The Difference between JasperReports Server and Jaspersoft OLAP

JasperReports Server and Jaspersoft OLAP in CE

Under our Open Source, Community Edition (CE) product, JasperReports Server and Jaspersoft OLAP are together in the same package. So, if you download JasperReports Server, you get both JasperReports Server and Jaspersoft OLAP.

JasperReports Server and Jaspersoft OLAP in Pro

In our Professional, commercial product, Jaspersoft OLAP has additional commercial functionality and is sold as an add-on to JasperReports Server.

What is Jaspersoft OLAP?

In general, Jaspersoft OLAP refers to the Business Analysis capability found in JasperReports Server. Business Analysis is also known as OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP), and is enabled via the Open Source projects Mondrian and JPivot.

What is JasperReports Server?

Typically, JasperReports Server refers to both the core server functionality (creating and managing users and roles, assigning permissions, scheduling reports, etc) and to the Business Reporting functionality which is enabled by JasperReports.