Re: Next assignment - Reports

["Aaron Bartell" <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rock on.  Let me know if you want me to assist.  I will be in Vegas doing
some web services training Thurs through Sunday, but after that I will be
free to help in whatever capacity I can to get this off the ground.

Does BIRT use Jasper under the covers?

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Aaron,
>
> Missed your post before posting mine.
>
> Maybe I can add BIRT as an option to what I have for Jasper.  Use the
> same API's at the RPG end but add a "Report Type" parameter that would
> say it's a BIRT type vs a Jasper type.
>
> I'll look into it since right now I am in a "report wrapper" groove.
>
> Pete
>
>
> Aaron Bartell wrote:
> > > One of my colleagues used Jasper Reports to generate High-school
> Student
> > >
> > Transcripts and the PDF output looked great, but runtime performance was
> > poor.
> >
> > How is the Java code being run?  If it was run in a batch job you could
> > probably get much better performance out of it.
> >
> > I have been looking to create an open source reporting project based on
> the
> > Eclipse BIRT stuff.  Basically you could have business users build the
> > report in Eclipse and then upload the report definition to the iSeries.
> > > From there a Java component could be written that accepts input from an
> RPG
> > process to occupy the BIRT report with business data.  This is similar
> in
> > concept to my RPGChartEngine tooling (
> > http://mowyourlawn.com/RPGChartEngine.html).
> >
> > Let me know if that scenario would interest you and we can possibly put
> > together an open source project around it.  I just don't know how much
> > interest there would be around such a tool which is why I haven't
> pursued it
> > yet.
> >
> > Aaron Bartell
> > http://mowyourlawn.com
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I'd like to thank folks on this list for their feedback on recent
> > > assignments which have included a popup calendar, javascript
> > > compression, a utility for maintaining user defined fields, and a
> > > utility for uploading and attaching files to records in our database.
> > >
> > > My next assignment is to come up with a solution for reports.  The
> scope
> > > includes generating, cataloging, and working with reports.  I have the
> > > leeway to develop something myself, but I'm not particularly inclined
> to
> > > reinvent the wheel.  Vendor solutions can be considered.  The project
> is
> > > NOT well defined, but I understand that reporting is a broadly scoped
> > > topic.
> > >
> > > The report library (or catalog) needs a browser-based UI and needs to
> be
> > > more robust and extensible than the WRKOUTQ command.  Report formats
> > > need to include HTML and PDF as well as ASCII text.
> > >
> > > One of my colleagues used Jasper Reports to generate High-school
> Student
> > > Transcripts and the PDF output looked great, but runtime performance
> was
> > > poor.
> > >
> > > For generating reports, I've considered writing an API for RPG
> > > programmers to output HTML or PDF files, and cross-reference generated
> > > stream files with entries in the catalog.  This is appealing to me as
> an
> > > RPG programmer and addresses a couple concerns.  First, many of our
> > > reports are produced as part of a larger process.  Posting fees to
> > > accounts generates a transaction listing, for example.  Second, the API
> > > that generates the report could also generate index entries in the
> > > catalog.  For example, if a program generated a 60,000 page report of
> > > student transcripts, it would be helpful if the viewer in the report
> > > catalog could filter the page listing to include only those pages for a
> > > particular student.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Nathan.
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