Thank you for the answer. This did not solve the problem though. It still does the exact same thing. I have cleared my java cache, cleaned and rebuilt my code, and recompiled the jasper reports. All this after the changes you suggested and it made no difference. I do think that is the correct way to do it though. The way it is setup in my other reports is exactly like that. There is something else going on here that is causing the problem though. Any other ideas?