This information is in a relational database
that is stored locally on your machine, as Classic Cars is a small company.
Through this chapter, I will walk you through creating your first report, which will
be a list of all employees who work for the company. I choose this for a number of
reasons. First, it is a fairly simple database query to build and understand. If you
are not familiar with the SQL language??”don't worry??”I will provide the queries
that you will use. However, I highly recommend getting some basic familiarity with
database concepts, and SQL in particular.
The BIRT Environment and Your First Report
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In walking through this report, I will introduce you to the BIRT working
environment, and show you where to get access to the various portions of the BIRT
Designer. Finally, I will show you where you can go through another guided tutorial,
accessible from right within the BIRT environment. You might as well have access to
all available resources for further learning.
The BIRT Perspective
So we are ready to begin. We have defined a clear objective for our basic report, and
now is the time to jump into the basic concepts of the BIRT Environment.
Once you start BIRT/Eclipse the first time, you will be asked to select a location for
a Workspace.
A Workspace is a location where projects get stored.
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