JasperReports

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Reporting tool

title: "JasperReports" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["java-(programming-language)-libraries", "free-reporting-software", "business-intelligence-software", "cloud-software-group", "software-using-the-gnu-lesser-general-public-license"] description: "Reporting tool" topic_path: "general/java-programming-language-libraries" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JasperReports" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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| name = JasperReports | latest_release_version = | latest_release_date = | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | developer = Jaspersoft | operating_system = Cross-platform | language = Multilingual | genre = Enterprise Reporting | license = LGPL | website = |repo=}} JasperReports is an open source Java reporting tool that can write to a variety of targets, such as: screen, a printer, into PDF, HTML, Microsoft Excel, RTF, ODT, comma-separated values (CSV), XSL, or 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.

Features

JasperReports is an open source reporting library that can be embedded into any Java application. Features include:

  • Scriptlets may accompany the report definition, which the report definition can invoke at any point to perform additional processing. The scriptlet is built using Java, and has many hooks that can be invoked before or after stages of the report generation, such as Report, Page, Column or Group.
  • Sub-reports

For users with more sophisticated report management requirements, reports designed for JasperReports can be easily imported into the JasperServer—the interactive report server.

Jaspersoft

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Teodor Danciu began work on JasperReports in June 2001; the SourceForge project was registered in September 2001 and JasperReports 0.1.5 was released on November 3, 2001.

Jaspersoft was founded as Panscopic 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, acquired the intellectual property of JasperReports, and changed the name of the company to Jaspersoft. Brian Gentile became CEO in 2007.

JasperReports Version 1.0 was released on July 21, 2005. The code was originally licensed under a copyleft JasperReports License and later moved to GNU Lesser General Public License.

Jaspersoft's main related product is JasperReports Server, 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 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 is a gold partner with MySQL, and JasperReports was included in the PostgreSQL distribution Bizgres version 0.7.

In 2007, Ingres Corporation partnered with Jaspersoft and rPath start-up to release a Business Intelligence software based appliance called Icebreaker BI. It consisted of the Ingres 2006 database with https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=rpath rPath Linux and business intelligence tools from JasperSoft. Although the Icebreaker BI Appliance package included no hardware, Ingres called it an appliance because all the components of the software stack were tightly integrated and the company supported all the software itself.{{cite web |title=Ingres launches Icebreaker BI Appliance |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2294254/ingres-launches-icebreaker-bi-appliance.html|date=2007-08-22|access-date=2023-05-13}}

On April 28, 2014, TIBCO announced its acquisition of Jaspersoft. In October 2022, Tibco became part of Cloud Software Group with Jaspersoft as one of its business units. On December 22, 2025, HCLSoftware announced its intention to buy Jaspersoft.

JRXML

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 or XML schema for newer versions, providing limited interoperability. JRXML files have the filename extension .jrxml.

A .jasper file is a compiled version of a .jrxml file. does the compilation on the fly, but the compilation can also get achieved at runtime using the JasperCompileManager class.

IDE integration

Several Java integrated development environments, such as NetBeans, Eclipse and IBM Websphere Studio Application Developer provide instructions for users wishing to integrate JasperReports into a project.

References

References

  1. (2002-09-20). "Reports made easy with JasperReports". [[JavaWorld]].
  2. (January 2007). "Freie Reporting-Tools im Vergleich". JavaSpektrum.
  3. Zack Urlocker. (July 23, 2007). "JasperSoft BI Suite 2.0". [[InfoWorld]] weblog.
  4. Talk, Chuck. (February 16, 2005). "An Interview with Teodor Danciu of JasperReports". RootPrompt.
  5. [http://freshmeat.net/projects/jasperreports/#comment-12052 freshmeat.net: Project details for JasperReports:Comment]
  6. Berlind, David. (April 25, 2005). "Can an open source project get acquired? One just did.". ZDNET.
  7. Ottinger, Joseph. (Jul 21, 2005). "JasperReports 1.0 released". TheServerSide.
  8. (2006-06-27). "MySQL AB :: Jaspersoft".
  9. (August 3, 2005). "Bizgres 0.7 Released". Bizgres.
  10. Clarke. (3 August 2005). "Bizgres gets down to business with open source BI stack". RegDeveloper.
  11. Horstmann. (November 10, 2005). "Migrating to Open Source Databases: The Data Warehouse Case Study".
  12. [http://www.ingres.com/products/icebreaker-bi-appliance.php Icebreaker BI {{webarchive. link. (2010-01-14)
  13. (2007-08-23). "Ingres breaks ice with JasperSoft".
  14. [https://www.tibco.com/press-releases/2014/tibco-software-acquires-jaspersoft TIBCO Software Acquires Jaspersoft] {{webarchive. link. (2014-05-01)
  15. Rosen, David. (2022-10-20). "Introducing Cloud Software Group: The Future of TIBCO is Bright {{!}} The TIBCO Blog".
  16. (December 22, 2025). "HCLSoftware to Acquire Jaspersoft from Cloud Software Group".
  17. Heffelfinger. "JasperReports Tutorial/Getting Started Guide".
  18. Olivieri. (17 November 2004). "Generating online reports using JasperReports and WebSphere Studio". IBM developerWorks.
  19. "JasperReports Project Page".

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