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Abhisek SinhaProduct Manager, Actuate
Interactive Reporting with Eclipse BIRT
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Agenda
• Background• The Emergence of the BIRT Project• BIRT Architecture• Getting to Know BIRT: Demo• BIRT Design Gallery• Summary
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Business Intelligence and Reporting
Most applications have some type of data visualization need…
And the simple problems are easy, but…
Real-world data visualization is challenging…
• Gather the data• Perform calculations, sort, group,
aggregate, total…• Present information professionally
…and meeting user demand is crucial to the success of an application
AccountTransaction Histories
Sales Commision
AssetsUnder
Management
BudgetVariance
Online andPrinted
Statements
NetworkOutage
Frequency
UtilityBillsDeviation from
Service LevelObjectives
SalesCommissions
WebsiteTraffic Analysis
PurchaseOrders
ShippingManifests
DefectTracking
Daily WorkOrder
Task Lists
SupplierStatus
360°Customer
Views
Invoices
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Actuate Launches the BIRT Project
AUGUST
2004
Actuate Joins Eclipse Foundation
as Strategic Developerand Board Member
Actuate proposed and started
BIRTBusiness Intelligence
and Reporting Tools Project… a top-level Eclipse project Adds BI and Reporting
as Open Source Project
Professional open sourcePrimary development resources
funded by Actuate
Contributions from many sourcesIBM, Innovent Solutions and community
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BIRT MomentumDownloads
BIRT technology is tried and tested in many applications
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
2005 2006 2007 2008
Thou
sand
s of
dow
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ds More than 6.5 million downloads through
December 2008
BIRT Downloads “BIRT is one of the top 10 most downloaded commercially supported open source applications and has a tremendous growth curve over the last two years.”
Andrew Aitken, Managing Partner, Olliance Group
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Simplicitythat makes
simple layouts easy
Powerto create
very complexlayouts
BIRT
Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools
• Makes all data-driven content development easy• Modern, web-page design metaphor• Open and standards-based• Flexible with rich programmatic control• Full support for libraries and reuse• Foundation for a range of solutions
A New Generation of Data Visualization Technology
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BIRT Designer
High-Level BIRT Architecture
BIRT Engine
PresentationServices
Design Engine
GenerationServices
DataServices
ChartingEngine
EclipseDesigner
ChartDesigner
Eclipse DTP,WTP,…
Data
Data
HTMLPDFExcelWordPowerPointPostScript…
XMLDesign
Document
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BIRT Engine
PresentationServices
GenerationServices
DataServices
ChartingEngine
BIRT Designer
BIRT Engine
ChartDesigner
Eclipse DTP,WTP,…
High Level BIRT Architecture: APIs
XMLDesign
Document
HTMLPDFExcelWordPowerPointPostScript…
Data
Data
Custom Designer UI
Engine API
Open Data Access
Chart Engine API
Emitter API
Chart UI API
Scripting API
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Getting to Know BIRT
DEMO
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BIRT Design Gallery
Charts and Tables
Listing with Groups and Sub-Totals
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BIRT Design Gallery
Crosstabs
Crosstab and Charts
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BIRT Design Gallery
Forms
Calendar / Schedule
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BIRT Design Gallery
Dashboards
Multi-Language and Bi-Directional
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BIRT Chart Gallery
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BIRT Chart Gallery
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BIRT Chart Gallery
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ResourcesBIRT 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
Contribute• BIRT designs, code• Technical tips• Applicationswww.birt-exchange.org
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Summary
• Top-level Eclipse project• Powerful, extensible data visualization
technology• Easy-to-use, web-centric design
metaphor• Very active community with more than
6.5 million downloads• Actuate extends and complements
BIRT with value-added technology
A New Generation of Data Visualization Technology
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Q & A
Interactive Reporting with Eclipse BIRT
