JASPERREPORTS SERVER ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE RELEASE 5.0 http://www.jaspersoft.com JasperReports Server Administrator Guide Copyright © 2012 Jaspersoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Jaspersoft, the Jaspersoft logo, Jaspersoft iReport Designer, JasperReports Library, JasperReports Server, Jaspersoft OLAP, and Jaspersoft ETL are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Jaspersoft Corporation in the United States and in jurisdictions throughout the world. All other company and product names are or may be trade names or trademarks of their respective owners. This is version 1112-JSP50-15 of the JasperReports Server Administrator Guide. 2 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Overview of JasperReports Server Administration . 9 1.1 Overview of Organizations . 10 1.1.1 Single Default Organization . 10 1.1.2 Multiple Organizations . 10 1.1.3 Levels of Administrators . 11 1.2 Overview of the Repository . 11 1.2.1 Folder Structure . 11 1.2.2 Resources . 12 1.2.3 Sample Data . 12 1.2.4 Browsing and Searching . 13 1.3 Overview of Users and Roles . 14 1.3.1 Administering Users and Roles . 15 1.3.2 Delegated Administration . 15 1.4 Overview of Security . 16 1.4.1 Authentication . 16 1.4.2 Authorization Overview . 17 1.5 Administrator Login . 18 1.5.1 JasperReports Server Heartbeat . 18 1.5.2 Administrator Email . 18 1.6 Administrator Pages . 18 Chapter 2 Organization, User, and Role Management . 21 2.1 Managing Organizations . 21 2.1.1 Viewing Organization Properties . 22 2.1.2 Creating an Organization . 23 2.1.3 Default Folders for Organizations . 24 2.1.4 Editing an Organization . 24 2.1.5 Deleting an Organization . 25 2.2 Managing Users . 25 2.2.1 Viewing User Properties . 25 3 JasperReports Server Administrator Guide 2.2.2 Creating a User . 26 2.2.3 Editing a User . 27 2.2.4 Editing Profile Attributes . 28 2.2.5 Enabling or Disabling Users in Bulk . 30 2.2.6 Deleting One or More Users . 30 2.3 Managing Roles . 30 2.3.1 Viewing Role Properties . 31 2.3.2 Creating a Role . 32 2.3.3 Assigning Users to a Role . 33 2.3.4 Deleting One or More Roles . 34 Chapter 3 Repository Administration . 35 3.1 Resource Types . 36 3.2 JasperReport Structure . 37 3.2.1 Referencing Resources in the Repository . 37 3.2.2 Absolute References . 38 3.2.3 Local Resources and External References . 38 3.2.4 Data Snapshots . 39 3.3 Managing Folders and Resources . 39 3.3.1 Resource IDs . 40 3.3.2 Creating Folders . 40 3.3.3 Adding Resources . 41 3.3.4 Renaming Folders and Resources . 42 3.3.5 Copying and Moving . 42 3.3.6 Editing Resources . 43 3.3.7 Deleting Folders and Resources . 44 3.4 Multiple Organizations in the Repository . 45 3.4.1 Organization Folders . 45 3.4.2 Design Considerations . 45 3.4.3 Referencing Resources in the Repository . 45 3.4.4 Best Practices . 46 3.5 Permissions . 46 3.5.1 Inheriting Permissions . ..