Creating your own reports

OpenKM uses the JasperReports library for generating reports. To build reports, you have a tool named iReport.

Note

The JasperReports Library is the world’s most popular open-source reporting engine. It is entirely written in Java and can use data from any kind of data source and produce pixel-perfect documents that can be viewed, printed, or exported in a variety of document formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, OpenOffice, and Word. More information at http://community.jaspersoft.com/.

iReport is the free, open-source report designer for JasperReports and JasperReports Server. Create very sophisticated layouts containing charts, images, subreports, crosstabs and much more. Access your data through JDBC, TableModels, JavaBeans, XML, Hibernate, CSV, and custom sources. Then publish your reports as PDF, RTF, XML, XLS, CSV, HTML, XHTML, text, DOCX, or OpenOffice. More information at http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/ireport-designer.

Caution

In this section you will find an introduction to creating reports with the iReport tool. Consider it a quick introduction, not a complete guide. You should follow some tutorials and read books or papers to build on it.

There are some books and guides available that you should read:

• The Definitive Guide to iReport by Giulio Toffoli.
• JasperReports Ultimate Guide.
• iReport Designer Tutorials & Help.

Tip

With OpenKM, you can use reports based on SQL or scripting. For beginners, we suggest starting with reports based on SQL.

• Introduction to reports based on SQL.
• Introduction to reports based on Java.
• Reports with parameters.