Report Header/Footer and SubReport

Question

I have created a report (JasperReports) that contains Page Header, Detail, and Page Footer bands. The Page Header and Page Footer contain static content to compose a header and footer that should be printed on each page.

I want the Detail in a separate file (SubReport) so that I can update Page Header and Page Footer without having to make the same updates to multiple reports.

There is a SubReport in the Detail band. The SubReport has a link to a database and displays records, but does not need any information from the report. The records are displayed when you view the SubReport individually, and the SubReport is linked, but nothing is displayed in the main report, and the resulting document is 84 pages. I don't know why the result is 84 pages. The SubReport I am currently using is only 24 pages.

I was able to get static content to show by selecting "All Sections, No Detail" in the properties, but with an SQL Query in the SubReport, there should be data to display. How can I accomplish this?

Answer 1

After viewing this link: http://salilstock.blogspot.ca/2012/06/jasper-subreport-modularize-jasper.html, I attempted to insert the header and footer as SubReports in my main report. This approach seems promising.