Integrating and Extending BIRT 2nd Edition

Revised and expanded to include brand new features in just released new version of BIRT.

Topics discussed include: Installing and deploying BIRT; Understanding BIRT architecture; Scripting and integrating.

Revised and expanded to include: Tag library descriptions; BIRT Web Viewer, XML Report rendering; Open Data Access (ODA).

Authors are members of the BIRT development team.

The world-wide developer community has downloaded over three million copies of BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) from the Eclipse web site. Built on the open-source Eclipse platform, BIRT is a powerful reporting system that provides an end-to-end solution, from creating and deploying reports to integrating report capabilities in enterprise applications. The second of a two-book series on business intelligence and reporting technology, Integrating and Extending BIRT, Second Edition introduces programmers to BIRT architecture and the reporting framework. BIRT technology makes it possible for a programmer to build a customized report using scripting and BIRT APIs. A programmer can also extend the BIRT framework by creating a new plug-in using the Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment. This book provides extensive examples on how to build plug-ins to extend the features of the BIRT framework.