[How to position a table after another another table]

Thank you so much trvpseudo - exactly what I was looking for - the funny thing was on my screen that option wasn't showing up but it was there all along - just scrolled up the drop down list and there it was! DOH!

[How to position a table after another another table]

I'm a little confused by the positioning elements in Jasper Studio. I have a report that contains two tables.

Table 1 has a position "Relative to Top" which is fine.

Table 2 also has a position "Relative to Top" but this only works if the Table 1 contains a certain number of rows or less. If it goes over that number the bottom of table 1 overlaps with the top of table 2.

What I would really like to do is have Table 2 be positioned relative to the end of table 1. But I don't see any option to do that.

It really ought to be possible to have objects flow down a page but I cannot see how to achieve it.

Any ideas please?

 

 

 

[Using Jasper Server to render JSON input as PDF output]

Hi - I'm pretty new to Jasper Reports but I have been testing a few ideas out with it. Ideally I want to be able to input a JSON file (generated from another system) and create a report based on that file that is then output as a PDF.

I have manually added a JSON file (renamed as XML extension) and then created a data source from it. I can then build a report using the data in  the JSON file.

What I haven't yet figured out is how to automate this process if there are large numbers of these files being generated.

For example can I set it up somehow so that I pump on the JSON files using an API and that automatically triggers the report to run and generate a PDF and send it somewhere (either a directory or via email etc.)

Any tips would be much appreciated.

Thanks!