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Key Points
- BIRT is a free Web BI toolset from Eclipse
- BIRT has a rich set of features including report data sets, parameter passing between reports, mutliple chart formats, computed fields, generate report books that users download etc
- BIRT works with any ODA ( JDBC ) data source, even mixed data sources as well as XML documents it can report on
- Option to build from source if needed
- For development, install the BIRT package on to an Eclipse IDE as an add-on
- For runtime, install BIRT jars into an application, on the same server as the application or on a separate JEE report server ( eg Tomcat )
- The reports execute from rptdesign files. These can be modified by your own applications for more dynamic reporting as needed ( vs using the developer interface )
- It has 90% of the common functionality in SSIS, Tableau, GDS, AWS reports etc
- the development and runtime environments are both free - hard to beat
- compare to Grafana which also has a community edition and newer user interfaces
References
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| https://www.eclipse.org/birt/ | BIRT Home page |
| https://www.eclipse.org/birt/documentation/tutorial/ | BIRT documentation - tutorials |
| http://www.eclipse.org/birt/demos/ | BIRT demos - shows rptdesign files - no live demos now |
Key Concepts
https://www.eclipse.org/birt/getting-started/
Installation development
BIRT packaged now as an add-on product to a base Eclipse image ( normally JEE )
Installation Runtime
can install BIRT jars into
- an application
- add an app to a JEE server
- install as a standalone Tomcat server
Basic Tutorial
The Basic Tutorial walks you though the steps to build a basic listing report and introduces the basic BIRT concepts. This is the place to start. To begin the tutorial click here.
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