# JReport Web - Interactive Reports

# (Dynamic HTML Reports)

With JReport Enterprise Server, you can obtain report results in different formats, such as HTML, PDF, and Excel. For the HTML format, there are two viewing modes - pure HTML or Dynamic HTML (JReport Web). JReport Web provides a dynamic report view at the client side. You can change options which enable the results to be displayed to your requirements.

Interactive information empowers you to slice and dice your business data, to dynamically change your view of data, and to analyze the data to glean useful business information. In short, interactive information enables you to customize your view of business information. With JReport, any report can be made interactive, extending the "life" of the report by allowing you to easily sort, navigate, and filter data via JReport Web. This wide range of functionality, including the ability to drill down on data, enables you to quickly derive value from your business intelligence data.

JReport Web provides support for many features, such as Filter, Sort, Drill-to, Drill-down, Drill-up, Navigation (TOC), Search, and save the results. JReport Web also supports a web design feature, allowing you to create reports using report oriented data structures, save your report, and even save your custom modifications to existing reports.

This chapter covers the following topics to help you better understand how JReport Web makes reports interactive and how you will benefit:

- JReport Web window elements
- Viewing report sets in JReport Web
- General operations
- Ad hoc reporting
- DHTML based reporting
- Analytic reporting
- Applying a style
- Working with reports via URL
- Tuning JReport Web performance