Supported Report Output Formats

i‑net Crystal-Clear can generate the reports in many different output formats. You can specify the format with the URL parameter init. In the API there are many places to set it. Currently we support the following formats:

The Java Viewer is a small Java program to display, navigate through, print, zoom, and export the report result. If i‑net Crystal-Clear receive a report request (report URL) without init parameter (export format) then it returns the HTML page containing the applet tag for the Java viewer. The Java viewer can be used as applet and it is possible to embedd it in a client application or applet using the API of the Java viewer.

This file format can be display with the popularly Acrobat Reader.

This export format produce multiple HTML and JPG files to display the result in a browser. There is also a format option to create only a single HTML page.

This produce a postscript report format with different postscript levels. This file can be printed on a postscript printer.

This Microsoft format can be display from Microsoft Word and its browser plug-in.

This format can be used with Microsoft Excel. This can be useful if you want use the data for furter analysis. The XLS file consists of a table layout. Therefore it may not be possible to map the complete report layout into the XLS file.

This public format can be used for imports in many other programs. It include only the text of the report.

This format produce also a CSV file. It is showing only the data of the report. All labels and layout information are removed.

This is a plain text format. All graphics information from the layout are lose.

This format can be used to create a XML file with the layout info. With transformations you can import it in many programs.

This format can be used for example with the Adobe SVG viewer for Internet Explorer. The Firefox supports it since version 2.

These formats can be used to export a single report page as an image. This can be helpful for example if you want to embed it in your web site. The GIF format requires at least Java 6 on the server.

With this format it is possible to archive executed reports as .jra file (without Java Viewer) or .jar file (with included Java Viewer).
You can save the report with the “Save Java Report Archive” button in the Java viewer or with the init parameter in the report URL.

We will add more output formats in the near future. If you have the requirement for an output format that is not list here then contact our support team. Please add the following information to your request:

• Why you need this format?
• What is your timeframe for it?
• A specification or a description of the format or a link to one of it.
• Which layout feature you need in a first step (Text, Lines, Pictures, Colors, Fonts, Font Attributes, etc.).
• Sample report templates that you want use for this format.

• Report URL parameters