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An Introduction to Java Reporting

	(With ReportMill)

What is Java Reporting?

	Generating formatted document from Java dataset

	Dataset: EJBs, Java collections, POJOs, JDBC ResultSet

	Formatted doc: PDF, HTML, RTF, Excel or image

Steps in Concept

	Define dataset (from App)

	Load template (from URL)

	Generate report (template + dataset)

	Generate PDF (from report)

	Return PDF to client

Steps in Concept II

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Steps in Code

	List dset = session.getDataset();

	RMDoc doc = new RMDoc(URL);

	RMDoc report = doc.generateReport(dset);

	byte pdfBytes[] = report.getPDFBytes();

	aWebResponse.setContent(pdfBytes);

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Introducing ReportMill

	Java reporting tool

	Easy-to-use, simple to integrate

	Innovative template designer

	Works with Objects instead of SQL

	Full featured, small-footprint, fast, efficient

ReportMill Parts

	RMStudio desktop app designs templates

	ReportMill.jar generates reports/PDF in app code

RMStudio Designer

	Page layout app

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RMStudio Advantages

	Easy to use

	Familiar page layout paradigm

	Design template in context of page
		[Hide] Not banded
		[Hide] Not a Crystal Reports clone
		[Hide] Page Headers/Footers just in the background of page
		[Hide] Easily design forms, including any existing PDF
		[Hide] Multiple tables, graphs allowed on a page
		[Hide] Easily define multiple page templates

	Not a Crystal clone

RMStudio Standard Features

	Text areas, images, vector graphics

	Vector Shapes: Line, rect, oval, path, polygon

	Page Rulers, Grid, Guides, Margins, Layers, Units

	Shape Groups, shape ordering, Undo/Redo

	Much more

Advanced Text Features

	Rich text (mix font, size, color)

	Margins, Indents, advanced metrics

	Spell Check as you type, Hyphenation

	Text in shape, around shape

Data Substitution

	Keys used to integrate data: @getName@

	Values harvested using reflection, collections API

	Can be any valid Java expression

	Easily mix static text and keys

	Format keys with date, number formatting

Data Keys

	@getName@

	@getRevenue/1000@

	@getAge<30? "Young" : "Seasoned"@

	Aggregates: @total.getRevenue@, @max(getAge)@

	Running, Remaining, OnPage: @Running.total.revenue@

Standard Report Features

	Tables

	Graphs

	CrossTabs

ReportMill Tables

	Position/size to cover region of page

	Add Groupings, Sortings, TopN, etc.

	Headers, Details, Summaries

	Pagination, widow-orphan control

	TableGroups: Child Tables, Peer Tables

ReportMill Tables

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ReportMill Graphs

	Column, Bar, Line, Area

	2D, 3D, Pseudo-3D

ReportMill Graph

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ReportMill CrossTab

	Cross-section groupings

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Advanced Forms Generation

	Turn any PDF form into a report

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Multi-page Templates

	Add multiple pages

	Any number of tables, graphs, etc. on each page

Unique design features

	Effects: Drop shadow, emboss, reflect, transparency

	Fill & Stroke: Solids, Textures, gradients

	Arbitrary transforms: Rotate, Scale, Skew

	More: Constructive Geometry, 3D

Unique design features

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ReportMill Engine Advantages

	Turn any Java dataset into PDF with 3 lines of code

	Dataset can be EJBs, Collections, POJOs, JDBC ResultSet

	Dataset generally already in memory

	Packaged in one Jar file, ReportMill.jar

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ReportMill in Action

	Demo!