I've created a simple JasperReport example, using the sample DB:
StackOverflowExample.jrxml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Created with Jaspersoft Studio version 6.8.0.final using JasperReports Library version 6.8.0-2ed8dfabb690ff337a5797129f2cd92902b0c87b -->
<jasperReport xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd" name="StackOverflowExample" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="555" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20" uuid="749cd048-9a0d-4a00-89bf-1a75a4565943">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.data.defaultdataadapter" value="Sample DB"/>
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.data.sql.tables" value=""/>
<queryString>
<![CDATA[SELECT DISTINCT "ORDERS"."SHIPCOUNTRY"
FROM "ORDERS"]]>
</queryString>
<field name="SHIPCOUNTRY" class="java.lang.String">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.field.label" value="SHIPCOUNTRY"/>
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.field.tree.path" value="ORDERS"/>
</field>
<background>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</background>
<detail>
<band height="183">
<subreport>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="556" height="170" isRemoveLineWhenBlank="true" uuid="4b89b974-f838-4bb7-85b6-1b0f1079c1e6"/>
<subreportParameter name="country">
<subreportParameterExpression><![CDATA[$F{SHIPCOUNTRY}]]></subreportParameterExpression>
</subreportParameter>
<connectionExpression><![CDATA[$P{REPORT_CONNECTION}]]></connectionExpression>
<subreportExpression><![CDATA["StackOverflowExampleSubReport.jasper"]]></subreportExpression>
</subreport>
</band>
</detail>
</jasperReport>
StackOverflowExampleSubReport.jrxml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Created with Jaspersoft Studio version 6.8.0.final using JasperReports Library version 6.8.0-2ed8dfabb690ff337a5797129f2cd92902b0c87b -->
<jasperReport xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd" name="StackOverflowExample" columnCount="2" printOrder="Horizontal" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="277" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20" uuid="749cd048-9a0d-4a00-89bf-1a75a4565943">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.data.defaultdataadapter" value="Sample DB"/>
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.data.sql.tables" value=""/>
<parameter name="country" class="java.lang.String">
<defaultValueExpression><![CDATA["France"]]></defaultValueExpression>
</parameter>
<queryString>
<![CDATA[SELECT "ORDERS"."ORDERDATE",
"ORDERS"."FREIGHT"
FROM "ORDERS"
WHERE "ORDERS"."SHIPCOUNTRY" = $P{country}]]>
</queryString>
<field name="ORDERDATE" class="java.sql.Timestamp">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.field.label" value="ORDERDATE"/>
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.field.tree.path" value="ORDERS"/>
</field>
<field name="FREIGHT" class="java.math.BigDecimal">
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.field.label" value="FREIGHT"/>
<property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.field.tree.path" value="ORDERS"/>
</field>
<background>
<band splitType="Stretch"/>
</background>
<detail>
<band height="160">
<lineChart>
<chart evaluationTime="Report">
<reportElement x="15" y="5" width="255" height="155" isRemoveLineWhenBlank="true" uuid="3b5f7d89-490b-468f-9112-f606f4eda437">
<printWhenExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($V{REPORT_COUNT}.intValue()==1)]]></printWhenExpression>
</reportElement>
<chartTitle/>
<chartSubtitle/>
<chartLegend/>
</chart>
<categoryDataset>
<categorySeries>
<seriesExpression><![CDATA[$P{country}]]></seriesExpression>
<categoryExpression><![CDATA[$F{ORDERDATE}]]></categoryExpression>
<valueExpression><![CDATA[$F{FREIGHT}]]></valueExpression>
</categorySeries>
</categoryDataset>
<linePlot>
<plot/>
<categoryAxisFormat>
<axisFormat labelColor="#000000" tickLabelColor="#000000" axisLineColor="#000000"/>
</categoryAxisFormat>
<valueAxisFormat>
<axisFormat labelColor="#000000" tickLabelColor="#000000" axisLineColor="#000000"/>
</valueAxisFormat>
</linePlot>
</lineChart>
</band>
</detail>
</jasperReport>
The problem is that I have a lot of empty useless space
Subreport
An image of the subreport, with the parameter country
set to "France"
, it contains the first page as below and 7 other empty pages
https://community.jaspersoft.com/sites/default/files/user_uploads/ho.hince/capture.png
MainReport
For the main report, the first two page as below, there is a total of 93 pages, most of them which are empty:
https://community.jaspersoft.com/sites/default/files/user_uploads/ho.hince/capture_0.png
https://community.jaspersoft.com/sites/default/files/user_uploads/ho.hince/capture_1.png
The reason for the white space is that I print the chart in the subreport report once. I do it with the property printWhen
.
printWhen => new Boolean($V{REPORT_COUNT}.intValue()==1)
I can't move the chart out of the Detail band, because I've set the subreport properties with Column Count = 2
and Print Order = Horizontal
. I did that, cause I wish to have the charts in two column just like that:
https://community.jaspersoft.com/sites/default/files/user_uploads/ho.hince/capture_2.png
(The problem here is that the chart are duplicated)
I found the solution, I was printing the chart only once, but I was printing the Detail band each time, so I had to move the
print when
expression to the Detail band.The main chart must have two column in vertical order, and the subreport 2 column in horizontal order.
EDIT
You can also change the main report properties :
Print Order
==>vertical
andColumn Count
==>2
StackOverflowExample.jrxml:
StackOverflowExampleSubReport.jrxml: