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|[[Start and Configure i-Report|Start and Configure i-ReportiReport]]|[[Create a Basic i-Report Template|Create a Basic i-Report iReport Template]]|[[Modify an iReport Template|Modify an iReport Template]]|[[Format an iReport Template|Format an iReport Template]]|[[Create i-Report Templates with Subreports|Create i-Report iReport Templates with Subreports]]|[[Summarize i-Report Template Data|Summarize i-Report iReport Template Data]]

==Introduction to iReport==__NOEDITSECTION__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 [[Producing Reports Using IMSMANG|produce a formatted report]]. {{note|iReport does not support Java 8.}}

iReport uses standard reporting terms to refer to the basic building blocks of a report templates.*'''===Data Sources''': ===__NOEDITSECTION__Data sources in iReport refer to the connection between the report template and the {{IMSMANG}} database. Each iReport template will have one data source. Data sources in iReport generally refer to items in {{IMSMANG}} such as Land, Activity, Education, Accident, Victim, etc. Available data sources include:

|Accident Device || MRE |-| Accident ||MRE Detail |-| Assistance Classification ||Needs Assessment Classification |-| Cause Classification ||Ordnance

|Assistance Classification Field Report || MRE Detail Organisation

|Cause Classification Gazetteer || Needs Assessment Classification Place

|Field Report Geopoint || Ordnance QM

|Gazetteer Geospatialinfo || Organisation Question

|Geopoint Hazard || Place Received MRE

|Geospatialinfo Hazard Device || QM Task

|Hazard Reduction || Question Victim

|Hazard Reduction Device || Received MRE Victim Assistance

|Hazard Reduction Impact Survey || Task Victim Assistance Assistance

|Hazard Reduction Device Interviewee || Victim Cause

|Impact Survey Link || Victim Assistnace Needs Assessment

|Interviewee Location || Work Item |-|Link ||

*The iReport datasource management and selection window can be found just below the menu bar in iReport Designer.[[Image:IReport Datasources Window.png|center|500px|''Datasource selection window'']]<div align="center">'Fields'iReport Datasource Selection Window'': </div> ===Fields===__NOEDITSECTION__ Fields in iReport refer to individual IMSMA data elements that are available from a data source. Fields are denoted in iReport using the following syntax '''''$F{fieldname}''''' (e.g. '''''$F{guid}'''''). Each data source contains a list of available fields.*'''===Variables''': ===__NOEDITSECTION__ Variables in iReport are created within the iReport template to manipulate or calculate data. Using variables, users can create calculations such as sums, counts, averages, or other totals. Variables are denoted in iReport using the following syntax '''''$V{variablename}''''' (e.g. '''''$V{SumAreaSize}'''''). Variables can use field and/or parameter data.*'''===Parameters''': ===__NOEDITSECTION__ Parameters in iReport are used to accept and transfer external information, such as information from another report. Parameters are denoted in iReport using the following syntax '''''$P{paramternameparametername}''''' (e.g. '''''$P{ParentGuid}''''')*'''===Bands''': ===__NOEDITSECTION__ Bands are used in iReport to specify areas on the resulting report. Each band acts differently in a report. The most used bands in iReport are:

*'''===Groups''': ===__NOEDITSECTION__ Groups in iReport are used to display records with one or more common values together on a report. For example, Land with the same value for "Province" could be grouped together in a report. Groups can be added in the iReport Wizard or after a report has been created.*'''===Subreports''': ===__NOEDITSECTION__ Subreports are used in iReport to include more than one data source in a report. For example, to include information about Activities performed on a particular Land, you would include an Activity subreport in the Land report.*'''===Crosstabs, Charts, and Formatting Elements''': ===__NOEDITSECTION__ 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. [[Create a Basic i-Report Template|Create a Basic i-Report Template]]