

Creating a report when the layout of the elements is of utmost importance (pixel perfect).
When you want to write complex expressions, Layout visual components like charts, maps, tables, crosstab, custom visual components, and much more.
When you want to provide canned reports to end-users.
Create complex reports such as creating scriptlets.
Create drill-down reports using hyperlinks etc.
SQL knowledge is required to build reports.
End users can only consume the reports.

For more information on what you can do with Jaspersoft Studio, please refer to the Jaspersoft Studio Community Project page.

Creating reports where the layout of the report elements (non-pixel perfect) is not a strict business requirement.
When you want to create simple reports from Domains, Domain Topics from the Jaspersoft Web Interface.
When you want to provide end business users the ability to create their own reports from the Jaspersoft Web UI.
Create basic reports from the Ad hoc editor.
SQL expertise is not required for users to create Ad Hoc views reports.
End users can explore data before a final report is created.

For more information on what you can do with Ad Hoc Editor, please refer to the JasperReports Server User Guide

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