How to use a json data file in iReport Designer 5.6.0

I had just downloaded iReport 5.6.0. But unable to load any JSON file parameters on top of the report.

I didn't find any good help online related with this. I find some help from the url as below:-

But from the above steps I didn't know where to write query in "report query" and to manually create fields, matching names of our json data.

Please help to load data from JSON datasource.

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1 Answer

A little bit late, but here are directtions.

1) Click Report Datasource button in iReport Designer:

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2) Click "New", select "JSON datasource, click "Next"

3) Give it Name, browse to a json file, click "Test" to check:

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json.txt:

[
{ "id": 123, "name": "abc" },
{ "id": 456, "name": "def" }
]

4) Add fields manually, use proper types and put onto the report page:

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5) Generate preview:

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