All sorts of things are possible.
Hopefully, now that you have a good foundation in BIRT, you can begin to extend
your knowledge of BIRT depending on your needs.
Index
A
Actuate BIRT 16
B
BIRT
about 10, 11
Actuate version 16
Bar Chart 225
Cascading Parameters 128
Cascading Parameters, example 129-133
Charts 205
Chart types 205
classic cars, example 33, 34
cubes 40
data, working with 69
database data, filtering 124
data components 70
Data Set 70
Data Set Parameters 116
Data Source 70
data sources 40
deployment 255
distributions 16
downloading 20
Drill Down 216
Dynamic Report Parameters 124
Dynamic Report Parameters, binding
125-127
Eclipse framework 14
Eclipse version 15
Emitters 267
environment 34
Event handling, scripting 241
Expressions, scripting 236
features 12-14
filters 124
Gauge Chart 216
history 11, 12
importance 16
installing, BIRT All-in-One under Linux 23
installing, BIRT All-in-One under Ubuntu
24
installing, from All-in-One package 21, 23
installing, using Eclipse plug-in update
program 25-28
installing, using Eclipse software update 26
iText installing, for PDF support 25
libraries 153
Mozilla Rhino Engine 235
Multiple Report Parameters 134
packages, installing 26
Parameter Grouping 134
perspective 35
Pie Chart 205
plug-in extensions 267
project, creating 44-46
project, setting up 44
RCP application 14
report, creating 46-52
report, designing 53
report building, Bugzilla 269
Report Designer 11
Report Engine 11
Report Engine API 263
report generation phase 242-244
Report Parameter 70
Report Parameters 115, 116
report parameters 40
Report Parameters and Data Set
Parameters 116
report project 136
reports, parameterizing 115, 116
requirements 19
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scripting 235
Style Sheets 172
templates 198
themes, creating 185
update sites 28, 29, 30
versions 16
Viewer 255
visual report components 53
web designer, output formats 267
workbench 35
workspace, location selecting 34
BIRT Report Designer
about 11
requirements 19
BIRT Report Engine 11
BIRT Runtime
command line tools 260
report, executing 260-262
Report Engine API 263-267
BIRT Viewer
about 255
installing 256
reports accessing, in the Web Viewer 258
reports installing, into Web Viewer 258
BIRT Web Viewer
installing, in Apache Tomcat 256, 257
servlets 258
URL parameters 259
BIRT workbench
about 35, 36
data explorer 40
navigator 36, 37
outline 37
palette 39
property editor 41, 42
report designer 42-44
StyleSheetExample, navigator 36
business intelligence
about 6
commercial offerings 7
commercial offerings, drawbacks 7
introduction 6, 7
market, current state 7
open-source offerings 7
open-source offerings, cons 7
open-source reporting 8-10
Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools.
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