[wellylug] SugarCRM and JasperReports on Linux

William Hamilton william.hamilton at gmail.com
Wed Oct 18 21:37:28 NZDT 2006


David Harrison wrote:
> On 18/10/2006, at 8:30 PM, William Hamilton wrote:
> 
>> Hi all.  has anyone installed JasperReports on Linux before?  I am 
>> looking for a bit of guidance. I am not a Java person and 
>> documentation I can find does not cover much on the install/ setup... 
>> rather, the design of reports.
> 
> JasperReports is a reporting library for Java and not really an 
> 'application' that you install.
> 
>> Install will be on Debian which has SugarCRM already working etc.
> 
> I'm guessing the Debian box you are referencing is a server in which 
> case you would probably be running JasperReports from within an 
> application server (like Tomcat) or on a regular basis from the command 
> line using a plain old Java app and Cron. Either way a vanilla 
> JasperReports setup requires a lot of coding, for a Tomcat example 
> checkout this page: http://devzone.skillfusion.com/ jasperArticle8.php 
> (definitely not for the Java uninitiated)
> 
> Setting up Tomcat can also be very painful depending on the use 
> requirements :-(
> 
>> Any constructive suggestions welcome :)
> 
> What you may want to checkout is OpenReports, its a Web front-end to 
> JasperReports:
> http://oreports.com/
> 
> Its not as powerful as raw JasperReport building but for the non-Java 
> type its definitely the easiest way to get started.
> OpenReports runs within Tomcat so once you've learnt how to deploy a 
> Java web-app getting it running is relatively easy (he says with a wry 
> smile).....
> 
> You might be better off describing your use-case as there are possibly 
> better tools around for what you want to achieve.
> JasperReports is a very good reporting library for Java but its not the 
> only option out there.
> 
> 
> David

Thanks very much David..
The situation I have is a client who used SugarCRM on a Windows machine 
has now migrated to a Linux box (after a bit of a booboo on their part).

I setup multiple Sugar instances for them on for them on teh new box ok 
but the reports they are used to rely on JasperReports.  I have never 
played with it before..  and not had much to do with Tomcat either... 
which I am slowly working through the setup of.

I will read through the links you sent

cheers

W




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