ReportServer

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ReportServer
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Developer(s) datenwerke Jan Albrecht
Initial release April 13, 2012 (2012-04-13) (1.3.0)[1]
Stable release

4.6.2-6102  (December 7, 2023; 3 months ago (2023-12-07))

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Preview release none [±]
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Reporting software
License(s) GNU Affero General Public License
Website reportserver.datenwerke.net

ReportServer is a free open-source reporting platform that supports three different reporting engines: BIRT, JasperReports, and SAP Crystal Reports.

Product history

On April 13, 2012, German company datenwerke Jan Albrecht created a SourceForge project and uploaded the source code for ReportServer version 1.3.0.[1] In May 2013, after over a year of "intensive development," version 2.0 was released to the public, featuring a completely redesigned interface.[2]

datenwerke anticipates version 2.2 to be released in June 2014.[3]

Features

The main features of ReportServer include:

  • support for the BIRT, JasperReports, and SAP Crystal Reports engines
  • ad-hoc reporting
  • export to Microsoft Excel, PDF, or XML
  • report scheduling
  • administrative tools

Hardware/software requirements

Requirements for installing ReportServer include:

  • Java Runtime Environment version 7
  • an application server like Apache Tomcat or PostgreSQL (if not using Windows installer)

Consult the installation guide for more information.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

  • Access a live demo of ReportServer here.

Entities using ReportServer

Further reading

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "ReportServer - Files". SourceForge. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120715004741/http://sourceforge.net/projects/dw-rs/files/. Retrieved 28 May 2014. 
  2. Mittelbach, Arno (5 May 2013). "ReportServer 2.0". datenwerke Jan Albrecht. http://blog.datenwerke.net/2013/05/reportserver-20.html. Retrieved 28 May 2014. 
  3. Mittelbach, Arno (26 March 2014). "Roadmap to ReportServer 2.2". datenwerke Jan Albrecht. http://blog.datenwerke.net/2014/03/roadmap-to-reportserver-22.html. Retrieved 28 May 2014.