application reporting.

Question

1. I am just wondering, should i build the reporting engine inside my web application or i should use a third party tool that users will login to and access reports? what is the best case.

2. Which java reporting tools do you guys use and for what reason? i am familiar with jasper and i have used it but its on GPL license so i dont intend to use it in an close project. I am exploring ART art.sourceforge.net .

Regards. Josh

Answer 1

I have integrated report viewer into my applications, I find it best to reduce number of interfaces for the users.

1. As I'm familiar with Crystal Reports, I'd use Crystal for java