Creating a report

Before you can create a report, you first have to create a report set or open an existing report set.

JReport provides you with eight report layouts as follows, which are designed for serving different reporting requirements:

• Standard Banded Report
  A report containing a vertical banded object.
• Table Report
  A report containing a table.
• Chart Report
  A report containing a chart.
• Crosstab Report
  A report containing a crosstab.
• Horizontal Banded Report
  A report containing a horizontal banded object.
• Mailing Label Report
  A report containing a banded object, which is in the form of a mailing label layout.
• Tabular Report
  A report with a tabular which partitions the report page into several parts.
• Blank Report
  A report with a blank vertical banded object in it.

The following topics explain in detail about how to create a report in a specific layout:

• Creating a banded report
• Creating a table report
• Creating a chart report
• Creating a crosstab report
• Creating a tabular report
• Creating a blank report