Sorting in Crosstab sort column/row group with Order by expression

jasper-reports crosstab
thotwielder picture thotwielder · Jun 8, 2016 · Viewed 8k times · Source

I know there is a similar thread here already, but that doesn't work for me.

Background: Jaspersoft Studio 6

I have a data set like this:

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Created a crosstab like this on this dataset:

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How to sort the column group to prod c, prod a, prod b instead of current?

I tried put this expression in Order by expression of the column group.

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$F{product}.equals("prod c")? 1 : $F{product}.equals("prod a")? 2:3

But it says

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edit: added source, this is the version without sorting and it runs fine without error but without sorting of course.

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        <![CDATA[select 'channel a' as "sales channel", 'prod a' as product, 1 as amount
union all select 'channel a' as salesChannel, 'prod b' as product, 1 as amount
union all select 'channel a' as salesChannel, 'prod c' as product, 1 as amount
union all select 'channel b' as salesChannel, 'prod a' as product, 1 as amount
union all select 'channel b' as salesChannel, 'prod b' as product, 1 as amount
union all select 'channel b' as salesChannel, 'prod c' as product, 1 as amount]]>
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Answer

Alex K picture Alex K · Jun 9, 2016

As mentioned @tobi6 in his post you can use Measures in orderByExpression (you can additionaly use Buckets with $V{} expression but it may be a hard way)

In your case the simplest way is to add new Measure with sorting rules.

<measure name="productForSort" class="java.lang.Integer">
    <measureExpression><![CDATA[$F{product}.equals("prod b") ? 1 : $F{product}.equals("prod c") ? 2 : 3]]></measureExpression>
</measure>

After that you can use this Measure in orderByExpression expression:

<bucket class="java.lang.String">
    <bucketExpression><![CDATA[$F{product}]]></bucketExpression>
    <orderByExpression><![CDATA[$V{productForSort}]]></orderByExpression>
</bucket>

For my test csv datasource:

sales channel, product, amount
channel a, prod c, 5
channel a, prod a, 1
channel b, prod a, 3
channel a, prod b, 1
channel b, prod b, 1

the result was like this:

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As you see the "product b" is going first.

Notes:

Question is similar (duplicates) a really great post Jasper Reports crosstab sorting with comparatorExpression. You can find more information in this post.

My answer is similar as the solution by @PetterFriberg. But in this case we can ommit the using of Comparator

Another two answers are also good, specially the R&D by @AndreasDietrich

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