Report generation is more important feature in front end and backend application oriented project. If you want to see persistent data in
different category then it will be more useful like datewise, historical report, Etc. we know most popular crystal report generation is available for .net platform.
We can do report generation in java also using iReport. iReport is the free, open source report designer for Jasper reports. Using this we can make different layout which containing charts, images, sub reports, crosstabs. We can use backend as JDBC, Table Models, JavaBeans, XML, Hibernate, CSV, and custom sources. And we can publish reports in different formats like PDF, RTF, XML, XLS, CSV, HTML, XHTML, text, DOCX, or Open Office.
Download the latest iReport 3.7.4 from following location. It contains some new features like Full support for Jasper Reports 3.7.4 and spider chart component.