How to do group using table component, not fields? - jasper-reports

Question

The goal is to make something like that using groups
The problem is that I can construct it using fields, but when I export the report constructed from fields (like in most of tutorials) to Excel, it becomes a mess.
I want to use table component, maybe partly, just for the parts where row1, row2... etc are located, because tables are exported rather decently.
Is that possible at all?
If I add a table component into the details band, it shows the whole table for each group (all rows 1-9 are in each group, so I have no grouping at all), like here:
This is my XML file:
<?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="842" pageHeight="595" orientation="Landscape" columnWidth="802" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20" uuid="8075ffe7-6e3e-430c-9792-0842e1047ee7">
<style name="table">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="1.0" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table_TH" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#F0F8FF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table_CH" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#BFE1FF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table_TD" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#FFFFFF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
<conditionalStyle>
<conditionExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($V{REPORT_COUNT}.intValue()%2==0)]]></conditionExpression>
<style backcolor="#EFF7FF"/>
</conditionalStyle>
</style>
<style name="table 1">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="1.0" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table 1_TH" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#F0F8FF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table 1_CH" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#BFE1FF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table 1_TD" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#FFFFFF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
<conditionalStyle>
<conditionExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($V{REPORT_COUNT}.intValue()%2==0)]]></conditionExpression>
<style backcolor="#EFF7FF"/>
</conditionalStyle>
</style>
<subDataset name="New Dataset 1" uuid="6d70e59b-520c-4c3a-b122-fc299a1e36f3">
<queryString language="SQL">
<![CDATA[select * from test_table]]>
</queryString>
<field name="COLUMN1" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="INITIATOR" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="ID" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="URL" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="DOMAIN" class="java.lang.String"/>
</subDataset>
<queryString>
<![CDATA[select * from test_table]]>
</queryString>
<field name="COLUMN1" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="INITIATOR" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="ID" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="URL" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="DOMAIN" class="java.lang.String"/>
<group name="USER">
<groupExpression><![CDATA[$F{INITIATOR}]]></groupExpression>
<groupHeader>
<band height="20">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="100" height="20" uuid="f3c7aeda-d5fc-4745-aa57-6b86527bca7d"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{INITIATOR}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</band>
</groupHeader>
</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>
<detail>
<band height="82" splitType="Stretch">
<componentElement>
<reportElement key="table 1" style="table 1" x="0" y="0" width="802" height="80" uuid="1e1e5c70-7231-407c-8a21-8a8abe18004c"/>
<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="New Dataset 1" uuid="c1fc144a-34ea-4a3c-bad5-979e248dbdd5">
<connectionExpression><![CDATA[$P{REPORT_CONNECTION}]]></connectionExpression>
</datasetRun>
<jr:column width="164" uuid="6fc1588c-ff53-457e-9ded-bf2ef1499ef9">
<jr:columnHeader style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="164" height="30" uuid="37471666-30cf-4fba-a25a-2341517a9ff8"/>
<text><![CDATA[COLUMN1]]></text>
</staticText>
</jr:columnHeader>
<jr:columnFooter style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1"/>
<jr:detailCell style="table 1_TD" height="20" rowSpan="1">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="164" height="20" uuid="23a35d1a-1835-4f98-b948-2e20d170b7cb"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{COLUMN1}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
<jr:column width="143" uuid="3bb44350-b9a3-42f3-a4b4-24cc92c1ac7a">
<jr:columnHeader style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="143" height="30" uuid="32882a4d-9af7-4d20-bffc-d97304f852ec"/>
<text><![CDATA[INITIATOR]]></text>
</staticText>
</jr:columnHeader>
<jr:columnFooter style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1"/>
<jr:detailCell style="table 1_TD" height="20" rowSpan="1">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="143" height="20" uuid="624c6056-9c8d-469d-834e-052e7ba64205"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{INITIATOR}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
<jr:column width="145" uuid="fdc25f77-cbf8-437b-9599-8dac13c231c7">
<jr:columnHeader style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="145" height="30" uuid="9def11e0-f333-4af6-acd2-87693f546b94"/>
<text><![CDATA[ID]]></text>
</staticText>
</jr:columnHeader>
<jr:columnFooter style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1"/>
<jr:detailCell style="table 1_TD" height="20" rowSpan="1">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="145" height="20" uuid="bffecf39-515f-49fa-a2fd-dce3b899664a"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{ID}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
<jr:column width="215" uuid="ebcc9292-c0f8-45d7-acfb-a0cd07411c06">
<jr:columnHeader style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="215" height="30" uuid="119558f5-9f63-408d-88fe-685bff93420c"/>
<text><![CDATA[URL]]></text>
</staticText>
</jr:columnHeader>
<jr:columnFooter style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1"/>
<jr:detailCell style="table 1_TD" height="20" rowSpan="1">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="215" height="20" uuid="57fb4ae3-2ef8-46f5-9078-189afba2cc6f"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{URL}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
<jr:column width="134" uuid="f241a40c-8426-4b4f-ad01-fcda25e3891c">
<jr:columnHeader style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="134" height="30" uuid="d3015f10-9258-4ac9-8e95-a00f450b751e"/>
<text><![CDATA[DOMAIN]]></text>
</staticText>
</jr:columnHeader>
<jr:columnFooter style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1"/>
<jr:detailCell style="table 1_TD" height="20" rowSpan="1">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="134" height="20" uuid="fab1275a-7ae9-443b-8861-fa7c319e01b1"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{DOMAIN}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
</jr:table>
</componentElement>
</band>
</detail>
<columnFooter>
<band height="45" splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnFooter>
<pageFooter>
<band height="54" splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageFooter>
<summary>
<band height="42" splitType="Stretch"/>
</summary>
</jasperReport>

Answer 1

I have edited your jrxml. I passed id from the main query to the table component as parameter and used it in the query for where condition, so the table query will only return the rows which are related to the parent query id.
<?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="842" pageHeight="595" orientation="Landscape" columnWidth="802" 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="125"/>
<style name="table">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="1.0" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table_TH" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#F0F8FF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table_CH" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#BFE1FF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table_TD" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#FFFFFF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
<conditionalStyle>
<conditionExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($V{REPORT_COUNT}.intValue()%2==0)]]></conditionExpression>
<style backcolor="#EFF7FF"/>
</conditionalStyle>
</style>
<style name="table 1">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="1.0" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table 1_TH" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#F0F8FF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table 1_CH" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#BFE1FF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
</style>
<style name="table 1_TD" mode="Opaque" backcolor="#FFFFFF">
<box>
<pen lineWidth="0.5" lineColor="#000000"/>
</box>
<conditionalStyle>
<conditionExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($V{REPORT_COUNT}.intValue()%2==0)]]></conditionExpression>
<style backcolor="#EFF7FF"/>
</conditionalStyle>
</style>
<subDataset name="New Dataset 1">
<parameter name="id" class="java.lang.Integer">
<defaultValueExpression><![CDATA[]]></defaultValueExpression>
</parameter>
<queryString>
<![CDATA[select * from test_table where id = $P{id};]]>
</queryString>
<field name="COLUMN1" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="INITIATOR" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="ID" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="URL" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="DOMAIN" class="java.lang.String"/>
</subDataset>
<queryString>
<![CDATA[select * from test_table;]]>
</queryString>
<field name="COLUMN1" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="INITIATOR" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="ID" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="URL" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="DOMAIN" class="java.lang.String"/>
<group name="USER">
<groupExpression><![CDATA[$F{INITIATOR}]]></groupExpression>
<groupHeader>
<band height="20">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="100" height="20"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{INITIATOR}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</band>
</groupHeader>
</group>
<background>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</background>
<title>
<band height="79" splitType="Stretch"/>
</title>
<pageHeader>
<band height="35" splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageHeader>
<columnHeader>
<band height="61" splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnHeader>
<detail>
<band height="82" splitType="Stretch">
<componentElement>
<reportElement key="table 1" style="table 1" x="0" y="0" width="802" height="80"/>
<jr:table xmlns:jr="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/components.xsd">
<datasetRun subDataset="New Dataset 1">
<datasetParameter name="id">
<datasetParameterExpression><![CDATA[$F{ID}]]></datasetParameterExpression>
</datasetParameter>
<connectionExpression><![CDATA[$P{REPORT_CONNECTION}]]></connectionExpression>
</datasetRun>
<jr:column width="164">
<jr:columnHeader style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="164" height="30"/>
<text><![CDATA[COLUMN1]]></text>
</staticText>
</jr:columnHeader>
<jr:columnFooter style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1"/>
<jr:detailCell style="table 1_TD" height="20" rowSpan="1">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="164" height="20"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{COLUMN1}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
<jr:column width="143">
<jr:columnHeader style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="143" height="30"/>
<text><![CDATA[INITIATOR]]></text>
</staticText>
</jr:columnHeader>
<jr:columnFooter style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1"/>
<jr:detailCell style="table 1_TD" height="20" rowSpan="1">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="143" height="20"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{INITIATOR}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
<jr:column width="145">
<jr:columnHeader style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="145" height="30"/>
<text><![CDATA[ID]]></text>
</staticText>
</jr:columnHeader>
<jr:columnFooter style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1"/>
<jr:detailCell style="table 1_TD" height="20" rowSpan="1">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="145" height="20"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{ID}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
<jr:column width="215">
<jr:columnHeader style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="215" height="30"/>
<text><![CDATA[URL]]></text>
</staticText>
</jr:columnHeader>
<jr:columnFooter style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1"/>
<jr:detailCell style="table 1_TD" height="20" rowSpan="1">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="215" height="20"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{URL}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
<jr:column width="134">
<jr:columnHeader style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1">
<staticText>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="134" height="30"/>
<text><![CDATA[DOMAIN]]></text>
</staticText>
</jr:columnHeader>
<jr:columnFooter style="table 1_CH" height="30" rowSpan="1"/>
<jr:detailCell style="table 1_TD" height="20" rowSpan="1">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="134" height="20"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{DOMAIN}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
</jr:table>
</componentElement>
</band>
</detail>
<columnFooter>
<band height="45" splitType="Stretch"/>
</columnFooter>
<pageFooter>
<band height="54" splitType="Stretch"/>
</pageFooter>
<summary>
<band height="42" splitType="Stretch"/>
</summary>
</jasperReport>