Objective
This page contains snippets and blocks of code that are useful for editing iReport XML templates.
Difficulty: EXPERT
Page Contents
Assumptions
You have full admin access to ParadigmEMS
You are a competent user of ParadigmEMS
You have already downloaded Jasper iReport v3.0
Implications
Warning
Use the following as a checklist before uploading a modified iReport template into Paradigm
1. Never change the report file name
2. Only full admin users can edit reports
3. Compile before uploading a changed document
4. Make sure all elements are NOT bordered in red as that suggests the element is not positioned correctly
5. Do not move elements or fields out of their default bands
Java Conditions
new Boolean($P{letterNumber}.equalsIgnoreCase("1st")||$P{letterNumber}.equalsIgnoreCase("2nd"))
new Boolean ( ! $F{provider_code}.equals( "Morling" ) )
new Boolean( $V{amountDueTotal}.compareTo( new Double (0.00) ) > 0 )
new Boolean ( $V{PAGE_NUMBER}.toString() == "1" )
new Boolean( $V{PAGE_NUMBER}.intValue() == 1)
new Boolean ($F{chessn}!=null && !$P{unitEnrolmentEndDate}.equals(""))
new Boolean ( $F{course_level}.equals("VET"))
new Boolean ( $F{enrolment_status_id}.equals( "ENROLMENT_COMPLETED" ) )
Dates
new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy").format( new Date())
# Passing in a date string to be used in a date function
# year = integer for years since 1900
# month between 0 and 11 with 0 = Jan
# days between 1 and 31
# 1st Jan 2021 would be coded as follows:
new Date(121,0,1)
new java.util.Date(2017, 1, 1)
"Teaching Period: " + new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy").format( $F{current_semester_name} )
new SimpleDateFormat("EEEEE, dd MMMMM yyyy").parse($P{todaysDate})
new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").format($P{report_date})
"Admitted to the "+$F{course_name}+" on "+new SimpleDateFormat("MMMMM dd, yyyy").format($F{course_enrolment_start_date})
to include st, nd, rd, th in date, do it in SQL, and pass string field to ireport instead of date field:
to_char(epe.grad_date, 'DDth FMMonth YYYY')
within ireport:
new SimpleDateFormat("ddth MMMM yyyy").format(new Date())
Casting
"You currently owe: $" + new DecimalFormat("###0.00").format($V{amountDueTotal}).toString()
$V{PAGE_NUMBER}.toString()
"Total credit points required: " + new DecimalFormat("0").format($F{credit_points_required}).toString()
( $V{gpa_total}==null ? new Double (0) : $V{gpa_total} )
Static Field Formatting
Inline Casting of Fields
"Accumulated grade point average: " + ( $V{gpa_total}==null ? "0.00" : new DecimalFormat("0.00").format($V{gpa_total}).toString() )
Uppercase
Example: $V{studentFormalName}.toUpperCase()
Text Field Formatting
Be Advised
Select the Text field in target, right click and go Properties. In the Font tab of the field's Properties window, set the "is styled text" to true, and in the Markup drop down, select the "HTML" option. "Is styled text" is now deprecated but still functions.
Bold
<style isBold=\"true\" pdfFontName=\"Helvetica-Bold\"> This becomes bold </style>
Underline
<style isUnderline=\"true\" >Underline me! </style>
Italic
<style isItalic=\"true\" pdfFontName=\"Helvetica-Oblique\"> I'm leaning to one side </style>
Custom Fonts
We are able to use custom fonts within our letter and report templates but only under certain conditions.
Our provider must supply us with the font files in .ttf file format, within a support request ticket related to using the custom fonts in its letter/report templates
Our provider must supply us with the license agreement that permits Silverband as a third party, to use the fonts on behalf of our provider, and to embed those fonts within our templates for the sole use of our provider and the documents that it produces from Paradigm
Our provider must supply us with the receipt that proves their purchase of the font files.
In the directory where the iReport template files reside ie.
~/java/ofbiz/education/webapp/reportscreate a new directory calledcustom_fontsPaste the .ttf font files into the custom_fonts folder, along with the receipt and the license agreement. All of the related files should be kept together.
Open the iReport template file that is to use the custom fonts.
Open the Properties window for the text field (or many text fields) that is (are) to use the custom font, and choose the Font tab. The provider font license agreement usually does not permit Silverband to use single or multiple local copies of the font files across its hardware for editing purposes.
The Font Name field relates only to what is visible during editing within iReport. Changing the font name has no consequence on the font that is printed in the PDF document.
In the field PDF Font Name, paste the full pathname of the .ttf font file, eg.
/opt/ems/java/ofbiz/education/webapp/reports/custom_fonts/very_special_font_file.ttfon legacy systems, or/srv/opt/ems/report_templates/custom_fonts/very_special_font_file.ttfon our more recently created systems.You must press enter to make the font file effective. It is not sufficient to tab out or tab to another field or click elsewhere on the properties window.
Place a tick in the box for PDF Embedded.
Change any other properties for the font as necessary. Save the file and test the results, preferably on the provider’s test site server.
Colour
<style forecolor=\"#0000ff\"> Colour me surprised </style>
Dot-points
+"•"
Hyperlink
The hyperlinkTarget attribute behaves in the same way as the target attribute in HTML. Note that only textFields, images, and charts can be hyperlinked in this way.
To make a textField a hyperlink to an external URL, you need to add the attribute hyperlinkType="Reference" to the element, and add a <hyperlinkReferenceExpression> tag within it. The reference expression is where you put the URL. For example:
<textField hyperlinkType="Reference" hyperlinkTarget="Blank">
<reportElement x="5" y="5" width="200" height="15"/>
<textElement/>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA["Click Here!"]]></textFieldExpression>
<hyperlinkReferenceExpression><![CDATA["http://www.google.com"]]></hyperlinkReferenceExpression>
</textField>Escaping
Escaping Double Quote
"Thank you for your application for enrolment at Group Colleges Australia (\"GCA\") Pty Ltd trading as Universal Business School Sydney (UBSS)."
Escaping Special Characters
Replace "&" with "&"
"<style isBold=\"true\" pdfFontName=\"Helvetica-Bold\">" +$F{edu_other_unit_id}.trim() + "</style> (" + $F{unit_name}.replaceAll("&","&") + ")"
MSWord Entities
Replacing fancy quotes and long dash
REGEXP_REPLACE(REGEXP_REPLACE(ce.content, '&[lr]dquo;', '"', 'g'), '–', '-', 'g') as content,
Sample Dynamic Where Clauses
( $P{studentPartyId}==null || $P{studentPartyId}.equals("") ? "" : "\n AND p.student_number = '" + $P{studentPartyId}+"'" ) +
( $P{studentNumber}==null || $P{studentNumber}.equals("") ? "" : "\n AND p.student_number = '" + $P{studentNumber}+"'" ) +
( $P{eduProgramEnrolmentId}==null || $P{eduProgramEnrolmentId}.equals("") ? "" : "\n AND epe.edu_program_enrolment_id = '"+$P{eduProgramEnrolmentId}+"'" ) +
( $P{courseProviderId}==null || $P{courseProviderId}.equals("") ? "" : "\n AND epe.home_institution_party_id IN " + $P{courseProviderId} ) +
( $P{courseIdList}==null || $P{courseIdList}.equals("") ? "" : "\n AND epe.edu_program_id IN " + $P{courseIdList} ) +
( $P{courseEnrolmentStatusList}==null || $P{courseEnrolmentStatusList}.equals("") ? "" : "\n AND epe.enrolment_status_id IN " + $P{courseEnrolmentStatusList} ) +
( $P{graduationDateFrom} == null || $P{graduationDateFrom}.equals("") ? "" : "\n AND epe.grad_date >='"+$P{graduationDateFrom}+"'" ) +
( $P{graduationDateTo} == null || $P{graduationDateTo}.equals("") ? "" : "\n AND epe.grad_date <= '"+$P{graduationDateTo}+"'" ) +
((($P{studentPartyId}==null || $P{studentPartyId}.equals(""))&&
($P{studentNumber}==null || $P{studentNumber}.equals(""))&&
($P{eduProgramEnrolmentId}==null || $P{eduProgramEnrolmentId}.equals(""))&&
($P{courseProviderId}==null || $P{courseProviderId}.equals(""))&&
($P{courseIdList}==null || $P{courseIdList}.equals(""))&&
($P{courseEnrolmentStatusList}==null || $P{courseEnrolmentStatusList}.equals(""))&&
($P{graduationDateFrom}==null || $P{graduationDateFrom}.equals(""))&&
($P{graduationDateTo}==null || $P{graduationDateTo}.equals(""))
) ? " AND epe.edu_program_enrolment_id='No Parameters'":"")
Sample Address Blocks
Provider Address:
($V{issuerName}!=null ? $V{issuerName} + "\n" : "" )+
"Student Accounts\n" +
($F{billing_property_name} != null ? $F{billing_property_name} + "\n" : "") +
($F{billing_postal_subaddress} != null ? $F{billing_postal_subaddress} + "\n" :
($F{billing_street_subaddress} != null ? $F{billing_street_subaddress} + "/" : "") +
($F{billing_street_number} != null ? $F{billing_street_number} + " " : "") +
($F{billing_street_name} != null ? $F{billing_street_name} + "\n" : "")) +
($F{billing_city} != null ? $F{billing_city} + " " : "") +
($F{billing_state_name} != null ? $F{billing_state_name} + " " : "") +
($F{billing_postal_code} != null ? $F{billing_postal_code} + "\n" : "") +
($F{billing_country_name} != null && !$F{billing_country_name}.equals("AUS") && !$F{billing_country_name}.equals("AUST") && !$F{billing_country_name}.equals("AUSTRALIA") && !$F{billing_country_name}.equals("Australia")? $F{billing_country_name} : "")
+"\nPhone: " + ($F{billing_fixed_phone_number}!=null ? $F{billing_fixed_phone_number} : ($F{billing_other_phone_number}!=null ? $F{billing_other_phone_number} : ($F{billing_mobile_phone_number}!=null ? $F{billing_mobile_phone_number} : "" )))
Residential Address:
$F{first_name}+" "+$F{last_name}+"\n"+
($F{residential_property_name} != null ? $F{residential_property_name} + "\n" : "") +
($F{residential_postal_subaddress} != null ? $F{residential_postal_subaddress} + "\n" :
($F{residential_street_subaddress} != null && !$F{residential_street_subaddress}.equals("") ? $F{residential_street_subaddress}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + "/" : "") +
($F{residential_street_number} != null && !$F{residential_street_number}.equals("") ? $F{residential_street_number}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + " " : "") +
($F{residential_street_name} != null && !$F{residential_street_name}.equals("") ? $F{residential_street_name}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + '\n' : "")) +
($F{residential_city} != null && !$F{residential_city}.equals("") ? $F{residential_city}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + ", " : "") +
($F{residential_state_abbreviation}!= null && !$F{residential_state_abbreviation}.equals("") ? $F{residential_state_abbreviation}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + " ": "") +
($F{residential_postal_code}!= null && !$F{residential_postal_code}.equals("") ? $F{residential_postal_code}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + " ": "") +
($F{residential_country_geo_id} != null && !$F{residential_country_geo_id}.equals("") && !$F{residential_country_geo_id}.equals("AUSTRALIA") && !$F{residential_country_geo_id}.equals("AUS") ? "\n" + $F{residential_country_geo_id}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") : "")
Billing Address:
$F{first_name}+" "+$F{last_name}+"\n"+
($F{billing_property_name} != null ? $F{billing_property_name} + "\n" : "") +
($F{billing_postal_subaddress} != null ? $F{billing_postal_subaddress} + "\n" :
($F{billing_street_subaddress} != null && !$F{billing_street_subaddress}.equals("") ? $F{billing_street_subaddress}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + "/" : "") +
($F{billing_street_number} != null && !$F{billing_street_number}.equals("") ? $F{billing_street_number}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + " " : "") +
($F{billing_street_name} != null && !$F{billing_street_name}.equals("") ? $F{billing_street_name}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + '\n' : "")) +
($F{billing_city} != null && !$F{billing_city}.equals("") ? $F{billing_city}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + ", " : "") +
($F{billing_state_abbreviation}!= null && !$F{billing_state_abbreviation}.equals("") ? $F{billing_state_abbreviation}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + " ": "") +
($F{billing_postal_code}!= null && !$F{billing_postal_code}.equals("") ? $F{billing_postal_code}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + " ": "") +
($F{billing_country_geo_id} != null && !$F{billing_country_geo_id}.equals("") && !$F{billing_country_geo_id}.equals("AUSTRALIA") && !$F{billing_country_geo_id}.equals("AUS") ? "\n" + $F{billing_country_geo_id}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") : "")
($F{billing_property_name} != null ? $F{billing_property_name} + "\n" : "") +
($F{billing_postal_subaddress} != null ? $F{billing_postal_subaddress} + "\n" :
($F{billing_street_subaddress} != null ? $F{billing_street_subaddress} + "/" : "") +
($F{billing_street_number} != null ? $F{billing_street_number} + " " : "") +
($F{billing_street_name} != null ? $F{billing_street_name} + "\n" : "")) +
($F{billing_city} != null ? $F{billing_city} + " " : "") +
($F{billing_state_province_geo_id} != null ? $F{billing_state_province_geo_id} + " " : ($F{billing_state_abbreviation} != null ? $F{billing_state_abbreviation} + " " : " ")) +
($F{billing_postal_code} != null ? $F{billing_postal_code} + "\n" : "") +
($F{billing_country_name} != null ? $F{billing_country_name} + "\n" : "")
($F{billing_address1} != null ? $F{billing_address1}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + '\n' : "") +
($F{billing_address2} != null ? $F{billing_address2}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + '\n' : "") +
($F{billing_city} != null ? $F{billing_city}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + '\t' : "") + " " +
($F{billing_state} != null ? $F{billing_state_abbrev}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + " " : ($F{billing_state}!=null ? $F{billing_state}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + " " : "")) +
($F{billing_postal_code} != null ? $F{billing_postal_code}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") : "") +
($F{billing_country} != null && !$F{billing_country}.equals("AUSTRALIA") ? "\n" + $F{billing_country}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") : "")
($F{postal_address1} != null ? $F{postal_address1}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + '\n' : "") +
($F{postal_address2} != null ? $F{postal_address2}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + '\n' : "") +
($F{postal_city} != null ? $F{postal_city}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + '\t' : "") + " " +
($F{postal_state} != null ? $F{postal_state_abbrev}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + " " : ($F{postal_state}!=null ? $F{postal_state}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + " " : "")) +
($F{postal_state_abbrev} != null ? $F{postal_state_abbrev}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") : "") +
($F{postal_country} != null && !$F{postal_country}.equals("AUSTRALIA") ? "\n" + $F{postal_country}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") : "")
Provider ABN, CRICOS and TEQSA provider code:
($F{provider_abn} != null ? "ABN: " + $F{provider_abn}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + "\n" : "") +
($F{provider_hedest_provider_code} != null ? "TEQSA Prov " + $F{provider_hedest_provider_code}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'")+ "\n" : "") +
($F{provider_cricos_code} != null ? "CRICOS Code: " + $F{provider_cricos_code}.replaceAll("\\\\'", "'") + "\n" : "")
Selecting postal address
SELECT
p.student_number,
p.personal_title,
p.first_name,
p.middle_name,
p.last_name,
p.suffix,
p.single_name,
p.nickname,
p.printed_name,
TRIM(COALESCE(ecd.property_name,'') || ' ' || COALESCE(ecd.street_subaddress,'')) AS postal_address1,
TRIM(COALESCE(ecd.street_number,'') || ' ' || COALESCE(ecd.street_name,'')) AS postal_address2,
ecd.city,
CASE
WHEN ecd.state_province_geo_id IS NULL THEN ecd.state
ELSE sg.geo_name
END AS state,
ecd.postal_code AS postal_state_code,
CASE
WHEN ecd.country_geo_id IS NULL THEN ''
ELSE cg.geo_name
END AS postal_country
FROM
person p
JOIN edu_contact_details ecd ON ecd.party_id = p.party_id AND ecd.role_type_id = 'RESIDENTIAL'
LEFT JOIN geo sg ON sg.geo_type_id = 'STATE' AND sg.geo_id = ecd.state_province_geo_id
LEFT JOIN geo cg ON cg.geo_type_id = 'COUNTRY' AND cg.geo_id = ecd.country_geo_id
WHERE TRUE
No Data message
<noData>
<band height="150" isSplitAllowed="true" >
<textField isStretchWithOverflow="false" isBlankWhenNull="false" evaluationTime="Now" hyperlinkType="None" hyperlinkTarget="Self" >
<reportElement
x="11"
y="108"
width="515"
height="38"
key="textField-23"/>
<box></box>
<textElement>
<font/>
</textElement>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$P{whereClauseDyn}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<staticText>
<reportElement
mode="Opaque"
x="11"
y="42"
width="518"
height="56"
forecolor="#000000"
backcolor="#FFFFFF"
key="staticText-4"/>
<box leftPadding="10" rightPadding="10"> <pen lineWidth="0.0" lineColor="#FFFFFF"/>
<topPen lineWidth="0.75" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#CC0033"/>
<leftPen lineWidth="0.75" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#CC0033"/>
<bottomPen lineWidth="0.75" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#CC0033"/>
<rightPen lineWidth="0.75" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#CC0033"/>
</box>
<textElement textAlignment="Left" verticalAlignment="Middle">
<font/>
</textElement>
<text><![CDATA[The system was unable to find any records that satisfied the report criteria. Please check that there is at least one course enrolment with the status of enrolled before attempting to run the report again. ]]></text>
</staticText>
<staticText>
<reportElement
mode="Opaque"
x="11"
y="12"
width="518"
height="30"
forecolor="#FFFFFF"
backcolor="#FF0033"
key="staticText-5"/>
<box leftPadding="10" rightPadding="10"> <pen lineWidth="0.0" lineColor="#FFFFFF"/>
<topPen lineWidth="0.75" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#CC0033"/>
<leftPen lineWidth="0.75" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#CC0033"/>
<bottomPen lineWidth="0.75" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#CC0033"/>
<rightPen lineWidth="0.75" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#CC0033"/>
</box>
<textElement textAlignment="Left" verticalAlignment="Middle">
<font pdfFontName="Helvetica-Bold" size="14" isBold="true"/>
</textElement>
<text><![CDATA[WARNING !]]></text>
</staticText>
</band>
</noData>