'print when expression to display Static text if there is atleast a not null field in a detail band

I want to put a printWhenExpression on a static text based on a condition which says that print the label only if there is atleast a non null textField in a particular column in detail band.

Its like print the column header only if there is a non null field in that column.

I tried putting this expression: $F{textfield} != null, but it works only for first record, if first record has null and second record has not null value then the label will be hidden, where as we want it to be displayed.

Please reply if you need any more info.

The below is my .jrxml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jasperReport xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd" name="IdpPdfSignature1" pageWidth="296" pageHeight="300" whenNoDataType="AllSectionsNoDetail" columnWidth="296" leftMargin="0" rightMargin="0" topMargin="0" bottomMargin="0" uuid="1c6e4be1-891b-4d0e-abfd-1c17f663d5be">
    <property name="ireport.scriptlethandling" value="0"/>
    <property name="ireport.encoding" value="UTF-8"/>
    <import value="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.*"/>
    <import value="java.util.*"/>
    <import value="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.data.*"/>
    <parameter name="mypic" class="java.io.InputStream" isForPrompting="false"/>
    <parameter name="mypic1" class="java.io.InputStream" isForPrompting="false"/>
    <parameter name="mypic2" class="java.io.InputStream" isForPrompting="false"/>
    <parameter name="group" class="java.lang.String" isForPrompting="false"/>
    <parameter name="device" class="java.lang.String" isForPrompting="false"/>
    <parameter name="timeperiod" class="java.lang.String" isForPrompting="false"/>
    <parameter name="customStartDate" class="java.util.Date" isForPrompting="false"/>
    <parameter name="customEndDate" class="java.util.Date" isForPrompting="false"/>
    <parameter name="footer" class="java.lang.String" isForPrompting="false"/>
    <field name="signatureID" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[signatureID]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="signatureClassification" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[signatureClassification]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="description" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[description]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="count" class="java.lang.Long">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[count]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="formattedCount" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <field name="messageType" class="java.lang.String"/>
    <variable name="mypic" class="java.io.InputStream"/>
    <variable name="mypic1" class="java.io.InputStream"/>
    <variable name="mypic2" class="java.io.InputStream"/>
    <background>
        <band splitType="Stretch"/>
    </background>
    <title>
        <band splitType="Stretch"/>
    </title>
    <pageHeader>
        <band splitType="Stretch"/>
    </pageHeader>
    <columnHeader>
        <band height="16" splitType="Stretch">
            <staticText>
                <reportElement key="staticText-2" mode="Opaque" x="0" y="0" width="160" height="16" forecolor="#000000" backcolor="#CCCCCC" uuid="967c915b-1af1-4972-805f-0e3f365ba11c">
                    <printWhenExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($F{messageType}!=null)]]></printWhenExpression>
                </reportElement>
                <box>
                    <pen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                </box>
                <textElement textAlignment="Center" verticalAlignment="Middle">
                    <font fontName="Arial" size="10" isBold="true" pdfFontName="Helvetica-Bold"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[Signature Name]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement key="staticText-3" mode="Opaque" x="210" y="0" width="86" height="16" forecolor="#000000" backcolor="#CCCCCC" uuid="a998a72e-01fa-4c27-ad7e-1e3a6c3408d2"/>
                <box>
                    <pen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                </box>
                <textElement textAlignment="Center" verticalAlignment="Middle">
                    <font fontName="Arial" size="10" isBold="true" pdfFontName="Helvetica-Bold"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[Event Count]]></text>
            </staticText>
            <staticText>
                <reportElement key="staticText-11" mode="Opaque" x="160" y="0" width="50" height="16" forecolor="#000000" backcolor="#CCCCCC" uuid="5170b4a6-3531-412d-9f8f-bc32dc4de0be">
                    <printWhenExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($F{messageType}!=null)]]></printWhenExpression>
                </reportElement>
                <box>
                    <pen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                    <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                </box>
                <textElement textAlignment="Center" verticalAlignment="Middle">
                    <font fontName="Arial" size="10" isBold="true" pdfFontName="Helvetica-Bold"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[Type]]></text>
            </staticText>
        </band>
    </columnHeader>
    <detail>
        <band height="16" splitType="Stretch">
            <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
                <reportElement key="textField-7" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="160" y="0" width="50" height="16" uuid="917d3aff-44a7-4a26-865a-d466aff3ab00">
                    <printWhenExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($F{messageType}!=null)]]></printWhenExpression>
                </reportElement>
                <box leftPadding="5">
                    <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                    <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                    <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                    <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                </box>
                <textElement textAlignment="Left">
                    <font fontName="Arial"/>
                </textElement>
                <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{messageType}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
                <reportElement key="textField" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="0" y="0" width="160" height="16" uuid="72492119-a45f-49c5-8fb8-19252c57e402">
                    <printWhenExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($F{messageType}!=null)]]></printWhenExpression>
                </reportElement>
                <box leftPadding="5" rightPadding="10">
                    <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                    <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                    <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                    <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                </box>
                <textElement>
                    <font fontName="Arial"/>
                </textElement>
                <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{signatureClassification}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
                <reportElement key="textField" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="210" y="0" width="86" height="16" uuid="223be44f-8565-40e3-9d43-0f13b4e159b7"/>
                <box leftPadding="5" rightPadding="10">
                    <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                    <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                    <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                    <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                </box>
                <textElement textAlignment="Right">
                    <font fontName="Arial"/>
                </textElement>
                <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{formattedCount}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
        </band>
    </detail>
    <columnFooter>
        <band splitType="Stretch"/>
    </columnFooter>
    <pageFooter>
        <band splitType="Stretch"/>
    </pageFooter>
    <summary>
        <band splitType="Stretch"/>
    </summary>
</jasperReport>
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Solution 1:[1]

You can use Table Component to achieve this instead of using Static text by giving print when condition under "Column Print When" property of Table's column Header.

i.e. Column Print When = $F{messageType}!=null

PFB corrected JRXML:

<summary>

    <band height="55" splitType="Stretch">
        <componentElement>
            <reportElement uuid="632c8fad-e35f-4b89-b28e-b363b0711c06" x="0" y="0" width="270" height="55"/>
            <jr:table xmlns:jr="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components" xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/components.xsd">
                <datasetRun subDataset="Table Dataset 1" uuid="bf16282a-8672-46cb-9849-4966b5f8c969">
                    <dataSourceExpression><![CDATA[new net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JREmptyDataSource(1)]]></dataSourceExpression>
                </datasetRun>
                <jr:column width="90" uuid="00429e67-6d71-4b66-9eb4-22d0c649e7a4">
                    <jr:columnHeader height="30" rowSpan="1">
                        <staticText>
                            <reportElement uuid="a62a81ca-ceae-4178-9e4e-6ca17fc89c69" key="staticText-2" mode="Opaque" x="0" y="0" width="90" height="30" forecolor="#000000" backcolor="#CCCCCC">
                                <printWhenExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($F{messageType}!=null)]]></printWhenExpression>
                            </reportElement>
                            <box>
                                <pen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                            </box>
                            <textElement textAlignment="Center" verticalAlignment="Middle">
                                <font fontName="Arial" isBold="true" pdfFontName="Helvetica-Bold"/>
                            </textElement>
                            <text><![CDATA[Signature Name]]></text>
                        </staticText>
                    </jr:columnHeader>
                    <jr:detailCell height="20" rowSpan="1">
                        <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
                            <reportElement uuid="cb654043-45a4-4742-86ed-ed9818716db2" key="textField" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="0" y="0" width="90" height="20">
                                <printWhenExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($F{messageType}!=null)]]></printWhenExpression>
                            </reportElement>
                            <box leftPadding="5" rightPadding="10">
                                <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                                <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                                <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                                <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                            </box>
                            <textElement>
                                <font fontName="Arial"/>
                            </textElement>
                            <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{signatureClassification}]]></textFieldExpression>
                        </textField>
                    </jr:detailCell>
                </jr:column>
                <jr:column width="90" uuid="7ebf1fdd-52e5-43da-96f0-1c01a7cb0876">
                    <printWhenExpression><![CDATA[$F{messageType}!=null]]></printWhenExpression>
                    <jr:columnHeader height="30" rowSpan="1">
                        <staticText>
                            <reportElement uuid="d96cce84-1318-49aa-a6d2-3a17e4329ef3" key="staticText-11" mode="Opaque" x="0" y="0" width="90" height="30" forecolor="#000000" backcolor="#CCCCCC">
                                <printWhenExpression><![CDATA[new Boolean($F{messageType}!=null)]]></printWhenExpression>
                            </reportElement>
                            <box>
                                <pen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                            </box>
                            <textElement textAlignment="Center" verticalAlignment="Middle">
                                <font fontName="Arial" isBold="true" pdfFontName="Helvetica-Bold"/>
                            </textElement>
                            <text><![CDATA[Type]]></text>
                        </staticText>
                    </jr:columnHeader>
                    <jr:detailCell height="20" rowSpan="1">
                        <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
                            <reportElement uuid="4832a90d-505e-4f13-87bf-0a7fe6e3a00f" key="textField-7" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="0" y="0" width="90" height="20">
                                <printWhenExpression><![CDATA[$F{messageType}]]></printWhenExpression>
                            </reportElement>
                            <box leftPadding="5">
                                <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                                <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                                <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                                <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                            </box>
                            <textElement textAlignment="Left">
                                <font fontName="Arial"/>
                            </textElement>
                            <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{messageType}]]></textFieldExpression>
                        </textField>
                    </jr:detailCell>
                </jr:column>
                <jr:column width="90" uuid="89b50640-0509-4b61-8aa3-aa68eb3e6685">
                    <jr:columnHeader height="30" rowSpan="1">
                        <staticText>
                            <reportElement uuid="fe68d8bf-3f0d-4202-a53c-8c6f328e4d16" key="staticText-3" mode="Opaque" x="0" y="0" width="90" height="30" forecolor="#000000" backcolor="#CCCCCC"/>
                            <box>
                                <pen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                                <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#000000"/>
                            </box>
                            <textElement textAlignment="Center" verticalAlignment="Middle">
                                <font fontName="Arial" isBold="true" pdfFontName="Helvetica-Bold"/>
                            </textElement>
                            <text><![CDATA[Event Count]]></text>
                        </staticText>
                    </jr:columnHeader>
                    <jr:detailCell height="20" rowSpan="1">
                        <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
                            <reportElement uuid="169af53a-b587-4d63-93f8-cb9296c89f4c" key="textField" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="0" y="0" width="90" height="20"/>
                            <box leftPadding="5" rightPadding="10">
                                <topPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                                <leftPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                                <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                                <rightPen lineWidth="0.25" lineColor="#999999"/>
                            </box>
                            <textElement textAlignment="Right">
                                <font fontName="Arial"/>
                            </textElement>
                            <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{formattedCount}]]></textFieldExpression>
                        </textField>
                    </jr:detailCell>
                </jr:column>
            </jr:table>
        </componentElement>
    </band>
</summary>

Hope this resolve your issue.

Regards,

Srikanth Kattam

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