Hello everyone, Has anyone linked Rails to a report generator such as Jasper Reports (http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/)? At the moment, I think I need something along these lines for a project I''m working on, so it''d be nice to know if anyone''s used it before before I bring it up as a suggestion. Doesn''t have to be JasperReports, and in fact I''d prefer to stay away from a Java-based solution if it''s practical to do so. It does need to run on Linux. A Ruby-based equivalent to Jasper Reports would be reeeeeally nice... Thanks in advance Dave M.
On 02 Mar 2006, at 02:24, David Mitchell wrote:> Hello everyone, > > Has anyone linked Rails to a report generator such as Jasper Reports > (http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/)? At the moment, I think I > need something along these lines for a project I''m working on, so it''d > be nice to know if anyone''s used it before before I bring it up as a > suggestion. >Seems someone has: http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/ HowtoIntegrateJasperReports However, I don''t like the fact it starts a new JVM each time. From the Wiki: "JasperReports itself is very fast, but bringing up a Java Virtual Machine for each call of generate_doc takes its time (about 2 seconds on my machine). It would be much faster, if the Java interface application would run as a server application all the time and listening on a specific TCP port for incoming report generation requests. Then, the performance issue would be gone. I haven?t found the time to implement a JasperReport server yet. But, if somebody does, please let me know! I think an option for better performance would be to use Apache Cocoon and call this pages from ruby. This way one could either use Apache FOP and XML/XSLT to generate PDF pages or integrate JasperReports or Eclipse BIRT into Cocoon. When Cocoon is then executed as Tomcat-Webapp the startuptime is nearly null." It would certainly be nice if someone could add the steps to make JasperReports available on a TCP port.> Doesn''t have to be JasperReports, and in fact I''d prefer to stay away > from a Java-based solution if it''s practical to do so. It does need > to run on Linux. A Ruby-based equivalent to Jasper Reports would be > reeeeeally nice...I haven''t found one yet, and I don''t think one exists for the moment. It would be great, that''s a fact. Let''s hope someone finds the time to do this, especially if you could use an already existing application to edit the layouts. Best regards Peter De Berdt
David Mitchell wrote:> Doesn''t have to be JasperReports, and in fact I''d prefer to stay away > from a Java-based solution if it''s practical to do so. It does need > to run on Linux. A Ruby-based equivalent to Jasper Reports would be > reeeeeally nice... >Some time ago, I''ve started to write a little ruby program that is able to reads jasperreport XML files and produces pdf reports. The first (and, until now, unique) release is here: http://www.addsw.it/wiki/doku.php?id=repy_jasper After this release, I''ve implemented some little changes, like data grouping, but I''ve not found the time to conclude the work and release. Simo AddSw -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Peter De Berdt
2006-Mar-02 14:33 UTC
[Rails] Re: Need to link to something like JasperReports
On 02 Mar 2006, at 15:23, Simo AddSW wrote:> David Mitchell wrote: >> Doesn''t have to be JasperReports, and in fact I''d prefer to stay away >> from a Java-based solution if it''s practical to do so. It does need >> to run on Linux. A Ruby-based equivalent to Jasper Reports would be >> reeeeeally nice... >> > > Some time ago, I''ve started to write a little ruby program that is > able > to reads jasperreport XML files and produces pdf reports. > The first (and, until now, unique) release is here: > http://www.addsw.it/wiki/doku.php?id=repy_jasper > > After this release, I''ve implemented some little changes, like data > grouping, but I''ve not found the time to conclude the work and > release.Nice, really nice. It won''t be for the next couple of months, but if I find the time, I''ll try to extend it. Thanks for sharing! Best regards Peter De Berdt
Tom Wilcoxen
2006-Mar-02 18:44 UTC
[Rails] Re: Need to link to something like JasperReports
Maybe Ruport would help? http://ruport.rubyforge.org/docs/ -Tom On 3/2/06, Peter De Berdt <peter.de.berdt@pandora.be> wrote:> > On 02 Mar 2006, at 15:23, Simo AddSW wrote: > > > David Mitchell wrote: > >> Doesn''t have to be JasperReports, and in fact I''d prefer to stay away > >> from a Java-based solution if it''s practical to do so. It does need > >> to run on Linux. A Ruby-based equivalent to Jasper Reports would be > >> reeeeeally nice... > >> > > > > Some time ago, I''ve started to write a little ruby program that is > > able > > to reads jasperreport XML files and produces pdf reports. > > The first (and, until now, unique) release is here: > > http://www.addsw.it/wiki/doku.php?id=repy_jasper > > > > After this release, I''ve implemented some little changes, like data > > grouping, but I''ve not found the time to conclude the work and > > release. > > Nice, really nice. It won''t be for the next couple of months, but if > I find the time, I''ll try to extend it. Thanks for sharing! > > > Best regards > > Peter De Berdt > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Peter De Berdt
2006-Mar-02 21:26 UTC
[Rails] Re: Need to link to something like JasperReports
Nice, another bookmark :-) On 02 Mar 2006, at 19:43, Tom Wilcoxen wrote:> Maybe Ruport would help? > > http://ruport.rubyforge.org/docs/ > > -Tom > > On 3/2/06, Peter De Berdt <peter.de.berdt@pandora.be> wrote: >> >> On 02 Mar 2006, at 15:23, Simo AddSW wrote: >> >>> David Mitchell wrote: >>>> Doesn''t have to be JasperReports, and in fact I''d prefer to stay >>>> away >>>> from a Java-based solution if it''s practical to do so. It does >>>> need >>>> to run on Linux. A Ruby-based equivalent to Jasper Reports >>>> would be >>>> reeeeeally nice... >>>> >>> >>> Some time ago, I''ve started to write a little ruby program that is >>> able >>> to reads jasperreport XML files and produces pdf reports. >>> The first (and, until now, unique) release is here: >>> http://www.addsw.it/wiki/doku.php?id=repy_jasper >>> >>> After this release, I''ve implemented some little changes, like data >>> grouping, but I''ve not found the time to conclude the work and >>> release. >> >> Nice, really nice. It won''t be for the next couple of months, but if >> I find the time, I''ll try to extend it. Thanks for sharing! >> >> >> Best regards >> >> Peter De Berdt >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >Best regards Peter De Berdt