JasperReports filtering data tutorial

last modified July 15, 2020

JasperReports filtering data shows how to filter data in a report created with JasperReports library. Filtering is done using the filterExpression tag.

JasperReports is an open-source reporting library. It can create reports in various formats including PDF, HTML, XLS, or CSV. JasperReports creates page-oriented, ready-to-print documents.

JasperReports filter data example

The following application loads data from a bean collection data source and creates a report from it with JasperReports library. The report is a PDF file.

pom.xml
src
└── main
    ├── java
    │   └── com
    │       └── zetcode
    │           ├── model
    │           │   └── Car.java
    │           └── main
    │               ├── CommandLineRunner.java
    │               └── JasperFilterEx.java
    └── resources
        └── report2.xml

This is the project structure.

pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
         http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.zetcode</groupId>
    <artifactId>filterex</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
        <exec.mainClass>com.zetcode.main.CommandLineRunner</exec.mainClass>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
            <artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
            <version>6.9.0</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

</project>

The Maven pom.xml file contains the jasperreports dependency.

com/zetcode/model/Car.java

package com.zetcode.model;

public class Car {

    private Long id;
    private String name;
    private int price;

    public Car() {}

    public Car(Long id, String name, int price) {
        this.id = id;
        this.name = name;
        this.price = price;
    }

    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(Long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public int getPrice() {
        return price;
    }

    public void setPrice(int price) {
        this.price = price;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Car{" + "id=" + id + ", name=" +
                name + ", price=" + price + '}';
    }
}

This is Car bean class. It contains car id, car name, and car price attributes.

src/main/resources/report2.xml

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE jasperReport PUBLIC "//JasperReports//DTD Report Design//EN"
   "http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/dtds/jasperreport.dtd">

<jasperReport xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports
   http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd"
   name="report2" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842"
   columnWidth="555" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20"
   topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20">

   <style name="textRight" hAlign="Right" vAlign="Middle" />

   <field name="Id" class="java.lang.Long">
      <fieldDescription><![CDATA[id]]></fieldDescription>
   </field>

   <field name="Name" class="java.lang.String">
      <fieldDescription><![CDATA[name]]></fieldDescription>
   </field>

   <field name="Price" class="java.lang.Integer">
      <fieldDescription><![CDATA[price]]></fieldDescription>
   </field>

   <filterExpression>
       <![CDATA[$F{Price} > 50000]]>
   </filterExpression>

    <detail>
      <band height="15">

         <textField>
            <reportElement x="0" y="0" width="50" height="15" style="textRight" />

            <textElement />

            <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.Long">
               <![CDATA[$F{Id}]]>
            </textFieldExpression>
         </textField>

         <textField>
            <reportElement x="150" y="0" width="100" height="15" />

            <textElement />

            <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String">
               <![CDATA[$F{Name}]]>
            </textFieldExpression>
         </textField>

         <textField>
            <reportElement x="200" y="0" width="100" height="15" style="textRight" />
            <textElement />

            <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.Integer">
               <![CDATA[$F{Price}]]>
            </textFieldExpression>
         </textField>

      </band>
   </detail>

</jasperReport>

This is the report template file. The template contains the detail band, in which each element is repeated for every record provided by the data source.

<field name="Price" class="java.lang.Integer">
    <fieldDescription><![CDATA[price]]></fieldDescription>
</field>

The Price field is mapped to the car price attribute.

<filterExpression>
    <![CDATA[$F{Price} > 50000]]>
</filterExpression>

The filterExpression tag is used for filtering data. The filtering expression shows cars whose price is greater than 50000.

<textField>
  <reportElement x="200" y="0" width="100" height="15" style="textRight" />
  <textElement />

  <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.Integer">
    <![CDATA[$F{Price}]]>
  </textFieldExpression>
</textField>

The Price field is shown in the textField tag with the $F{} syntax.

com/zetcode/main/JasperFilterEx.java

package com.zetcode.main;

import com.zetcode.model.Car;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperExportManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.data.JRBeanCollectionDataSource;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;

public class JasperFilterEx {

    public void start() throws JRException {

        var xmlFile = "src/main/resources/report2.xml";
        var jasperReport = JasperCompileManager.compileReport(xmlFile);

        var cars = new ArrayList<Car>();

        cars.add(new Car(1L, "Audi", 52642));
        cars.add(new Car(2L, "Mercedes", 57127));
        cars.add(new Car(3L, "Skoda", 9000));
        cars.add(new Car(4L, "Volvo", 29000));
        cars.add(new Car(5L, "Bentley", 350000));
        cars.add(new Car(6L, "Citroen", 21000));
        cars.add(new Car(7L, "Hummer", 41400));
        cars.add(new Car(8L, "Volkswagen", 21600));

        var ds = new JRBeanCollectionDataSource(cars);

        var params = new HashMap<String, Object>();

        var jasperPrint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(jasperReport,
                params, ds);

        JasperExportManager.exportReportToPdfFile(jasperPrint,
                "src/main/resources/report2.pdf");
    }
}

The JasperFilterEx creates a JasperPrint file from the data source. JasperPrint represents a page-oriented document that can be viewed, printed, or exported to other formats.

var xmlFile = "src/main/resources/report2.xml";
var jasperReport = JasperCompileManager.compileReport(xmlFile);

We compile the XML template file into a JasperReport. JasperReport is a compiled template ready to be filled with data.

var cars = new ArrayList<Car>();

cars.add(new Car(1L, "Audi", 52642));
cars.add(new Car(2L, "Mercedes", 57127));
cars.add(new Car(3L, "Skoda", 9000));
...

An ArrayList of cars is our data.

var ds = new JRBeanCollectionDataSource(cars);

JRBeanCollectionDataSource is a data source implementation that wraps a collection of Java bean objects. We put four Car beans into the data source.

var jasperPrint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(jasperReport,
    params, ds);

A JasperPrint object is created; an object that can be viewed, printed, or exported to other formats.

JasperExportManager.exportReportToPdfFile(jasperPrint,
    "src/main/resources/report2.pdf");

The JasperExportManager.exportReportToPdfFile() method exports the JasperPrint into a PDF file.

com/zetcode/main/CommandLineRunner.java

package com.zetcode.main;

public class CommandLineRunner {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        var app = new JasperFilterEx();
        app.start();
    }
}

The CommandLineRunner sets up the application.

$ mvn exec:java

We run the application.

In this tutorial, we have created a PDF file report with filtered data. List all JasperReports tutorials.

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