The reporting solution i-net Clear Reports has a steep learning curve. You will learn quickly how to navigate the system and create expressive reports. Nevertheless, we do provide an extensive documentation with our products to help you get started quickly.
For custom integration scenarios, i-net Clear Reports offers powerful Java and .NET APIs and a server with a RESTful web APIs.
Have a look at the Feature Samples and Application Samples and check out some scenarios from our customers. We are always interested in how you do benefit from our products.
i-net Clear Reports is constantly being improved. We release two major versions each year, usually at the beginning of the second and third quarters, which we call .4 and .10 and which correspond to the respective month of the planned release.
The Release Notes include all changes since the selected version until the newest version. Just select the version you are currently running and the changes document will show everything that happened since then.
If you have further questions or suggestions, please get in contact with our team at clearreports@inetsoftware.de.
The list is shortened to show the last eight FAQ entries only. For the complete list of FAQ entries for i-net Clear Reports see here.
As you can see from the adjacent list, we offer our customers support on issues related to our products over a long period of time. We generally recommend using the latest available minor version. However, if you encounter any problems, please do not hesitate to contact our support team.
We will be happy to work with you to resolve any requests you may have for updates to versions that are no longer officially supported.
i-net Clear Reports is released annually with x.4 and x.10 versions. The x.10 version is considered Long-Term Support (LTS) and receives prioritized bug fixes. The x.10 version replaces the x.4 version as soon as it is released and no new features are added to x.4. Analogously, this applies to the x.10 with subsequently released x.4 version.
The following table summarizes the support and maintenance intervals for i-net Clear Reports:
| Version | General Support | Critical Bug Fixes | Bug Fixes | New Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x.4 | Yes (1 year) | Yes (1 year) | Yes (1 year) | Yes (next version only) |
| x.10 | Yes (5 years) | Yes (4 years) | Yes (3 years) | Yes (next version only) |
The following overview gives you an overview of the i-net Clear Reports versions we currently support, as well as their initial release and planned end-of-life.
| 20.10 | 21.10 | 22.10 | 23.10 | 24.4 | 24.10 | 25.41) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
| Critical Bugfixes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
| Bugfixes | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
| New Features | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes |
| Embedded Java Version | Temurin 11 | Temurin 11 | Temurin 11 | Temurin 17 | Temurin 21 | Temurin 21 | Temurin 21 |
| Supported Java Version | 1.8 - 15 | 11 - 17 | 11 - 17 | 11 - 21 | 17 - 22 | 17 - 23 | 17 - 23 |
| First Publication | 2020-10 | 2021-10 | 2022-10 | 2023-10 | 2024-04 | 2024-10 | 2025-04 |
| End-of-Life | 2025-04 | 2026-04 | 2027-04 | 2028-04 | 2025-04 | 2029-04 | 2026-04 |