How to Deploy and Use A Data Adapter in TIBCO JasperReports® Server v5.6

1. Create a data adapter in TIBCO Jaspersoft^® Studio v5.6;

   

2. Create a report using this data adapter;

3. Test the report in the Jaspersoft^® Studio to make sure it works;

4. Export the data adapter;

   

   

5. Deploy this data adapter into TIBCO JasperReports^® Server repository as XML file;

   

6. In Jaspersoft^® Studio, add the following property to the report template:

   <property name="net.sf.jasperreports.data.adapter" value="repo:{path to the data adapter done in step 5}"/>

   Review data source properties to determine the repository path to the data adapter:

   

   User that information to set "repo:..." value:

   

7. Test the modified report in the Jaspersoft^® Studio to make sure it works;

8. Use the modified report template to deploy the report unit into JasperReports^® Server repository without a data source;

   
   <Using Version 6.3 and a CSV data adapter steps 9-11 were not needed>

9. Download and extract identity.secrets_673.jar from the zip file and save it in deployed JRS WEB-INF\lib directory;

10. Restart server;

11. Test run the report in JasperReports^® Server.

This approach has been tested on version 7.5 and it works. See updated WIKI article https://community.jaspersoft.com/wiki/publishing-data-adapter-jaspersoft-studio-jasperreports-server

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