11.9 Building Your Report

Before you deploy your report, you need to build it. The source of the report is a set of properties, images, and the JRXML file. You must bundle these files into a report archive before you can deploy the report template.

The process of building the report archive creates an RPZ file. This is a report definition archive containing your report and the report metadata. There might also be additional files such as images or properties that your report depends on.

  1. Select Build in the left-navigation menu in the Report Packaging Tool.

  2. On the Build Report screen, specify the report definition.

    This is the JRXML file generated when you created your report.

  3. Specify the location of your report archive and the report author.

  4. Click the Build button to build the RPZ file for your report definition.