Results of 2 groups through eachother - jasper-reports

I have 2 groups, both will show the same 2 records (from the sql output) but grouped differently and shows different fields.
Output:
The 2nd result of group 1 is between the results of group 2. This is how Jaspersoft works.
But does someone have an idea how to keep the group results with eachother?
Group 1: result 1
Group 1: result 2
Group 2: result 1
Group 2: result 2
Any help or tips are appreciated.
[1]https://i.stack.imgur.com/509cP.jpg
Jrxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Created with Jaspersoft Studio version 6.2.2.final using JasperReports Library version 4.7.0 -->
<!-- 2017-08-11T16:19:29 -->
<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_3" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="555" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20" uuid="a75576f0-e223-4e8a-8d52-67936178ea31">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.data.sql.tables" value=""/>
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.data.defaultdataadapter" value="test"/>
<queryString>
<![CDATA[]]>
</queryString>
<field name="from_name" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="from_name2" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="undgcode" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="product_item_id" class="java.lang.String"/>
<group name="Group1">
<groupExpression><![CDATA[$F{product_item_id}]]></groupExpression>
<groupHeader>
<band height="50" splitType="Prevent">
<textField>
<reportElement isPrintRepeatedValues="false" x="40" y="10" width="220" height="30" uuid="ce52a200-b3dd-4b9b-bee4-30cc9db15aa5"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{from_name}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</band>
</groupHeader>
</group>
<group name="Group2" keepTogether="true">
<groupExpression><![CDATA[$F{undgcode}]]></groupExpression>
<groupHeader>
<band height="64">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="140" y="10" width="100" height="30" uuid="28d2e565-98d6-4714-8420-81a3819ab46a"/>
<text><![CDATA[Static Text]]></text>
</staticText>
</band>
</groupHeader>
<groupFooter>
<band height="50" splitType="Prevent">
<textField>
<reportElement isPrintRepeatedValues="false" x="40" y="10" width="220" height="30" uuid="857197bd-e4b6-404b-a527-19e63dd02a94">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.unit.x" value="pixel"/>
</reportElement>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{from_name2}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</band>
</groupFooter>
</group>
<background>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</background>
<title>
<band height="79" splitType="Stretch"/>
</title>
<pageHeader>
<band height="35" splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageHeader>
<columnHeader>
<band height="61" splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnHeader>
<columnFooter>
<band height="45" splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnFooter>
<pageFooter>
<band height="54" splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageFooter>
<summary>
<band height="42" splitType="Stretch"/>
</summary>
</jasperReport>

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Created with Jaspersoft Studio version 6.4.0.final using JasperReports Library version 6.4.1 -->
<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="Test4BD" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="555" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20" uuid="65794bef-41ec-4ebe-9237-6c5db5cb403c">
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<field name="ASN" class="java.lang.String">
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<band height="75" splitType="Stretch">
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<columnFooter>
<band height="45" splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnFooter>
<pageFooter>
<band height="54" splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageFooter>
<summary>
<band height="42" splitType="Stretch"/>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Created with Jaspersoft Studio version 6.4.0.final using JasperReports Library version 6.4.1 -->
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<field name="ASNDETAILID" class="java.lang.String">
<fieldDescription><![CDATA[ASNDETAILID]]></fieldDescription>
</field>
<field name="LINENBR" class="java.lang.String">
<fieldDescription><![CDATA[LINENBR]]></fieldDescription>
</field>
<background>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</background>
<title>
<band height="8" splitType="Stretch"/>
</title>
<pageHeader>
<band height="9" splitType="Stretch"/>
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<columnHeader>
<band height="32" splitType="Stretch">
<staticText>
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</band>
</detail>
<columnFooter>
<band height="10" splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnFooter>
<pageFooter>
<band height="7" splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageFooter>
<summary>
<band height="8" splitType="Stretch"/>
</summary>
</jasperReport>
I am open to all suggestions... again, very little experience with JSON and Jasper... especially around subreports... I was hoping I would not even need a subreport.
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JasperReports: JRDataSource.subDataSource shows undefined

I am following this tutorial to create my reports using iReport.
I have already created a couple of reports using the guidelines mentioned.
But in a new report, when I set the DataSource of the ListComponent Jasper reports the following error to me:
The method subDataSource(String) is undefined for the type JRDataSource                 value = ((net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRDataSource)parameter_REPORT_DATA_SOURCE.getValue()).subDataSource("/items/invoices"); //$JR_EXPR_ID=11$
I tried to look up in the docs, It does mention that JRDataSource doesn't have any such methods. But, I have followed this tutorial earlier and made reports.
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<?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="product-wise-sales-analysis" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="555" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20" uuid="a8a1a939-18a1-4ecf-8c4c-9f7b556b5ce3">
<property name="ireport.zoom" value="1.0"/>
<property name="ireport.x" value="0"/>
<property name="ireport.y" value="0"/>
<subDataset name="invoices" uuid="9d9c4386-0f01-4f9f-9b17-12906b566f63">
<queryString language="xPath">
<![CDATA[/data/items/invoices]]>
</queryString>
<field name="invoiceId" class="java.lang.String">
<fieldDescription><![CDATA[invoiceId]]></fieldDescription>
</field>
<field name="salesInvoiceDate" class="java.lang.String">
<fieldDescription><![CDATA[salesInvoiceDate]]></fieldDescription>
</field>
<field name="partyName" class="java.lang.String">
<fieldDescription><![CDATA[partyName]]></fieldDescription>
</field>
<field name="quantity" class="java.lang.String">
<fieldDescription><![CDATA[quantity]]></fieldDescription>
</field>
<field name="rate" class="java.lang.String">
<fieldDescription><![CDATA[rate]]></fieldDescription>
</field>
</subDataset>
<queryString language="xPath">
<![CDATA[/data/items]]>
</queryString>
<field name="productCatlgNo" class="java.lang.String">
<fieldDescription><![CDATA[productCatlgNo]]></fieldDescription>
</field>
<field name="description" class="java.lang.String">
<fieldDescription><![CDATA[description]]></fieldDescription>
</field>
<field name="groupName" class="java.lang.String">
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</field>
<background>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</background>
<title>
<band height="79" splitType="Stretch"/>
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<pageHeader>
<band height="35" splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageHeader>
<columnHeader>
<band height="23" splitType="Stretch">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="2" width="100" height="20" uuid="b14d57a3-c78e-4121-ac21-955b4ab431f0"/>
<text><![CDATA[productCatlgNo]]></text>
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<staticText>
<reportElement x="147" y="2" width="100" height="20" uuid="c009d720-b224-4595-9761-89447d437dc3"/>
<text><![CDATA[description]]></text>
</staticText>
<staticText>
<reportElement x="341" y="0" width="100" height="20" uuid="f22f2f3f-885e-4ffd-bd2f-b69025a46c2d"/>
<text><![CDATA[groupName]]></text>
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</band>
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<detail>
<band height="34" splitType="Stretch">
<textField>
<reportElement x="147" y="0" width="194" height="12" uuid="383b8740-6b4d-4ddd-9e85-6aa45a08c464"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{description}]]></textFieldExpression>
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<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="147" height="12" uuid="ebd965f4-5684-49b8-8ed4-e11e43d64230"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{productCatlgNo}]]></textFieldExpression>
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<reportElement x="341" y="0" width="209" height="12" uuid="4b98a152-6c2e-4335-835a-9288c179df5a"/>
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<datasetRun subDataset="invoices" uuid="c61741af-4e58-4bb6-a18b-468a29c02b14">
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</textField>
</jr:listContents>
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<band height="45" splitType="Stretch"/>
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<band height="54" splitType="Stretch"/>
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instead of:
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net.sf.jasperreports.engine.base.JRBaseParagraph.paragraphContainer of type
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRParagraphContainer in instance of
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Windows XP
jasperreports-fonts-4.0.2.jar
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jasperreports-extensions-3.5.3
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<?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="report1" language="groovy" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="555" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20">
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The result of export is:
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<property name="ireport.y" value="0"/>
<parameter name="ProductID" class="java.lang.Integer"/>
<queryString>
<![CDATA[SELECT
PRODUCT."ID" AS PRODUCT_ID,
PRODUCT."NAME" AS PRODUCT_NAME,
PRODUCT."COST" AS PRODUCT_COST
FROM
"PUBLIC"."PRODUCT" PRODUCT
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<field name="PRODUCT_ID" class="java.lang.Integer"/>
<field name="PRODUCT_NAME" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="PRODUCT_COST" class="java.math.BigDecimal"/>
<background>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</background>
<title>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
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<pageHeader>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
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<columnHeader>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
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<text><![CDATA[PRODUCT_ID]]></text>
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<textField>
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<textField>
<reportElement x="100" y="20" width="100" height="20"/>
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<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{PRODUCT_COST}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<componentElement>
<reportElement x="0" y="60" width="200" height="35"/>
<jr:barbecue xmlns:jr="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/components.xsd" type="3of9" drawText="false" checksumRequired="false">
<jr:codeExpression><![CDATA[$F{PRODUCT_ID}]]></jr:codeExpression>
</jr:barbecue>
</componentElement>
</band>
</detail>
<columnFooter>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnFooter>
<pageFooter>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageFooter>
<summary>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</summary>
</jasperReport>
Subreport2:
<?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="MainReport1_subreport2" language="groovy" pageWidth="555" pageHeight="888" columnWidth="555" leftMargin="0" rightMargin="0" topMargin="0" bottomMargin="0">
<property name="ireport.zoom" value="1.0"/>
<property name="ireport.x" value="0"/>
<property name="ireport.y" value="0"/>
<parameter name="ProductID" class="java.lang.Integer"/>
<queryString>
<![CDATA[SELECT
PRODUCT."ID" AS PRODUCT_ID,
PRODUCT."NAME" AS PRODUCT_NAME,
PRODUCT."COST" AS PRODUCT_COST
FROM
"PUBLIC"."PRODUCT" PRODUCT
where
product_id = $P{ProductID}]]>
</queryString>
<field name="PRODUCT_ID" class="java.lang.Integer"/>
<field name="PRODUCT_NAME" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="PRODUCT_COST" class="java.math.BigDecimal"/>
<background>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</background>
<title>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</title>
<pageHeader>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageHeader>
<columnHeader>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnHeader>
<detail>
<band height="144" splitType="Stretch">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="100" height="20"/>
<textElement/>
<text><![CDATA[PRODUCT_ID]]></text>
</staticText>
<textField>
<reportElement x="100" y="0" width="100" height="20"/>
<textElement/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{PRODUCT_ID}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="20" width="100" height="20"/>
<textElement/>
<text><![CDATA[PRODUCT_NAME]]></text>
</staticText>
<textField>
<reportElement x="100" y="20" width="100" height="20"/>
<textElement/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{PRODUCT_NAME}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="40" width="100" height="20"/>
<textElement/>
<text><![CDATA[PRODUCT_COST]]></text>
</staticText>
<textField>
<reportElement x="100" y="40" width="100" height="20"/>
<textElement/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{PRODUCT_COST}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<componentElement>
<reportElement x="0" y="60" width="302" height="84"/>
<jr:barbecue xmlns:jr="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/components.xsd" type="3of9" drawText="false" checksumRequired="false">
<jr:codeExpression><![CDATA[$F{PRODUCT_ID}]]></jr:codeExpression>
</jr:barbecue>
</componentElement>
</band>
</detail>
<columnFooter>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnFooter>
<pageFooter>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageFooter>
<summary>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</summary>
</jasperReport>

JasperReports collection as datasource?

I'm trying to find out how to use a string collection as a datasource in JasperReports.
I guess I found the solution, but I can't get this to work, can anyone assist me?
set as datasource the special data source JREmptyDatasource( $F{my_collection}.size() )
This creates an empty data set with the same size of records as the collection.
Pass the $F{my_collection} as parameter to the sub dataset (using the data set run of the List).
To print the current element of the collection:
$P{my_collection_param}.get( $V{REPORT_COUNT} )
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jasperReport xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd" name="report1" language="groovy" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="555" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20">
<property name="ireport.zoom" value="1.0"/>
<property name="ireport.x" value="0"/>
<property name="ireport.y" value="0"/>
<subDataset name="dataset1">
<parameter name="my_collection_param" class="java.util.Collection" isForPrompting="false">
<defaultValueExpression><![CDATA[$P{my_collection}]]></defaultValueExpression>
</parameter>
</subDataset>
<parameter name="my_collection" class="java.util.Collection">
<defaultValueExpression><![CDATA["anna"]]></defaultValueExpression>
</parameter>
<field name="my_collection" class="java.util.Collection">
<fieldDescription><![CDATA[]]></fieldDescription>
</field>
<background>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</background>
<title>
<band height="79" splitType="Stretch"/>
</title>
<pageHeader>
<band height="35" splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageHeader>
<columnHeader>
<band height="61" splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnHeader>
<detail>
<band height="125" splitType="Stretch">
<componentElement>
<reportElement x="51" y="30" width="400" height="50"/>
<jr:list xmlns:jr="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/components.xsd" printOrder="Vertical">
<datasetRun subDataset="dataset1">
<dataSourceExpression><![CDATA[new net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JREmptyDataSource($F{my_collection}.size())]]></dataSourceExpression>
</datasetRun>
<jr:listContents height="50" width="0">
<textField>
<reportElement x="159" y="24" width="100" height="20"/>
<textElement/>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$P{my_collection_param}.get( $V{REPORT_COUNT} )]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:listContents>
</jr:list>
</componentElement>
</band>
</detail>
<columnFooter>
<band height="45" splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnFooter>
<pageFooter>
<band height="54" splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageFooter>
<summary>
<band height="42" splitType="Stretch"/>
</summary>
I guess your hack of using JREmptyDataSource is good by definition, if it works.
But you'll find that things are lot easier if you use this instead:
new net.sf.jasperreports.engine.data.JRMapCollectionDataSource($P{my_collection_param})