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Customizing JReport Enterprise Server

You can customize JReport Enterprise Server according to your specific requirements, such as the way it lists resources and folders, the format in which the report result is shown, and so on.

You can specify default preference settings for all users on JReport Enterprise Server, or, just for yourself.

You use the Preferences page to customize JReport Enterprise Server.

Approaches to the Preferences Page

Customize JReport Enterprise Server for all users

You can specify default preference settings for all users on JReport Enterprise Server. These default settings will be used when users log on, until they specify their own preference settings.

To customize JReport Enterprise Server for all users,

  1. Log on to JReport Enterprise Server using the administration port, which is 8889 by default.
  2. Click Preferences on the top banner.

Note:

To access the administration pages, you must be a member of the administrators role.

Customize you own JReport Enterprise Server

You can specify your own preference settings, which will override the default settings specified by the administrators.

To customize your own JReport Enterprise Server,

  1. Log on to JReport Enterprise Server using the service port, which is 8888 by default.
  2. Click Preferences on the top banner.

Customizing JReport Enterprise Server

Set the time to keep completed tasks

You can set the time during which JReport Enterprise Server keeps the completed tasks in the Completed table. The completed tasks will be removed from the Completed table once the time you specified has reached.

To set the time to keep the completed tasks,

  1. Log on to JReport Enterprise Server using the administration port (8889 by default) or the service port (8888 by default).
  2. Click Preferences on the top banner, and then click the Customize tab.
  3. Type a number in the Days to Keep Completed Tasks box. Type 0 if you don't want to remove the completed tasks after a period of time.
  4. Click Apply when you finish.

Set the default view format

When you run a report on JReport Enterprise Server, normally, the report result will be generated in DHTML format. However, the default view format can be changed.

To set the default view format,

  1. Log on to JReport Enterprise Server using the administration port (8889 by default) or the service port (8888 by default).
  2. Click Preferences on the top banner, and then click the Customize tab.
  3. Select a view format from the Default View Format drop-down list, the format you specify will be used as the default view format when you view a report by clicking Run in the Control column.
  4. Click Apply when you finish.

Show/hide columns on pages

You can select to show or hide some specific columns on some certain pages, such as the Reports page, the Scheduled page, the Active page, and so on.

To select to show or hide columns on a specific page,

  1. Log on to JReport Enterprise Server using the administration port (8889 by default) or the service port (8888 by default).
  2. Click Preferences on the top banner, and then click the Customize tab.
  3. Select the page you want to customize from the Show Columns on Page drop-down list.
  4. Check or uncheck each column you want to show or hide, if necessary.
  5. Click Apply when you finish.

Specify the display size of parameters

When there are many parameters, you can make what is displayed shorter and easier to be read by specifying the display size of parameters. The size will be applied to both completed and active schedules.

To specify the display size of parameters,

  1. Log on to JReport Enterprise Server using the administration port (8889 by default) or the service port (8888 by default).
  2. Click Preferences on the top banner, and then click the Customize tab.
  3. Type in a number as the display size of parameters.
  4. Click Apply to finish.

Specify whether to pop up a new window for DHTML

You can specify whether to view DHTML format report result in a new window or in the same window.

To specify whether to pop up window for DHTML,

  1. Log on to JReport Enterprise Server using the administration port (8889 by default) or the service port (8888 by default).
  2. Click Preferences on the top banner, and then click the Customize tab.
  3. Check Pop-up DHTML Window to view DHTML in a new window.
  4. Click Apply when you finish.

Configuring DHTML features

You can use the DHTML tab to customize the DHTML features according to your own requirements, say, if you don't need some features of DHTML, you can turn them off.

To configure DHTML features,

  1. Log on to JReport Enterprise Server using the administration port (8889 by default) or the service port (8888 by default).
  2. Click Preferences on the top banner, and then click the DHTML tab.
  3. Check the features you want to keep and clear the features you want to switch off.
  4. Click Apply when you finish.

 

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