IReport and JasperServer works ok with a JDBC-ODBC bridge. (there are some limitations with some locale characters....)
-- Jarl 2009/8/26 Carey Matthew Black <black....@gmail.com>: > Peter, > > If it can not use xml file(s) as a data source then someone (maybe > you?) can write some code to integrated Jasper to them. The API is > open and extensible by design. > > For what it is worth their was some work (a few years ago now) that > extended the Jasper API by adding an ARS API integration so that you > could run reports with the ARS API. So instead of talking to the DB > directly you talk to the application server just like the User Tool or > Mid-Tier would. You just get a more advanced reporting > engine/formatting options. > > Here are a few good links to get you started. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/jaspars/ > beta3 released on "Wed Aug 16 2006 21:19" > > http://www.mypathworks.com/arslist/Public?id=8ae4b6940c259f32010c3707fbae01bf > > (NOTE: I do not know if any testing has been done on v7.5 at all. YMMV.) > > I keep hoping that Jasper will be incorporated into the Mid-tier/User > Tool for reporting to replace the very simple minded reporting tool > that is currently embedded in ARS. However, somehow I bet that would > decrease the sales of other expensive tools like Business Objects. ( > Which is not great for the partnership between BMC and Business > Objects (AKA: SAP).) > > Maybe some day the reporting tools in ARS could be made extensible so > that the community could do the integration? > > -- > Carey Matthew Black > BMC Remedy AR System Skilled Professional (RSP) > ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) > > Love, then teach > Solution = People + Process + Tools > Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two. > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Lammey, Peter > A.<peter.a.lam...@espn.com> wrote: >> ** >> Can iReport or Jasper Reports pull data from BMC Knowledge Management XML >> files that store the details of each solution article? >> >> Thanks >> Peter Lammey >> ESPN IT Client Architecture and Automation >> 860-766-4761 >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) >> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Alan Blake >> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:57 AM >> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >> Subject: Re: Alternative to Crystal Reports >> >> ** >> Knowlysis uses a tool called iReport in combination with Jasper Reports to >> write custom reports over Remedy Knowledge Management. You could use these >> open source tools to also report over the AR database and others. >> Alan Blake >> >> --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Trond Valen <trondva...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> From: Trond Valen <trondva...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: Alternative to Crystal Reports >> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 4:04 AM >> >> ** >> It looks like from BMC's pages that this can only generate reports for ITSM >> applications. Is that correct, or can it be used to report on anything on >> the ARS server? >> Best regards >> Trond >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Roger Justice <rjust2...@aol.com> wrote: >>> >>> ** Analytics that is sold by BMC. It is a run time version of BO >>> application. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Trond Valen <trondva...@gmail.com> >>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >>> Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2009 2:28 am >>> Subject: Alternative to Crystal Reports >>> >>> ** >>> Hi >>> >>> Quick Question: I have heard there is another reporting tool (for use with >>> Remedy) from Business Objects that is preferred by many over Crystal >>> Reports. What is this called? I have forgotten... >>> >>> Does anyone have experience with it and could tell me if there are great >>> advantages of using it? >>> Regards >>> Trond > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
