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BIRT 2.6 Data Analysis and Reporting

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Product type Book

Published in Jul 2010

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849511667

Pages 360 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Business Intelligence

Author (1):

John Ward

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

BIRT 2.6 Data Analysis and Reporting

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

1. Preface

1. Getting Started

2. Installing BIRT

3. The BIRT Environment and First Report

4. Visual Report Items

5. Working with Data

6. Report Parameters

7. Report Projects and Libraries

8. Charts, Hyperlinks, and Drilldowns

9. Scripting and Event Handling

10. Deployment

BIRT data capabilities

As BIRT is a Java-centric reporting environment built on top of Eclipse, many different data tools provide BIRT with its data capabilities. Building on the Eclipse ODA data platform, BIRT can provide data from a wide array of different sources. JDBC can be used to provide connections to many of the popular Relational Database Management Systems out in the market such as Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL. Using plain old Java objects, web services, and persistent data objects are just some of the sources that BIRT can connect to.

In addition to the classic client-or server-based reporting capabilities afforded to BIRT through this mechanism, BIRT also offers some extensible data handling capabilities through a number of different mechanisms. The Eclipse Data Tools Project is being leveraged by BIRT for its XML Data Source handling. The Eclipse Open Data Access Framework (a.k.a. ODA framework) allows developers to build custom drivers for data connections...

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Authors (1)

John Ward

John Ward is a consultant for Innovent Solutions, specializing in BIRT and e-commerce search and navigation solutions. Prior to that, John was an Assistant Vice President for Citibank, North America, managing the training MIS group and overseeing development of new technology-based training initiatives. John actively works with and tests BIRT—an open-source reporting platform built on Eclipse—including development work based on BIRT reports and the BIRT APIs. John also maintains The Digital Voice blog at http://digiassn.blogspot.com

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