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BIRT Charting Primer
When: July 25th 2008, 9:00 AM Pacific Who: Virgil Dodson, Evangelist, Actuate Java Group In this webinar we will cover an overview of BIRT charting. Topics will…
Integrating BIRT with Hibernate and Struts
Helpful blog post and downloadable example showing how to use Hibernate with the BIRT scripted data source.http://dieroster.blogspot.com/2008/05/integrating-birt-with-hibernate-and_30.html
BIRT Book Examples
Page at Actuate.com with the source code, other resources, and extension examples described in the book, Integrating and Extending BIRT. Examples include a rorated label report item extension, a report rendering plug-in that delivers CSV, and ODA plug-in for including CSV as a data source and a Hibernate ODA…
BIRT 2.2.2 and Stripes 1.5
Blog post updated to show BIRT 2.2.2 and Stripes 1.5 Framework working together. Includes tips for getting started and example code.http://www.samaxes.com/2008/06/23/birt-stripes-example/
BIRT 2.2 New Features Video
This is a recorded video (September 2007) showing some of the BIRT 2.2 new features. These include the new web services ODA, the crosstab control, the report and chart examples view, improvments in the viewer, and several new output…
Installing BIRT with Update Manager
Blog post showing the steps to install the BIRT designer from within the Eclipse IDE using the Update Manager.http://sankalptricks.blogspot.com/2008/06/installing-birt-using-update-manger.html
Using BIRT Viewer with XHTML
Blog post showing tips and a code example for loading BIRT reports from XHTML.http://petersnotes.blogspot.com/2008/05/birt-deployment.html
EsperJDBC and BIRT
Flash video that shows BIRT report created against the EsperJDBC data source. Even though this video is specific to the Esper CEP server, many of these tips will work well for anyone connecting to JDBC to create a BIRT report. This demo shows connecting to JDBC sources, selecting a stored procedure, adding an…
BIRT Drill Through
Blog post from Jason Weathersby providing steps to set up drill to detail from a master (summary) repoprt to a detail report. The example has also been uploaded to http://www.birt-exchange.com/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=362http://birtworld.blogspot.com/2008/05/birt-drill-through.html
BIRT: Swapping Data Set at Runtime
Bog post from Jason Weathersby showing several different examples on replacing a BIRT data set at runtime. The example has also been uploaded to http://www.birt-exchange.com/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=366http://birtworld.blogspot.com/2008/05/birt-swapping-data-set-at-runtime.html
Using BIRT with JBoss Seam
Tips for installing and integrating JBoss Seam with BIRT. This steps were tested with jboss-seam-2.0.0.GA and BIRT 2.2.1http://wiki.eclipse.org/Seam_(BIRT)_Recipe
Designing BIRT Reports for IBM Tivoli V7
Items to consider when creating custom BIRT reports for IBM Tivoli V7 products. A few of the items that will be reviewed include: What Data Analysis Tool will best meet the needs of my requirement? What types of Report Parameters will best filter the data for my report? What report template should…
Using the BIRT Design Engine APIs (Archived Webinar)
When: June 13th 2008, 9:00 AM Pacific Who: Jason Weathersby, BIRT Evangelist, Actuate Corporation This webinar will walk you through using BIRT's Design Engine API (DE API). The DE API is used by…
Using the BIRT Report Engine APIs (Archived Webinar)
When: May 30th 2008, 9:00 AM Pacific Who: Virgil Dodson, Evangelist, Actuate Corporation In the session we will talk about the BIRT Report Engine APIs (REAPI) and how these APIs are used to…
BIRT scripting with the DEAPI
Tips from the BIRT World blog showing an alternate way to get the handle for report elements using scripting and the DEAPI.http://birtworld.blogspot.com/2008/04/eureka.html
Designing High Performance BIRT Reports (Archived Webinar)
When: May 16th 2008, 9:00 AM Pacific Who: Mica Block, Director, Actuate Corporate Engineers (ACEs) This presentation will give developers an understanding of the…
Creating Custom BIRT Data Sources (Archived Webinar)
<div>When: Recorded on April 18th 2008, 9:00 AM Pacific Who: Pierre Tessier, Actuate ACEs Team Member In the session we will talk about the challenges that companies face when needing to interface reporting with their custom data stores. We will demonstrate how someone can…
Using BIRT Connection Pool
Steps on how to set the JNDI name to use a connection pool with BIRT reports.http://boogie.javaeye.com/blog/60887
Creating a Simple Report using BIRT
Tutorial style article providing the steps to create your first report project and report design. http://www.packtpub.com/article/creating-a-simple-report-using-birt
Developing an Eclipse BIRT XML Report Rendering Extension
"BIRT Report Engine provides report rendering extensions that render a report in HTML, PDF, XLS, PostScript, and Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. In BIRT release 2.2.1, the BIRT report rendering extension API supports rendering a…
BIRT - Build Dynamic Table (DEAPI)
Simple example showing how to use the BIRT Design Engine API to add a data source, data set, and table.http://wiki.eclipse.org/Java_-_Build_Dynamic_Table_(BIRT)
Using BIRT reports with IBM Rational Method Composer: Intermediate
This is the second tutorial on how to get started using BIRT in IBM\''s Rational Method Composer 7.2 <span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial,…
Using BIRT reports with IBM Rational Method Composer: Intermediate
This is the second tutorial on how to get started using BIRT in IBM\''s Rational Method Composer 7.2 <span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial,…
Using BIRT reports with IBM Rational Method Composer: Intermediate
This is the second tutorial on how to get started using BIRT in IBM\''s Rational Method Composer 7.2 <span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial,…
Using BIRT reports with IBM Rational Method Composer
This tutorial available on the IBM developerWorks site was written by Tushara Gangavaram and shows how to get started using BIRT in IBM\''s Rational Method Composer 7.2. It shows how to run existing BIRT reports, import and configure reports,…
2.2 BIRT Tag Library
Blog post from Jason Weathersby with tips on using the BIRT 2.2 JSP tag library to build a custom parameter page.http://birtworld.blogspot.com/2007/09/22-birt-tag-library-building-custom.html
Run BIRT Reports at Command Line
Blog post from Chris Daniel showing how to quickly run your BIRT reports on the command line using the BIRT runtime.http://eclipser-blog.blogspot.com/2008/02/automatic-generation-of-birt-reports.html
Rewind Your Report Development
A very handy blog post from Scott Rosenbaum showing how to take advantage of the Eclipse feature that lets you compare previous versions of the same report…
BIRT: Styles Revisited
Nice blog post from Scott Rosenbaum on using styles with BIRT reports. It has a nice list of the predefined styles and tips on importing or using an external CSS…
Advanced Rule Studio Reporting using BIRT
Daniel Selman posted a very interesting blog post on using BIRT Scripted Data Sources with JRules. In this example, Daniel walks through building a scripted data source that accesses the Rule Studio POJO model to populate a BIRT data set. His…

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