Tools > Report Center

The WorldServer Report Center is a Web-based reporting module. Access the Report Center at Tools > Report Center .

The Java-based reporting engine accepts report specifications using the JRXML language, an extension of XML. It is able to produce and display the defined report using data from a variety of data sources, such as relational databases, XML files, and Enterprise Java Beans.

The WorldServer implementation provides a set of 'Custom' data sources (Java classes that return a data set object) for its reporting. This approach has allowed SDL to create a set of 'Data Source' classes that expose required public properties of WorldServer objects to be used for reporting purposes.

Report Center, as shipped, is configured to use Jaspersoft's JasperReports Server. When you access the Report Center in WorldServer, you are shown the JasperReports Server by default.

For information on using JasperReports Server, see the Jaspersoft documentation available from the WorldServer Product Documentation link on the WorldServer Home page. See especially the following documents:

• JasperReports Server Installation Guide — Describes installing and configuring JasperReports Server
• JasperReports Server Ultimate Guide — Provides in-depth information on administering JasperReports Server

For information about how to create reports, including descriptions of the WorldServer active tables and archive tables to use, and for instructions on how to upload the shipped WorldServer reports, see the “WorldServer Reporting” chapter of the WorldServer User Guide.

You can also use Jaspersoft iReport Designer, which you can download from Jaspersoft.com, to create very specialized reports.When you have installed iReport, its help system documents how to create reports.