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Overview of a Report Unit

In the server, a report unit is the collection of elements for retrieving data and formatting output. Elements of a Report Unit shows these elements:

   The data source and query that retrieves data for the report.

   The main JRXML that determines the layout and is the core of the report unit.

   The main JRXML defines other elements in one of the following ways:

    Creating definitions internally

    Referring to existing elements in the repository using the repo: syntax

   The input controls and other resources.

For more information about the report unit, refer to the JasperReports Server Ultimate Guide.

 

 

Elements of a Report Unit