TIBCO Jaspersoft Reviews

The primary use case was creating reports and distributing them over the web to my in-house colleagues, and for some departments that used certain reports, Jasper was free and very effective for presenting data from databases.

Some colleagues need to see data in Excel or PDF format, and when I worked with Java proprietary applications, I had to code a master meditation to save data and colors, etc. TIBCO Jaspersoft was something new to me, and I was able to create reports quickly. The benefit was that I could use Java JDBC connections to connect to any type of database, such as Oracle, MySQL, or Postgres. This was very beneficial for me as I could quickly create and present reports to those who needed proprietary reports designed for the type of sales they wanted. TIBCO Jaspersoft was great for me as I didn't have to use Java coding. I saw that as a designer, I could meet almost all customers' expectations. When I saw how the server worked, I realized I could make reports easily and deploy them to the server and scheduler. We could easily schedule and create reports to send to clients. This was very useful for me as we could schedule with different parameters and it was very configurable.

The designer is the most valuable feature. For example, I saw that Jasper has some Excel files. We can also design macros on Excel files, which is very useful for customers who need to work with them. Additionally, some customers want to look at Excel to see, the callers, and sales. With macros and formulas, I can do everything they imagine. Other solutions don't have the option to create macros on Excel. We have designed some reports and we can also use them inside of the report set to set properties for Excel. Macros, formulas, and other features are very useful for Economists. I often use these features.

For over ten years, the server was developed in Java, using the Java Spring Framework. Last year, I used version 8.0.0 and I did not think it was very good. Currently, it is a Spring Boot, which is new in our framework. I think it is in use because of the legacy of the previous versions, which can sometimes be problematic. Last year, I used a server from a rest service part. We have an in-house front-end service, and TIBCO Jaspersoft was the backend service, we used to store reports and execute reports over the rest of it, but there were many problems. Currently, JSON format is the main format we use, however, in TIBCO Jaspersoft, XML format is the default and JSON did not work because TIBCO did not fix it. For the development part, I think the best thing to do is to make a new server on some other framework. I will not upgrade the old Spring, which is version 8.0.0. That is my opinion. I will create a new server from scratch and copy stuff from the old servers, but not upgrade because the old legacy stuff will then become lost.

I have been using the solution for over eight years.

I give the stability a nine out of ten.

The solution is scalable but we need to have experience in order to make sure it scales properly.

We have 15 people using the solution in our organization.

The initial setup for me was easy due to my experience; I would rate it an eight out of ten. The solution has many configuration files to set up a server, and we can connect to LDAP or Active Directory. Token authorization is required for all applications, which are microservices, but the solution did not have this configuration option due to its old Spring version.

The deployment takes around one hour. We can export from the old server and import into the new server easily. 

The implementation was completed in-house.

I evaluated Pentaho Business Analytics and BIRT but they were a bit slow.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

I use the TIBCO Jaspersoft because of its free community version as well as the coding and designing.

I suggest users of TIBCO Jaspersoft learn to design, and reports can quickly be designed.

Pros:

1) Community edition which is free is the best buy for small to medium companies who can't afford any money at all to try a product.

2) Table components and cross tab which are interactive in nature

3) Interactive reporting and dashboards using HTML 5 charts

4) Ad-hoc reporting, which enables end users who doesn't want to get into any technical difficulties, to generate reports easily using this feature.

5) Dynamic formatting, sorting, hiding columns on the fly and visualizing the data as we wish.

6) Licensing costs which makes this product available to any size of company

I used this to develop reports to identify how many students are joining a specific college.

Cons:
1) It's not so stable with it's date calculations in domain level reporting.
2) Reports developed in older versions are not supported fully in new versions.

TIBCO support is not that great as the guys are not very keen at resolving the issue and making issues which can be resolved also as enhancements.

One example issue I felt is that we have a domain based report where if you create a bundle file with domain and generate view and report, you will get the labels in bundle file in view and report.

For an existing domain which does not have a bundle file, I tried the same and could not see the functionality working like for the new domain. They said it's an enhancement but I feel they should be able to fix such issues.

They need to improve their support.

Since 2011.

Yes. Reports with date related calculations are not so stable.

Customers are asking for a report with millions of data to load in seconds and we need some good information about how to improve this.

Average

Average

No

In-house

It's a good tool with affordable licensing cost. Good scope for opportunities.

Very good.

Pentaho and Tableau.

These are my personal views with the little experience I have with Jasper and there might be deeper views that can be presented such as how the in-memory engine works - columnar they say.

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 most valuable features are the pixel-perfect report, embedded report portal, scheduling reports, open source, etc.

Jaspersoft is being used as my organization’s report development platform. We use this tool to schedule reports and email users in either Excel or PDF format. We can use the Excel file to support our working processes or use the PDF as an official document.

Visualization can be improved further in terms of design, and to align it with other, new reporting tools.
According to user feedback, by comparing with other BI Data Discovery Tools. E.g. Qlik Sense. TIBCO Jaspersoft’s chart types and colour tone are not modern enough. Therefore, users will be more willing to use Qlik Sense rather than TIBCO Jaspersoft.

I have been using this product for about six months.

We have not encountered any deployment issues.

We have not encountered any stability issues.

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

As I am using the community edition, no customer service is provided. However, it is easy to get support from its community.

Since we are using the community edition, no technical support is provided either.

Previously, we were using SAP Crystal Reports. However, it was already an obsolete version.

I set it up on a Linux server; it is straightforward.

We have implemented it via our in-house team.

I have also evaluated other tools such as Tableau, Pentaho and SpagoBI. The reason we have chosen Jaspersoft is because it is a very popular open-source reporting tool, with the ability to integrate with other web applications and schedule sending of reports.

Jaspersoft is a strong tool for static, pixel-perfect reports. I suggest also including another data discovery / ad-hoc analysis tool in your roadmap.

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.

• Embedding the reports within other applications
• Export functionality: Reports can be exported to many different formats including MS PowerPoint and PDF.

Automation of existing reports and dashboards has helped in increased productivity and huge efficiency savings.

I would like to see them make it more user friendly for developers and include the latest charting libraries.

In this age of tools such as Tableau, developers are used to intuitive interfaces to develop the reports. It's always relative!!

Jaspersoft is an open-source product and lot of times you have to rely on the community to answer some of your queries. Product documentation also could be improved for the developer to reduce the learning curve.

I have used it for about 3 years.

I have not encountered any stability issues. The product has been pretty stable.

I have not encountered any scalability issues.

Technical support has been really great. Usually questions get answered within 24 hrs.

We used a home-grown reporting tool that lacked many of the functionalities we needed. We evaluated multiple vendors before selecting Jaspersoft.

Initial setup was pretty straightforward, except the security piece. Over the years, the tool has improved how security is implemented.

It definitely provides value for the money if you have enterprise-wide usage of standard dashboards and charts.

We were looking for a lightweight solution that is easy to implement and that can scale. We looked at several options including MicroStrategy and WebFOCUS. Those tools unfortunately didn't fit the bill.

If you have a need for standard dashboards that can be exported to various formats, Jaspersoft will be a good solution to try out. Jaspersoft also provides various integration mechanism (JavaScript libraries and APIs) for embedded BI.

Also, with the latest releases, they are making good progress in the self-service business intelligence space.

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.

The REST API functionality on the server is valuable because it gave us a really easy way to distribute reports to non-technical end users. They don't have to remember another login, don't have to learn a new interface; they just click a link and *bam* they have their report.

We tied it into our help ticketing system database to provide on-demand reporting to our QA team.

Even though it works well enough for our purposes, one thing I think that could be improved is making it easier to configure. There are a number of settings that you have to manually edit a text config file (like allowing anonymous access to the REST service). While some of the settings can be manipulated through the GUI, not all of them can be. I think that could definitely be improved.

I have used it for about a year.

I did not encounter any stability issues.

I did not encounter any scalability issues.

Whether initial setup is "straightforward" depends on your basis of comparison. It isn't Microsoft Office. But for a server product, it wasn't bad.

There is a little bit of configuration necessary, and getting permissions right can be a pain. But overall, not bad. Though, to be fair, I did this once over a year ago... so maybe it was a fight and I just don't remember...

We use the community version.

Just try it on a pilot basis and see if it will meet your needs. It's a decent tool to have in your solutions bag.