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==Introduction to iReport==
iReport Designer (also known as 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. Report templates designed in iReport can be imported into {{IMSMANG}} and run by {{IMSMANG} users to extract data based on search criteria. Reports can be exported to PDF, RTF, XLS, and other formats. iReport Designer version 5.0.1 is included with the {{IMSMANG}} distribution. Using iReport Designer, users create .jrxml iReport templates, a kind of xml report definition, that can be used by {{IMSMANG}} to produce a formatted report.
==iReport Basics==__NOEDITSECTION__
*'''Crosstabs, Charts, and Formatting Elements''': In addition to the iReport elements addressed above, additional specialized iReport elements are available to include in iReport templates including Crosstabs, Charts, and additional formatting elements such as lines, rectangles, etc. Crosstabs and chart elements typically belong only in the Summary band of a report while formatting elements including images can be included anywhere within the report template.
{{Note | All field, variable, and parameter references in {{IMSMANG}} are case-sensitive}}
==Creating an iReport Template Using the Wizard==
{{IMSMANG}} provides an iReport Wizard to simplify the creation of iReport templates.