I am using jasper report to create pdf document. I used one Subreport inside the main document. This Subreport consist of 3 textfield and one line. I use javabean datasource to populate the value. Now I could not see line if the datasource returns null value. Can anyone guide me how to solve this problem.
Below you can see the xml code which I used for drawing line in jrxml
file:
<line direction="TopDown">
<reportElement mode="Transparent" x="-6" y="17" width="480" height="0"
forecolor="#C6C8CA" key="line-1" isPrintInFirstWholeBand="true"/>
<graphicElement stretchType="NoStretch">
<pen lineWidth="0.25" lineStyle="Solid"/>
</graphicElement>
</line>
Is the line in the same Band with the text fields? If yes, then that's you problem. In Jasper if the datasource returns no elements. The band will not be rendered, as simple as that.
If you want the line to always appear put it in a band that is always rendered by default. Like Page_Header, Page_Footer ...etc.
This also happens when 2 items overlap. If your text box is over the line, change line's order by
Order->Bring to Front
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I have a JasperReports jrxml file which has a hyperlink inside a textField element.
I do not want to show this hyperlink in anything other than the HTML view because the link does not work in excel, PDF, word, etc. and does not make sense to show.
I have read the faq with the properties but it just confused me because it does not talk about hiding a textField at all, just "bands" for headers and footers.
Here is the text field I want to hide when not HTML:
<textField hyperlinkType="ReportExecution">
<reportElement style="Report_Param_Value_Link" mode="Opaque" x="400" y="0" width="161" height="20"/>
<textElement/>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[Boolean.TRUE.equals($P{LAST_WEEK}) ? "View WTD" : "View last week"]]></textFieldExpression>
<hyperlinkParameter name="noMenu">
<hyperlinkParameterExpression><![CDATA["true"]]></hyperlinkParameterExpression>
</hyperlinkParameter>
<hyperlinkParameter name="reportUnit">
<hyperlinkParameterExpression><![CDATA["repo:/Reports/Operations/Business_Support/Subreports/Business_Support_Performance_Dashboard"]]></hyperlinkParameterExpression>
</hyperlinkParameter>
<hyperlinkParameter name="LAST_WEEK">
<hyperlinkParameterExpression><![CDATA[Boolean.valueOf(!Boolean.TRUE.equals($P{LAST_WEEK})).toString()]]></hyperlinkParameterExpression>
</hyperlinkParameter>
</textField>
Use an Element Key Filter.
The quote from JR Ultimate Guide:
This built-in filter implementations excludes from export elements that match a given element key.
Element keys are set at report design time and are propagated into generated reports.
Each element in a filled report has the same key as the element from the report template that generated it.
To trigger an element key filter, the report designer needs to define one or more report properties that start with <exporter_property_prefix>.exclude.key. Each such property matches a single element key which is to be excluded by the filter. The element key is given by the property value, or if no value is set for the property, by the property suffix.
The following example shows how to specify element keys which are to be excluded from specific export outputs:
<jasperReport ...>
<!-- exclude elements with keys Image1 and Text4 from HTML export-->
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.html.exclude.key.Image1"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.html.exclude.key.Text4"/>
<!-- exclude elements with keys Image5 from PDF export -->
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.exclude.key.the.image" value=”Image5”/>
...
</jasperReport>
In your case you should add key for text field with hyperlink (for example, textFieldWithHL) and then add one property for each format (pdf, docx, xls, csv, xml, txt, odt) you want to exclude from printing this hyperlink:
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.exclude.key.textFieldWithHL"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.docx.exclude.key.textFieldWithHL"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.exclude.key.textFieldWithHL"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.csv.exclude.key.textFieldWithHL"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xml.exclude.key.textFieldWithHL"/>
The expressions from your post:
net.sf.jasperreports.export.{format}.exclude.origin.{suffix}.{arbitrary_name}
net.sf.jasperreports.export.{format}.exclude.origin.keep.first.{suffix}.{arbitrary_name}
allow to exclude the whole bands (also group bands). This filters work with JROrigin objects.
For example, consider a report with a logo that must be included as SVG for PDF output or PNG for HTML output. The JRXML file contains:
<image scaleImage="RetainShape" onErrorType="Blank">
<reportElement key="IMAGE_LOGO_PNG" x="1" y="0" width="100" height="60" uuid="a896cade-f6fc-4d8f-b762-29b950309257"/>
<imageExpression><![CDATA[Transcoder.asPNG($V{V_LOGO_FILE} + ".svg")]]></imageExpression>
</image>
<image scaleImage="RetainShape" onErrorType="Blank">
<reportElement key="IMAGE_LOGO_SVG" x="1" y="0" width="100" height="60" uuid="a896cade-f6fc-4d8f-b762-29b950309257"/>
<imageExpression><![CDATA[Transcoder.asSVG($V{V_LOGO_FILE} + ".svg")]]></imageExpression>
</image>
To exclude the SVG from HTML and the PNG from PDF, add the following properties immediately after the <jasperReport...> root element in the JRXML file:
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.html.exclude.key.IMAGE_LOGO_SVG"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.exclude.key.IMAGE_LOGO_PNG"/>
Looking at your source, it may be possible to create an ExporterFilter that suppresses hyperlinks, and then you have to add that filter to the export process for everything except HTML. However, I don't see why you don't want to show the hyperlink in the other formats. For many years PDF, Word, Excel, etc. will all interpret a hyperlink correctly, and in fact respond to a mouse click on the link just like a browser. That's probably why the process is going to be painful: you are reversing what for most people is expected behavior.
I want to hide some columns in the excel report for my future reference.
Please suggest me any idea to hide the column.
Alex K's comment is correct. Here's how to apply it:
Open the Source page for the report to view the XML.
Find the field to hide in Excel.
Add the property to the reportElement as follows:
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="100" height="15">
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.cell.hidden" value="true"/>
</reportElement>
The reportElement attribute values will differ in the report you create.
How can I do this with iReport (using iReport v4.0)?
Here is jrxml file
it depend on the size of Sub-report, check the sub-repot preview, if you want to increase the size of sub-rport in main report , for this you have to increase the size of sub-reportas where it is separately created.
You could try using background band for those lines.
Maybe inside your parent report
When you create a sub-report you can delete; Page Header, Column Header and Page Footer bands on your main report. After then, you can drag and drop sub-report icon on Summary part of your main report. You will probably use ColumnHeader and Detail bands on your Sub-Report. (It depends on your design. If you use subreports recursively, you can use again summary band.) Later,you will select Remove Report Margins on your subreport. To get expected result; your subreport icon Width on main report should equal your subreport page width.
Adding borders worked great for me. Expand your text element to cell size, right click -> Padding and Borders and add them all around. It's easier than having to handle draw lines. Less elements and faster editing.
You can add lines via the iReport Designer gui interface using the Palette (go to Window > Palette, then click Line, then drag it over to the Designer).
You can also add lines by modifying the jrxml code directly. I haven't found guidance in the documentation on this. But this answer to another question shows how to create a vertical line:
<line>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="1" height="30"/>
</line>
And it also shows how to create a horizontal line:
<line>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="30" height="1"/>
</line>
Also, the JRXML Sources and Jasper Files section of the documentation has some more involved code such as the following, which uses a direction parameter with value BottomUp (there are also references to TopDown in the community site or here):
<line direction="BottomUp">
<reportElement key="line" x="1" y="4" width="554" height="1"/>
</line>
And this, which uses positionType parameter of FixRelativeToBottom:
<line>
<reportElement positionType="FixRelativeToBottom" x="0" y="51" width="555"
height="1"/>
</line>
I have a JasperReports jrxml file which has a hyperlink inside a textField element.
I do not want to show this hyperlink in anything other than the HTML view because the link does not work in excel, PDF, word, etc. and does not make sense to show.
I have read the faq with the properties but it just confused me because it does not talk about hiding a textField at all, just "bands" for headers and footers.
Here is the text field I want to hide when not HTML:
<textField hyperlinkType="ReportExecution">
<reportElement style="Report_Param_Value_Link" mode="Opaque" x="400" y="0" width="161" height="20"/>
<textElement/>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[Boolean.TRUE.equals($P{LAST_WEEK}) ? "View WTD" : "View last week"]]></textFieldExpression>
<hyperlinkParameter name="noMenu">
<hyperlinkParameterExpression><![CDATA["true"]]></hyperlinkParameterExpression>
</hyperlinkParameter>
<hyperlinkParameter name="reportUnit">
<hyperlinkParameterExpression><![CDATA["repo:/Reports/Operations/Business_Support/Subreports/Business_Support_Performance_Dashboard"]]></hyperlinkParameterExpression>
</hyperlinkParameter>
<hyperlinkParameter name="LAST_WEEK">
<hyperlinkParameterExpression><![CDATA[Boolean.valueOf(!Boolean.TRUE.equals($P{LAST_WEEK})).toString()]]></hyperlinkParameterExpression>
</hyperlinkParameter>
</textField>
Use an Element Key Filter.
The quote from JR Ultimate Guide:
This built-in filter implementations excludes from export elements that match a given element key.
Element keys are set at report design time and are propagated into generated reports.
Each element in a filled report has the same key as the element from the report template that generated it.
To trigger an element key filter, the report designer needs to define one or more report properties that start with <exporter_property_prefix>.exclude.key. Each such property matches a single element key which is to be excluded by the filter. The element key is given by the property value, or if no value is set for the property, by the property suffix.
The following example shows how to specify element keys which are to be excluded from specific export outputs:
<jasperReport ...>
<!-- exclude elements with keys Image1 and Text4 from HTML export-->
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.html.exclude.key.Image1"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.html.exclude.key.Text4"/>
<!-- exclude elements with keys Image5 from PDF export -->
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.exclude.key.the.image" value=”Image5”/>
...
</jasperReport>
In your case you should add key for text field with hyperlink (for example, textFieldWithHL) and then add one property for each format (pdf, docx, xls, csv, xml, txt, odt) you want to exclude from printing this hyperlink:
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.exclude.key.textFieldWithHL"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.docx.exclude.key.textFieldWithHL"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.exclude.key.textFieldWithHL"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.csv.exclude.key.textFieldWithHL"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xml.exclude.key.textFieldWithHL"/>
The expressions from your post:
net.sf.jasperreports.export.{format}.exclude.origin.{suffix}.{arbitrary_name}
net.sf.jasperreports.export.{format}.exclude.origin.keep.first.{suffix}.{arbitrary_name}
allow to exclude the whole bands (also group bands). This filters work with JROrigin objects.
For example, consider a report with a logo that must be included as SVG for PDF output or PNG for HTML output. The JRXML file contains:
<image scaleImage="RetainShape" onErrorType="Blank">
<reportElement key="IMAGE_LOGO_PNG" x="1" y="0" width="100" height="60" uuid="a896cade-f6fc-4d8f-b762-29b950309257"/>
<imageExpression><![CDATA[Transcoder.asPNG($V{V_LOGO_FILE} + ".svg")]]></imageExpression>
</image>
<image scaleImage="RetainShape" onErrorType="Blank">
<reportElement key="IMAGE_LOGO_SVG" x="1" y="0" width="100" height="60" uuid="a896cade-f6fc-4d8f-b762-29b950309257"/>
<imageExpression><![CDATA[Transcoder.asSVG($V{V_LOGO_FILE} + ".svg")]]></imageExpression>
</image>
To exclude the SVG from HTML and the PNG from PDF, add the following properties immediately after the <jasperReport...> root element in the JRXML file:
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.html.exclude.key.IMAGE_LOGO_SVG"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.exclude.key.IMAGE_LOGO_PNG"/>
Looking at your source, it may be possible to create an ExporterFilter that suppresses hyperlinks, and then you have to add that filter to the export process for everything except HTML. However, I don't see why you don't want to show the hyperlink in the other formats. For many years PDF, Word, Excel, etc. will all interpret a hyperlink correctly, and in fact respond to a mouse click on the link just like a browser. That's probably why the process is going to be painful: you are reversing what for most people is expected behavior.
I'm working on a system that includes a large number of reports, generated using JasperReports. One of the newer features is that you can define styles for reports.
From the available docs I believe there is some way to have an external file defining styles to use, and you can reference that in your jasper reports. This allows a single style to be used by multiple reports.
I can't find any concrete information on whether this is an actual feature, and if it is, how to use it. Does anyone know if it is possible to have external styles for jasper reports, and if so, how to do it?
Use JasperReport templates. A JasperReports template is one that ends in .jrtx, and may look similar to this (styles.jrtx):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE jasperTemplate
PUBLIC "-//JasperReports//DTD Template//EN"
"http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/dtds/jaspertemplate.dtd">
<jasperTemplate>
<style name="Report Title" isDefault="false" hAlign="Center" fontSize="24" isBold="true"/>
<style name="Heading 1" isDefault="false" fontSize="18" isBold="true"/>
<style name="Heading 2" isDefault="false" fontSize="14" isBold="true"/>
</jasperTemplate>
and then in your .jrxml file, include it as a template:
...
<template><![CDATA["styles.jrtx"]]></template>
...
iReport also understands this, so your styles are imported and shown in iReport correctly (though I did notice sometimes it wouldn't pick them up an a reload or recompile was necessary).
You can also avoid specifying the actual file name in the <template> element by using a parameter passed into your report at runtime
<parameter name="TEMPLATE_FILE" isForPrompting="false" class="java.lang.String"/>
<template><![CDATA[$P{TEMPLATE_FILE}]]></template>
where $P{TEMPLATE_FILE} is the full path to the style resource
I like to share my learning of using styles in Jasper reports, which I think quite useful for report designers like me, from a book named JasperReport Development cookbook by Bilal Siddiqui. I like this book and found demonstrating styles in a variety of manner like:
Creating a reusable style
Simply select “Style” while creating a new report and define style for text, line and rectangles. The style file will be stored as .jrtx file.
Import reusable style it in your report
There are three chunk of information when importing styles in your report.
Step1. Name and location of style template
<template><![CDATA["C:\\ BigBoldRedTemplate.jrtx"]]></template>
Step2. Each time you apply style to your report elements using the style template, a <reportElement> tag is created as shown below:
//style applied to a rectangle
<rectangle radius="10">
<reportElement style="BigBoldRed" mode="Transparent" x="0" y="0" width="555" height="44"/>
</rectangle>
//style applied to a the text field
<staticText>
<reportElement style="BigBoldRed" x="0" y="0" width="555" height="66"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Center" verticalAlignment="Middle"/>
<text><![CDATA[Monthly Customer Invoices]]></text>
</staticText>
Mixing the internal and reusable styles in report
Using the power of HTML to style your report
For example, your text field has following expression which includes HTML tags (i.e. <li>) and you want the HTML tags to work in your report design:
"<li>"+"Invoice # "+$F{InvoiceID}+", "+
$F{CustomerName}+" purchased
"+$F{ProductName}+" in
"+$F{InvoicePeriod}+" (Invoice value:
\$ "+$F{InvoiceValue}+")"+"
Solution is simple, just set “Markup” property of the text field to “Styled” and that it.
I have taken permission from the author to copy code chunk from his JasperReports cookbook in this post.