TIBCO Jaspersoft Reviews

I have used TIBCO Jaspersoft to create templates for various reports, such as manning, planning, and production reports, for a steel manufacturing company. Additionally, I have set up email notifications for these reports.

The solution is user-friendly. I have had no issues connecting an Oracle database to populate the report. The connection process is straightforward, and the solution supports a variety of reports. Additionally, the user interface is intuitive and provides plenty of options for producing quality reports.

The reporting templates have room for improvement. The Jaspersoft Data Fuel will make it easy to create reports. Users that opt to design a template instead of using a pre-existing one, can compile the report from their previous work. To do this, we should access the resource file, find the template which will likely be a .JFC or .JAR file, and comment out the lines where it is installed.

I would like Jaspersoft to include more design in the formula bar in the report. For example, if I am doing some pixel work and have made a report which I want to save in a PDF or Excel file, the formatting from the previous file which I used for taxes or blocks is lost when I save it in Excel format, and it is saved as an image. This is because the cells of Excel don't match the scales of the report I had made. I need a way to make sure my exports in the Excel file are the same as the PDF file.

The cost of Jaspersoft is high and has room for improvement.

I have been using the solution for almost five years.

I give the stability of the solution a nine out of ten.

I give the scalability an eight out of ten.

Depending on our customer requirements, we can scale the solution up by adjusting the license.

I have used technical support several times and they are very good.

Positive

Installing the software is a simple process that only requires a few steps. The solution is straightforward to comprehend and use.

The deployment time depends on the license and version we have chosen. Some customizations are available, such as access to reports, but not for creating dynamic reports or automatically refreshing them. We are using the licensed version, which is also the customized version.

I give the initial setup a seven out of ten for ease.

I give the cost of the solution a five out of ten.

The cost depends on the market and the type of license we are using. The cost is on the higher end.

I give the solution a nine out of ten because it is a master software. Jaspersoft has many updates and features.

We have six to seven people using TIBCO Jaspersoft.

I use the tool with Spring Boot application for its reporting capabilities.

In my company, we use TIBCO Jaspersoft to build a Java application, Spring Boot, and we need reporting capabilities to be available in the application. In short, we use the tool because of its compatibility with Java.

Customization is an area with certain shortcomings in the solution that needs improvement.

I have been using TIBCO Jaspersoft for a year. I am not using the latest version of the solution. I am an end user of the solution.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

Until now, we haven't had a situation in my organization where we had to scale up the use of the solution. We need the reporting capabilities in the tool to be able to collect some data. I built reports with the help of SQL and TIBCO Jaspersoft. I don't know the situation when we would need to use the scalability option of the product.

There are ten users of TIBCO Jaspersoft in my organization. In my company, half of the users use TIBCO Jaspersoft, while the other half use SAP Crystal Reports.

TIBCO Jaspersoft is not as powerful as other tools, like Power BI. In the past, I used SSRS, but TIBCO Jaspersoft is more powerful than SAP Crystal Reports.

The deployment process of TIBCO Jaspersoft is easy.

The deployment phase of TIBCO Jaspersoft takes a couple of minutes.

The solution is deployed on-premises.

Most of the time, our company gets involved in the product's maintenance. All ten people who are junior employees in my company who use the solution are involved in the maintenance phase of the product. The main responsibilities related to the maintenance lie on the web application development team.

I recommend TIBCO Jaspersoft to other users.

I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.

We use Jaspersoft for applications related to financial loans.

The feature that I like most is the drag and drop capability.

The data validation and cleansing functionality need to be improved.

I would like to see better support for big data.

I have been working with Jaspersoft for between three and four years.

We rely on our vendor for technical support and have not been in contact with TIBCO.

Our deployment took between two and three months to complete.

The product was installed by the vendor.

Support is recommended because of the price.

This is a good product and I recommend it. My main complaint is related to data validation and cleansing.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

• PostgreSQL support
• Saving reports in PDF, XLS(X), HTML formats
• The automatic sending of reports by e-mail (The HTML report can be shown inline, not just via an attachment.)
• Flexible report scheduling
• Common JRXML templates for parameterized reporting
• The possibility to export reports to the file system
• The user-friendly interface
• Scriptable reports with the use of variables, parameters, and fields

• Business processes automation
• Provides higher efficiency
• Minimizes human error

The following aspects need to improve:

• The possibility to display all report schedules in one place
• The out-of-the box possibility to integrate with independent installation of PostgreSQL for the JasperReports server
• Better process control (such as start, stop, restart without failures between various components, etc.)
• A more straightforward/user-friendly migration of reports between various versions of the JasperReports server

I have used this solution for around four years.

There were rarely any stability issues.

We did not experience any scalability issues as of yet.

It is a good forum.

We were not using any other solution. We were doing things more manually. Jaspersoft was our first try.

The setup was average. Some special features were hard to figure out and configure, such as the Slovak local reports.

We are happy with the free, open source version.

In 2012, there were some other options that we looked into, but just theoretically.

The migration between versions could be hard. It is okay to have multi-version environments, but just be aware of it.

The most valuable features are the security file and the general data level security implementation framework. Apart from using the Jaspersoft domains to constrain data on the report, using the security file adds another level of security to your data. This is essential for those of us who require data to be provided based on user privileges.

Ad hoc functionality has proved to be an essential part of the business, as well as the data level security.

The Jaspersoft domain user interface needs general bug fixes.

The ability to create cross joins on the domains is essential to provide a product that can completely support business reporting needs.

I have used this product for five years.

We encountered some stability issues. I experienced user interface issues in Google Chrome when resizing the browser display on domain editing. When using Firefox, it seemed to be more stable.

We encountered some scalability issues, as the server doesn't handle too many concurrent connections very well.

The technical support is average.

We did not use a previous solution.

The setup was fairly straightforward, but it requires an intermediate to expert level installer.

First use the community edition to see if the basic reporting features are adequate for your organization.

If you need to trial run the ad hoc functionality, then ask for a trial license. Have a plan to use those few days optimally. Afterwards, decide on what license will suit you best.

Alternately, you could contact my organization for assistance in this regard: www.silvafox.co.za (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-baatjes-4496b615).

We have used Jaspersoft for a good couple of years now. We used SAP BusinessObjects, Microsoft SSRS, and SSIS.

Ensure that the needs you want to address match the license you intend to purchase. If there is a mismatch, you might end up spending more money than you need to.

For the Jaspersoft Server:

• The portal and the management of users
• Sub-administrators along with template reports
• Authorizations and row-level security
• The setup of layers
• Overall flexibility

For Jasper Reports:

• It is equal in value to Crystal Reports
• Very good pixel-perfect reporting

It was very easy to setup a report for more than 30 countries in which they could only see their own data. It was easy to give each country their own sub-administrator who handles their own users.

The user interface of Jaspersoft server is not appealing and should get a sparkling makeover.

I have been using the product for over a year.

We have not encountered any stability issues with the Jaspersoft server.

We had an issue with scalability. That was because of the burst of data we had and too few instances of the server on AWS.

I would give technical support a rating of 10/10. I called a rep and he made a special fix for our project on the fly within a few days, as I recall. I didn't put any pressure on him.

We were going to the AWS cloud. Jaspersoft was the only tool which understood the licensing part of the cloud. The easy handling of the row-level security made me decide to choose it.

The initial setup was easy as we used the AMI from the AWS Marketplace. Later on, it became more difficult as we were using load balancers and https.

Although starting is easy, when you go for production sizing, you have to be prepared to pay quite a bit. You can lower it by preparing your datastore/database in a good way.

We looked at QlikView, Tableau, Pentaho, and SpagoBI.

Take some time to check out all the functionalities, especially the portal and row-level security. You can test it really well with the pay per hour option.

• The reporting and charting features: I have worked with other reporting tools and I find this tool is easier and faster to work with while creating charts.
• Easy editing options.

I have used this technology to implement a reporting module for my client. This tool has helped my client to track the data more easily.

Implementing of subreports is such a pain. This functionality could be made faster.

The concept of subreports is to easily embed an existing report in a new report. This may sound simple but implementing it is such a pain. It took me hours to get it right. It is just not straightforward enough.

while I add a report, I just drag drop the icon and establish a connection with the database and it is ready. But sub report is not the case. It should have been just a drag drop and it should act as an individual report on its own only. It takes a long time to give some connections and there is no much documentation available on the same either.

I have used this solution for about a year.

I did not encounter any stability issues.

I did not encounter any scalability issues.

On a scale of 1-5, I would rate it a 2 because the technical team never had any proper documentation or guidance for any of my issues. No online help is available either.

We did not previously use anything else.

The initial setup was easy.

It would be good to go with Jaspersoft Studio.

Write down the project requirements and compare it with all that this product can do. Then, decide wisely based on all the options available.

The reports and analytic view feature and the ability to generate large reports in background are most valuable to us. The feature that allows to run different reports in the background helps to create long running reports without affecting the system performance, i.e., you can continue working in the Jaspersoft tool, while the job that generates reports runs in the background.

It helps to process very quickly and present it in a very understandable way for the business people.

I would definitely recommend to evaluate this product in the context of other business intelligence tools that are currently on the market.

I have used this solution for three years.

There were no stability issues.

We did not encounter any scalability issues.

This product is being supported by our local help desk.

We did not have any other solutions before.

All this is being handled by our IT department.

It was chosen on a group level.