| Developer(s) | Jaspersoft |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 4.1.2 / September 12, 2011 |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Enterprise Reporting |
| License | LGPL |
| Website | http://www.jasperforge.org/jasperreports |
JasperReports is an open source Java reporting tool that can write to screen, to a printer or into PDF, HTML, Microsoft Excel, RTF, ODT, Comma-separated values and XML files.
It can be used in Java-enabled applications, including Java EE or Web applications, to generate dynamic content. It reads its instructions from an XML or .jasper file.
JasperReports is part of the Lisog open source stack initiative.
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JasperReports is an open source reporting library that can be embedded into any Java application. Features include:
For users with more sophisticated report management requirements, reports designed for JasperReports can be easily imported into the JasperServer - the interactive report server . JasperServer Project Page
| Type | Software engineering |
|---|---|
| Industry | business intelligence |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Key people | Teodor Danciu, JasperReports; Al Campa, Founder; Brian Gentile, CEO |
| Products | Jaspersoft BI[3] |
| Website | jaspersoft.com |
Teodor Danciu began work on JasperReports in June 2001, the sf.net project was registered in September 2001[4] and JasperReports 0.1.5 was released on November 3, 2001.[5]
JasperReports Version 1.0 was released on July 21, 2005.[6]
The code was originally licenced under a copyleft JasperReports License[4] and later moved to LGPL.
Jaspersoft was originally called Panscopic, and was founded by Al Campa, CEO, and Raj Bhargava, VP of Products in 2001. Panscopic raised $23M from Doll Capital, Discovery Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, and Partech. In 2004 Panscopic teamed up with Teodor Danciu,[7] acquired the intellectual property of JasperReports, and changed the name of the company to Jaspersoft. Brian Gentile became CEO in 2007.
Jaspersoft provides commercial software around the JasperReports product, and negotiate contracts with software developers that wish to embed the JasperReports engine into a closed source product.
Jaspersoft's main related product is JasperServer, a Java EE web application that provides advanced report server capabilities such as report scheduling and permissions. It is available under an open source license for use in conjunction with open source infrastructure such as MySQL and JBoss, or a commercial license for enterprise deployments involving commercial databases and application servers.
Jaspersoft is a gold partner with MySQL,[8] and JasperReports was included in the PostgreSQL distribution Bizgres version 0.7.[9][10][11]
JasperReports reports are defined in an XML file format, called JRXML, which can be hand-coded, generated, or designed using a tool. The file format is defined by a Document Type Definition (DTD), providing limited interoperability.[12]
The main difference between using XML and a .jasper file is that the XML file should be compiled at runtime using the JasperCompileManager class.
There are many tools providing JasperReport capabilities:
Many prominent Java IDEs provide instructions for users wishing to integrate JasperReports into a project.[22]
JasperReports has been the focus of several academic papers on code refactoring