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Getting Started with JReport

JReport Product Overview

JReport delivers operational business intelligence to enterprise applications through powerful embedded reporting.

System Requirements

Both JReport Designer and JReport Server have some basic installation requirements. Before installing them, check your system to make sure all the requirements have been met.

JReport Licenses

JReport has several special licenses which allow you to use some specific features in JReport.

Supported Report Databases

JReport supports all of the current mainstream databases as well as most databases which support JDBC drivers.

Test Server Installation

After JReport Server is installed, you can start it and log onto the server console to run reports and dashboards.

View Sample Reports

On the JReport Server console page, you can view the sample reports JReport provides in different formats.

Create Dashboards

You can create dashboards using JDashboard, which displays rich visualizations of your data using the vast library of charting elements such as maps, crosstabs, tables and even live motion charts.

Create Ad Hoc Reports

You can create ad hoc reports based on predefined business views that are published to JReport Server.

Start a Visual Analysis Session

You can visualize the result of every step of business data analysis by dragging and dropping business data fields to the layout module using Visual Analysis.

Open Sample Report Templates

There are many sample reports in JReport Designer, you can open any sample report and preview the report result.

Start Creating New Reports

JReport supports three types of reports, Page Report, Web Report and Library Component. Before you create new reports using JReport Designer, you need to first create a catalog and then create connections to your data sources.

Online Help

Online documentation includes all information about the JReport products.

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