Use iReport

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Introduction

i-Report

iReport is a third-party application that allows you to generate custom-defined reports on IMSMA data. Using iReport, you may define the attributes that are returned by a report and also customise the appearance of the report.

How To Use This Manual

This guide provides information for using iReport with IMSMA. It provides the steps for configuring and using iReport to report on IMSMA data. It is not intended to serve as a complete guide for using iReport. For detailed information on using iReport, refer to the iReport help or documentation. CONVENTIONS Table 1 lists the conventions used in the manual.

Table 1. Conventions
Convention Meaning
Bold Indicates menu, button, icon, or list names.
[Bold in brackets] Indicates a keyboard key.
Italics Indicates text that should be typed exactly as it is shown in the user manual into a field. Italicized text is also used to note options that may be selected from a list.
Note.jpg Indicates a tip for using IMSMA.
Warning.jpg Indicates steps for completing a task.
40px Indicates an error that you might encounter.

Sample Reports

IMSMA includes several iReport sample reports. These reports may be used as is or used as a reference to create your reports. The sample reports are installed in the \iReports\IMSMA reports directory of your IMSMA installation directory.

Article 7: Form A

The Article 7: Form A report returns the total area size of all reductions that are being reported on, the total area size of all hazards that have been linked to the reported reductions, and a count of all victims that have been linked to the reported reductions. If a search definition is associated with the report, the search definition name will be displayed in the report title.

Table 6

File name Article 7 Form A.jrxml
Data source Hazard reduction
Variables Sum of hazard reduction area size

Sum of total hazard area size Sum of victim counts

Derived fields HazreducLinkedHazardAreaSize (Total Hazard Area Size)

HazreducLinkedVictimCount (Victim Count)

Sub-reports None

Article 7: Form C

The Article 7: Form C report returns a crosstab by district and hazard with the number of hazards by hazard type.

Table 7

File name Article 7 Form C.jrxml
Data source Hazard
Variables REPORT_COUNT (built-in iReport variable)
Derived fields None
Sub-reports None

Bar Chart Sample

The Bar Chart sample report returns the metal contamination level of hazards and area size. The report includes a bar chart which summarizes the total area size of hazards by their metal contamination level.

Table 8

File name Bar Chart Sample.jrxml
Data source Hazard
Variable Sum of area size

Count of metal contamination level

Derived fields None
Sub-reports None

Clearance by Year and District

The Clearance by Year and District report returns the total area cleared, hours spent, devices, and number of positive samples grouped by year and district.

Table 9

File Name Clearance by Year and District Sample.jrxml
Data source Hazard reduction
Variables Count variables for all the derived fields
Derived fields One derived field for each device sub-category (i.e., Anti-Tank, Anti-Vehicle, etc.,) created by using parameterized derived field com.fgm.imsma.ext.report.OrdnanceWithSubCategoryExists, passing in the device subcategory imsma enum.
Sub-reports None

Hazards by Ordnance Type

The Hazards by Ordnance Type report shows summary data based on the full set of Ordnance Types present. This report groups Hazards based on the full list of Ordnance SubCategories that are found on the Hazard. The report displays the name of the search in the report title.

Table 10

File name Hazards by Ordnance Type.jrxml
Data source Hazard
Variables Count of hazards for each ordnance sub-category

Sum of area size, Average of area size

Derived fields HazardOrdnanceSubCategoryList (Ordnance SubCategory List)
Sub-reports None

MRE Audience Totals by Age

The MRE Audience Totals by Age report lists the different age categories of MRE audiences and the total number of male, female, and unknown gender in each age category.

Table 11

File name MRE Audience by Age.jrxml
Data source MRE Details
Variables Sums of each gender (derived fields) by group and report

Sum of total audience by group and report Count of number of events (MRE Details) by group and report

Derived Fields MREDetailMaleAudience (Total Male Audience)

MREDetailFemaleAudience (Total Female Audience) MREDetailUnknownAudience (Total Unknown Audience)

Sub-reports None

Pie Chart Sample

The Pie Chart sample report returns the metal contamination level of hazards and area size. The report includes a pie chart which summarizes the total area size of hazards by their metal contamination level.

Table 12

File name Pie Chart Sample.jrxml
Data source Hazard
Variables Sum of area size

Count of metal contamination level

Derived fields None
Sub-reports None

Accident Victim Summary Report

The Accident Victim Summary report lists accidents and the victims that are linked to them. In this example, the victim data is linked to the accident and returned via a sub-report. For this type of report, compile the sub-report (Sub-reports\Summary_AccidentVictim_sub-report0.jrxml) before attempting to run the main report.

Set the SUB-REPORT_DIR parameter to .\Sub-reports\.

Table 13

File name Summary_AccidentVictim.jrxml
Data source Accident

Query executor (used by victim sub-report)

Variables Sum of area size

Count of metal contamination level

Derived fields None
Sub-reports Sub-reports\Summary_AccidentVictim_sub-report0.jrxml

Hazard Summary Report

File: Summary_Hazard.jrxml Data source: Hazard

Hazard Reduction Summary Report

File: Summary_Hazreduc.jrxml Data source: Hazard Reduction

Location Summary Report

File: Summary_Location.jrxml Data source: Location

MRE Summary Report

For this type of report, compile the sub-report (Sub-reports\Summary_Mre_sub-report1.jrxml) before attempting to run the main report.

Set the SUB-REPORT_DIR parameter to .\Sub-reports\.

Table 15

File name Summary_MRE.jrxml
Data source MRE

Query executor (used by the sub-report)

Derived fields None
Sub-reports Sub-reports\Summary_Mre_sub-report1.jrxml

Organisation List Report

File: Summary_Organisation.jrxml Data source: Organisation

Place List Report

File: Summary_Place.jrxml Data source: Place

Quality Control Summary Report

File: Summary_QA.jrxml Data source: Qa