[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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