Create dynamic database reports with JasperReports, the leading open source Java reporting tool

JasperReports is a powerful open source Java reporting tool that has the ability to deliver rich, dynamic content onto the screen, to the printer, or into PDF, HTML, XLS, CSV and XML files. Explore different ways to create dynamic database reports with JasperReports in this sample chapter from JasperReports for Java Developers: Create, Design, Format and Export Reports with the World's Most Popular Java Reporting Library. Create reports from data obtained from a database by embedding SQL queries in the JRXML report template or by passing the database data to the compiled report via a datasource. Then, use report fields to display data obtained from a database in a report. Finally, generate reports that are displayed in the user's web browser in PDF format.

Title: JasperReports for Java Developers: Create, Design, Format and Export Reports with the World's Most Popular Java Reporting Library
ISBN: 1904811906
Published: August 2006
Author: David Heffelfinger
Chapter: Chapter 4: Creating Dynamic Database Reports
Published by Packt Publishing