How to create a table with both static and dynamic values from parameters? - jasper-reports

Question

I want to create a table with static and dynamic values like the following picture:
As you can see, the red values are dynamic (values in parameters) while the rest of the table is static.
The problem is that I cannot add more than one detail row to the table.
Even if I use normal Text Field and Static Text elements instead of a Table I wouldn't be able to stretch the values (in case a value needs more than a single line) without overlapping.
How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

To use the jr:table component you need to have a datasource, normally you should get the data from some backend code, passing it to the report for example as a List in a parameter. Hence instead of passing the single parameters, you pass a datasource with both name and values.
However, for fun? we can create a datasource also within the jrxml code for example in your case I would use a ListOfArrayDataSource(java.util.List<java.lang.Object[]> records, java.lang.String[] columnNames)
The code to create the first two entries would be something this.
new net.sf.jasperreports.engine.data.ListOfArrayDataSource(
Arrays.asList(
new String[]{"Name", $P{name}},
new String[]{"Date of Birth", $P{dateOfBirth}}
),
new String[]{"c1", "c2"}
)
Full jrxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jasperReport xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd" name="Blank_A4_15" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" whenNoDataType="AllSectionsNoDetail" columnWidth="555" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20" uuid="342c93fd-9f0b-49db-a6e8-dbc252bbeca4">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.data.defaultdataadapter" value="One Empty Record"/>
<style name="Table_TD" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#FFFFFF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
<topPen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
<leftPen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
<bottomPen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
<rightPen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<subDataset name="Dataset" uuid="604ce812-0b69-47fa-862f-c6b4356c6b62">
<queryString>
<![CDATA[]]>
</queryString>
<field name="c1" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="c2" class="java.lang.String"/>
</subDataset>
<parameter name="name" class="java.lang.String">
<defaultValueExpression><![CDATA["Nasser Ali"]]></defaultValueExpression>
</parameter>
<parameter name="dateOfBirth" class="java.lang.String">
<defaultValueExpression><![CDATA["1985-10-07"]]></defaultValueExpression>
</parameter>
<queryString>
<![CDATA[]]>
</queryString>
<title>
<band height="61" splitType="Stretch">
<staticText>
<reportElement mode="Opaque" x="0" y="1" width="400" height="30" forecolor="#FFFFFF" backcolor="#000000" uuid="56949b5f-9b21-4f88-9660-ddccce0e7cad"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Center" verticalAlignment="Middle">
<font size="12" isBold="true"/>
</textElement>
<text><![CDATA[Personal information]]></text>
</staticText>
<componentElement>
<reportElement x="0" y="31" width="400" height="30" uuid="7a9309f0-4b5f-4c01-9b0a-611807b01f96">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.layout" value="com.jaspersoft.studio.editor.layout.VerticalRowLayout"/>
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.table.style.table_header" value="Table_TH"/>
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.table.style.column_header" value="Table_CH"/>
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.table.style.detail" value="Table_TD"/>
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.unit.width" value="px"/>
</reportElement>
<jr:table xmlns:jr="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/components.xsd">
<datasetRun subDataset="Dataset" uuid="f682c987-479a-40f9-8b97-bf07577e67fa">
<dataSourceExpression><![CDATA[new net.sf.jasperreports.engine.data.ListOfArrayDataSource(Arrays.asList(new String[]{"Name", $P{name}}, new String[]{"Date of Birth", $P{dateOfBirth}}),new String[]{"c1", "c2"})]]></dataSourceExpression>
</datasetRun>
<jr:column width="200" uuid="c087b83b-e6f9-4366-b655-eb7c14e35745">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.components.table.model.column.name" value="Column1"/>
<jr:detailCell style="Table_TD" height="30">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="200" height="30" uuid="dce0c9d6-ec99-4cbb-b981-73d3dff1b67b"/>
<box leftPadding="5"/>
<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle">
<font size="12"/>
</textElement>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{c1}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
<jr:column width="200" uuid="dad64648-00cb-46ff-9f74-216170605bf6">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.components.table.model.column.name" value="Column2"/>
<jr:detailCell style="Table_TD" height="30">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.unit.width" value="px"/>
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="200" height="30" forecolor="#FF0400" uuid="05d673a9-93d4-4b3e-a4eb-6fd5fd171b30"/>
<box leftPadding="5"/>
<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle">
<font size="12"/>
</textElement>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{c2}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
</jr:table>
</componentElement>
</band>
</title>
</jasperReport>
Output: