How to show the Change Password link on the Login page

Since we've identified the Web-inf folder from the previous tutorial, this one should be fairly easy to do.

Step 1 :
Look for your Web-Inf folder from your Jaspersoft folder. I'm using Jaspersoft's later version (3.7) so mine is located at ..\jasperserver-pro-3.7\apache-tomcat\webapps\jasperserver-pro\WEB-INF .


Step 2:
Locate the file jasperserver-serverlet.xml and set the property allowUserPasswordChange to true. Also, set a value to the passwordExpirationInDays property .


Step 3:
Restart your Jasperserver. Your login page should show the Change Password link after the Show locale & timezone link. Once you click on the Change Password link, the login page will look like



Cheers! ;-)

How to Configure Report Scheduler to work on your Jasper Server

Another BI technology I'm exploring right now is Jaspersoft. It's a powerful Open Source BI tool which is a bit similar to Oracle Hyperion. And since it uses Open Source technology, this means it's way cheaper and easier to sell. lol

Going back to the topic, I'd like to share how easy it is to configure your Jasper Server to use it's report scheduler facility.

Step 1 :
Look for your Web-Inf folder from your Jaspersoft folder. I'm using Jaspersoft's later version (3.7) so mine is located at ..\jasperserver-pro-3.7\apache-tomcat\webapps\jasperserver-pro\WEB-INF .


Step 2:
At the js.quartz.properties file, add your smtp and email credentials. If you are using gmail, be sure to use the 587 port as 465 port does not work well with gmail.

For example :
report.scheduler.mail.sender.host= your mail server (smtp.gmail.com for gmail)
report.scheduler.mail.sender.username= your email's username
report.scheduler.mail.sender.password= your email's password
report.scheduler.mail.sender.from= your email address
report.scheduler.mail.sender.protocol=smtp
report.scheduler.mail.sender.port=587

report.scheduler.web.deployment.uri=http://localhost:8080/jasperserver-pro (This url should be the same url you see when you open your Jasperserver login page. You only need to remove login.php)


Step 3 (Optional) :
If you'de like to increase your thread pool, you may do so by modifying the file js.quartz.base.properties .

Locate the line org.quartz.threadPool.threadCount and increase the thread count.

For example:
org.quartz.threadPool.threadCount = 3


Step 4 :
At the applicationContext-report-scheduling.xml file, locate the bean id reportSchedulerMailSender . Modify and add the following prop key under the property javaMailProperties.

For Example :

prop key="mail.smtp.auth">true
prop key="mail.smtp.starttls.enable">true


Step 5:
Restart your Jasperserver and schedule your report =)



Cheers!