What's New in This Release

This document introduces the new features and significant enhancements of JReport in this release.

Embedding

Integration

• Embedding web reports, page reports and dashboards as a whole using JavaScript API for host applications in web browsers. (More Details)
• Embedding web controls in host applications to open, save, export, filter, sort, print and navigate. (More Details)
• API for applying and modifying NLS at runtime. (More Details)

Connectivity

• RESTful web services as a data source with JSON formatted data with support for authentication and parameters. (More Details)
• Unified semantic layer: Business View (BV) now integrates Report Cube (RC) and Business Cube (BC) features.
• User authentication when setting up notification e-mails.
• Backdoor admin authentication when bypassing LDAP is required.

Internationalization and Customization

• Full NLS support on product UI, data, metadata, contents, formulas, and resources. (More Details)
• CSS enhancements with more objects and properties, as well as better category organization.

Other JReport Server Live Enhancements

• Custom aggregations using formulas. (More Details)
• One-click sort and filter on table headers. (More Details)
• Custom sort on table groups. (More Details)
• Support for all built-in functions for crosstab. (More Details)
• Exporting selected components from a report. (More Details)
• Exporting multiple tabs of a page report into multiple sheets of an Excel file. (More Details)
• Local parameter support on web reports and library components. (More Details)
• Comparison function to compare crosstab values within reports and dashboards. (More Details)
• External web controls via user defined dialogs. (More Details)
• Configurable go-to-detail report window target (e.g., same window or new window). (More Details)
• Default style group to Run, Advanced Run and Schedule reports. (More Details)
• Setting a default report component when filtering using the Filter dialog. (More Details)
• Dynamic Java home to start up/shut down Derby database when integrated in an application server.
• JRE only (without JDK) when integrated in an application server.
• Enable/disable CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) checking for JReport Server Live.
• Support for synonyms when accessing Oracle databases. (More Details)
• IE Navigate2 option for linking reports to URL when viewing in IE. (More Details)
• Enhanced logs with more details.

UI and UX

Appearance

• Overall UI improvements including new styles and icons.
• Enhanced catalog data source view.
• Auto scaling Y-axis when scrolling through a Scrollable Chart. (More Details)
• Formatting individual lines or a group of lines. (More Details)
• Option in line charts to skip null data values in order to draw continuous lines. (More Details)

Ease of Use

• Property Inspector to manage object properties in Web Report Studio. (More Details)
• Windows Edge browser support.
• Direct linking from charts to reports without manually setting a URL. (More Details)
• Enable/disable items in Options menu in JDashboard. (More Details)
• Operate (e.g., sort, filter) on all fields of the dataset in a chart.
• New default for manually inputting filter values into Filter dialogs or optionally pulling filter values from the database.
• Select and operate on multiple items at a time in Business View Editor.
• Quick search in Data Mapping Editor. (More Details)