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As far as I can tell the data is being passed correctly...its being passed the same way as it is on other reports, and when I run the stored procedure directly in SQL Management Studio the data looks just fine.

I have a report with several groups, and I need to make the rows alternate colors (gray and white) for each footer. Can someone help me set this up? I know the idea of how to do it - I can set up a variable that increments by one each group, and set things up so that when the variable is even the row is one color, and odd is another color. I actually know how to do this, so that's not the problem. The problem is that I can't seem to make my variable increment by one with each group! Can someone just list out the variable settings that would be necessary to do this for me? Thanks in advance for any help!

I have also verified again that none of the data being pulled by the stored procedure is null.

I have verified that the SQL query used to fill the report does not contain any null data, but still having this error. I had assumed that the error does not have anything to do with the data itself, though, because I get the same error when running the report with an empty datasource. Is that a bad assumption to make?

I'm trying to add a chart to a report, and I keep getting this error: Error filling print... Category series name is null. net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRuntimeException: Category series name is null. at net.sf.jasperreports.charts.fill.JRFillCategoryDataset.customIncrement(JRFillCategoryDataset.java:144) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFillElementDataset.increment(JRFillElementDataset.java:169) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRCalculator.calculateVariables(JRCalculator.java:152) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRVerticalFiller.fillDetail(JRVerticalFiller.java:652) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRVerticalFiller.fillReportStart(JRVerticalFiller.java:232) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRVerticalFiller.fillReport(JRVerticalFiller.java:113) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRBaseFiller.fill(JRBaseFiller.java:767) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRBaseFiller.fill(JRBaseFiller.java:690) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFiller.fillReport(JRFiller.java:89) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager.fillReport(JasperFillManager.java:601) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager.fillReport(JasperFillManager.java:517) at it.businesslogic.ireport.IReportCompiler.run(IReportCompiler.java:893) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) What does "Category series name is null" mean? What is the category series? I've been trying to make this one work for a little while and I just can't seem to figure it out. I get the same error whether I run with an empty datasource or with real data. Any help would be appreciated.

I'll pass this info on to the person who's writing the queries (my SQL skills aren't great). When I remove the chart itself the report runs just fine, which is why I assumed I was completely misunderstanding the error. Thanks, I'll be back if we can't figure it out!

That does help...as a matter of fact it seems so easy that I'm embarrassed that I posted here and didn't figure it out on my own! Thanks for the help, I plan on trying to implement it sometime in the next several days - don't worry, I'll be back if I run into any more trouble. Thanks again.

I'm trying to create a border like in the picture attached...my boss wants a border that goes around a block of data - picture of solid black border that goes around every cell in the third, fourth and fifth columns of a report, for example. Not a border around each cell, but a single border around a group of cells. How can I accomplish this in iReport? I tried experimenting with frames and one or two other methods, but I couldn't come up with something that looked clean and professional. It may be that I did something wrong, though, so any input would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hi all- I'm designing a report in iReport 1.3.2. I've successfully designed reports before, but this is the first one I've designed that has a chart. I set up the chart by copying the settings/information from a functional chart that already exists in another report someone else at my company put together. When I try to run the report with an empty datasource I the below error. Does anyone know what this one means? I'm frustrated, and can't figure out what the problem is. Any help would be appreciated! Code:ErrorÂfillingÂprint...ÂCategoryÂseriesÂnameÂisÂnull. net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRuntimeException:ÂCategoryÂseriesÂnameÂisÂnull. ÂÂÂÂatÂnet.sf.jasperreports.charts.fill.JRFillCategoryDataset.customIncrement(JRFillCategoryDataset.java:144) ÂÂÂÂatÂnet.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFillElementDataset.increment(JRFillElementDataset.java:169) ÂÂÂÂatÂnet.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRCalculator.calculateVariables(JRCalculator.java:152) ÂÂÂÂatÂnet.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRVerticalFiller.fillDetail(JRVerticalFiller.java:652) ÂÂÂÂatÂnet.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRVerticalFiller.fillReportStart(JRVerticalFiller.java:232) ÂÂÂÂatÂnet.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRVerticalFiller.fillReport(JRVerticalFiller.java:113) ÂÂÂÂatÂnet.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRBaseFiller.fill(JRBaseFiller.java:767) ÂÂÂÂatÂnet.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRBaseFiller.fill(JRBaseFiller.java:690) ÂÂÂÂatÂnet.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFiller.fillReport(JRFiller.java:89) ÂÂÂÂatÂnet.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager.fillReport(JasperFillManager.java:601) ÂÂÂÂatÂnet.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager.fillReport(JasperFillManager.java:517) ÂÂÂÂatÂit.businesslogic.ireport.IReportCompiler.run(IReportCompiler.java:893) ÂÂÂÂatÂjava.lang.Thread.run(UnknownÂSource) Print was not filled. Try using an EmptyDataSource...

I'm designing a simple report-nothing fancy, just 5 or 6 columns that are being pulled out of a SQL database. The problem is some of the text that I need to appear in one of the columns can be up to a paragraph long. How do I make the field expand vertically to contain all of the text? With some research I found this link that gives some instructions: http://ireport-guide.blogspot.com/ It says that you can accomplish this with these instructions: Create a Dummy Group Place it after all other groups Put a unique key as the "Group Expression" (This way each record will create a new group) Put your display fields in the group header and remove the details section I think I followed these instructions and I still can only get the first line or so of text to appear on the report. Does anyone have any experience in making this work, or know another way to do it?