How can I increment a variable with value of another variable in JasperReports? - jasper-reports

Question

I need to make a grand total of the items I'm counting in a subReport. To do that, I think I need to add the value of that variable to another variable for each iteration, or "increment" it by that value. The subReport gets called for each group, and I get a total for that group. I need to add the variable values, rather than database columns/fields.
I'm receiving an integer returnValue from the subReport, which is itself the count of rows in the sub-report. I want to get the grand total, since that subReport is called multiple times for the different results (each for a GROUP) from my main SQL query. I want to add up all the results, but I'm getting a null value. I tried adding an operation to the subReport as a new returnValue and choosing Sum as the operation, but that also yielded a null.
<variable name="itemCount" class="java.lang.Integer" resetType="None"/>
<variable name="grandCount"
class="java.lang.Integer"
incrementType="Group"
incrementGroup="ITEM_BUNDLE">
<variableExpression><![CDATA[$V{itemCount}]]></variableExpression>
</variable>
...
<returnValue subreportVariable="countItems" toVariable="itemCount"/>

Answer 1

Add attribute calculation="Sum" to variable name="grandCount"
or pass grandCount to subreport as parameter
<subreportParameter name="grandCount">
<subreportParameterExpression><![CDATA[$P{grandCount}]]></subreportParameterExpression>
</subreportParameter>
in subreport declare variable countItems with initialValue of parameter grantCount
<variable name="countItems" .... >
<variableExpression><![CDATA[$P{itemCount} + $P{grandCount}]]></variableExpression>
<initialValueExpression><![CDATA[$P{grandCount}]]></initialValueExpression>
</variable>
and return
<returnValue subreportVariable="countItems" toVariable="grandCount" calculation="Sum"/>

Answer 2

Im not exactly shure how to write it in JRXML since i use iReport.
In iReport, i create a new Variable, with class type "Integer", and calculation type "System"
The calculation type is important here.
In the variable expression, you will need something like $V{grandCount} = $V{grandCount} + $V{itemCount}
NOTE: JasperReports render band by band, so you wont be able to use the grandCount variable in a band before the subreport band.
Hope im not too late

Answer 3

You might try to increment your variable (I named it totalSum) only when the band (group) is equal to the one on which the subreport is. For this you would need a field in the report to give you the current band (group).
<variable name="totalSum"
class="java.lang.Integer"
resetType="Report"
incrementType="Group"
incrementGroup="ITEM_BUNDLE"
calculation="Nothing">
<variableExpression>
<![CDATA[new Boolean($F{reportPart}.equals("The_band_with_the_subreport")).booleanValue() ? $V{returnValue} : $V{totalSum}]]>
</variableExpression>
<initialValueExpression>
<![CDATA[new Integer(0)]]>
</initialValueExpression>
</variable>
I'm not sure if this works, I don't have the context to test it. But you might also try a second solution - with three variables. For example, you keep the value returned from the subreport (let's say returnValue) in a variable and you use another two variables to hold the sum - one until the subreport is called (let's say partialSum) and the second to store the sum between the returnValue and the partialSum. Let's call it totalSum. Then you would have something like this for totalSum:
<variable name="totalSum"
class="java.lang.Integer"
resetType="Report"
incrementType="Group"
incrementGroup="ITEM_BUNDLE"
calculation="Nothing">
<variableExpression>
<![CDATA[$V{returnValue} + $V{partialSum}]]>
</variableExpression>
<initialValueExpression>
<![CDATA[new Integer(0)]]>
</initialValueExpression>
</variable>
For partialSum, you'll have something like this:
<variable name="partialSum"
class="java.lang.Integer"
resetType="Report"
calculation="Sum"
incrementType="None">
<variableExpression>
<![CDATA[new Boolean($F{reportPart}.equals("The_band_with_the_subreport")).booleanValue() ? $V{returnValue} : new Integer(0)]]>
</variableExpression>
<initialValueExpression>
<![CDATA[new Integer(0)]]>
</initialValueExpression>
</variable>
I hope this helps a bit. It would be easier to make all these settings from iRport directly on the report you want to use.