iReport contains a wizard that allows us to quickly generate database reports (very useful if the boss asks for a report 15 minutes before the quitting time on a Friday!). The wizard allows us to use one of the predefined templates that are included with iReport. The included report templates are divided into two groups: templates laid out in a "columnar" manner and templates laid out in a "tabular" manner. Columnar templates generate reports that are laid out in columns, and tabular templates generate reports that are laid out like a table.
In this section, we will create a report displaying all the aircraft with a horsepower of 1000 or more.
To quickly create a database report, we need to go to File | New | Report Wizard.
We should then enter an appropriate name and location for our report and click on Next>.
Next, we need to select the datasource or database connection to use for our report. For our example, we will use the JDBC connection we configured...
