THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT

THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE 1 Actuate Corporation © 2010 PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE Williams PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE Michael BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE PEOPLE BEHIND BIRT THE Extending BIRT with Plug-Ins

What is BIRT? • Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) • Collection of APIs (DEAPI, REAPI, CEAPI) Designing Reports • Eclipse based designer for WYSIWIG designing • Can also create reports with Java & API’s Deploying Reports • Deploy to application server (Tomcat, JBoss, etc. ) • AJAX based web viewer • Using Java to call API directly 2 Actuate Corporation © 2010

What is BIRT? Demo: Creating a BIRT Report 3 Actuate Corporation © 2010

BIRT Extension Points Can use extension points to create: • Report Items • Charts

Using Wizard to Create ODA Plug-in Demo: ODA Plug-In Wizard 5 Actuate Corporation ©

Downloading the BIRT Source Code Demo: Downloading from CVS 6 Actuate Corporation © 2010

Downloading the BIRT Source Code 7 Actuate Corporation © 2010

Downloading the BIRT Source Code 8 Actuate Corporation © 2010

Downloading the BIRT Source Code 9 Actuate Corporation © 2010

Downloading the BIRT Source Code 10 Actuate Corporation © 2010

Downloading the BIRT Source Code If you are using BIRT 3. 7. 1 or higher, you’ll use GIT, instead: http: //wiki. eclipse. org/BIRT/FAQ/Birt_Project#Q: _How _to_Build_BIRT_3. 7. 1. 2 B_from_GIT. 3 F 11 Actuate Corporation © 2010

Chart Plug-In Example BIRT Chart (source & jars): http: //www. birt-exchange. org/devshare/designingbirt-reports/1480 -adding-a-new-chart-type-3. 7.

Plug-In 2 BIRT Contest • Extending BIRT with Plug-Ins • March 26 th – April 30 th • Top 3 entries will win a 3 rd generation i. Pad • See contest rules and details at BIRTExchange. org 13 Actuate Corporation © 2010

Plug-In 2 BIRT Contest BIRT Data Plug-Ins BIRT Output Types ODAs Emitters BIRT Report

Eclipse. Con 2012 BIRT Sessions Monday Getting Started with BIRT Tutorial - John Ward - 9: 00 am (Lake Fairfax B) Tuesday Extending BIRT with Plug-Ins – Michael Williams - 5: 00 pm (Lake Anne) Wednesday What is BIRT? – Virgil Dodson - 1: 30 pm (Lake Anne) 15 Actuate Corporation © 2010

Questions? 16 Actuate Corporation © 2010

Resources BIRT Exchange Community Site Centralized hub for BIRT developers • Access demos, tutorials, tips and techniques, documentation… • Enables developers to be more productive and build applications faster • Marketplace for applications Explore • Search/sort • Rate, comment • Forums Download • Documentation • Software • Examples www. birt-exchange. com 17 Actuate Corporation © 2010 Contribute • BIRT designs, code • Technical tips • Applications