It contains a number of "drag and drop" visual and data components. Visualize
Actuates Enterprise Report Designer Pro, but with a managed layout instead of the
free-form layout designer.
The second component of BIRT is the Java APIs. This is where BIRT gets so much
flexibility from. This allows BIRT to be embedded into any number of Java or J2EE
applications. For instance, these APIs provide the Java Servlet Report Viewer that
allows for integrating a BIRT Report Engine into Apache Tomcat. I provide examples of
this, and how to use these APIs on my website (http://digiassn.blogspot.com/).
Some of the features that the BIRT Designer provides out of the box, as of the 2.2
release, are as listed:
JDBC Database reporting
Extensible data capabilities through the Eclipse ODA data connection, and
the ability to instantiate Java objects within reports
Joined Data Sets to allow for multiple Data Sources in a single report
Web-deployable
Templates for rapid development of similar formatted documents
Libraries for sharing common report elements among reports
Scripting for adding in business logic and manipulating report elements
Instantiation of Java objects in reports via Mozilla Rhino
Full blown Chart Engine with Line charts, Bar charts, Pie charts, and a
number of other chart types
Cross-tab reports using the new BIRT cube designer
BIRT provides connections to existing database platforms via JDBC.
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