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For questions about Eclipse BIRT (Business Intelligence Reporting Tool) which is an open source reporting system that integrates with your Java/Java EE application to produce compelling reports.

Eclipse Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT) is an open source reporting system for web applications, especially those based on Java and Java EE.

BIRT has two main components: a report designer based on Eclipse, and a runtime component that you can add to your app server. BIRT also offers a charting engine that lets you add charts to your own application.

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Different header on first page of Birt Report

So there already exists this thread here which has an example that creates a different first page header than the rest of the pages. I can download this example and run it fine. When I tried to mimic this example I couldn't do so (Clarification:…
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BIRT JDBCException "Cannot load JDBC Driver class: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" while upgrading from 2.6 to 3.7

I'm trying to upgrade the version of my birt-viewer on my Tomcat server, but it seems that I have an error with the loading of the JDBC driver : exception.error ( 1 time(s) ) detail : org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.EngineException: An…
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Integrate BIRT in existing webapp

I would like to add the BIRT reporting engine to an existing webapp in Tomcat. I don't need the BIRT viewer, I really only want to be able to run the reports from a url like…
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Open Source Java Reporting Framework

i want to create few Reports which picks data from few SQL tables, So instead of creating different report's i want to create (or use any Open source) reporting framework, I googled about it but still didn't find enough information to try…
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How do I integrate BIRT logging into application logging?

I'm developing a web application using Spring Framework, Hibernate, and Wicket. I've integrated the BIRT runtime engine as the reporting component, but I have a problem with logging. Every other component in the application eventually delivers its…
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Converting Oracle Reports (.rdf) to BIRT reports

I have some Oracle Reports (.rdf) that I am considering converting to BIRT reports. Is there a way to convert .rdf files to BIRT report design files?
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How to loop query with given parameters in Birt Report

I Have made a report in birt. The dataset of the report containing the query which contains many where conditions using a Startdate parameter. I have made two parameters Startdate and Enddate. I want to loop that parameter from a Startdate parameter…
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Display "No Data" message when table is empty in BIRT Report

I want to hide a table and to report that "No Data" message is present if the query returns no data. In computed columns i have added the columns which counts the number of rows present(i.e.TableCheck). and i have created label just below the table…
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How do we group in BIRT without wasting lines, and still only printing the group item on the first line?

When grouping in BIRT, we frequently want the grouping value to show up on the first line as follows: Group User Reputation ------ --------------- ---------- Admins Bill The Weasel 51,018 …
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Dark background of tabs in Eclipse

I am using standalone Eclipse BIRT Designer Version 2.6.1. No matter what I try to configure in setting, there is still very dark background of all tabs in property editor (see screenshot below). I even tried gnome-color-chooser and enabled…
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Java code to generate report using BIRT

I have some data in the form of XML which contains few records and also created one RPT file. So now, how can i call birt to generate report by passing XML and RPT as input parameters. I am completely new to BIRT. Any code example wil be…
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Getting multiple sheets in same excel output using BIRT reporting tool(opensource version)

I need to get multi tabbed output in the final report output in excel fromat. I'm using birt 4.2.0. Any help????
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Arial font required in PDF (BIRT pdf renderer, Linux)

I've created a rptdesign file using BIRT IDE. This file contents are in Arial font, when I export the report to PDF in windows it works fine. I uses the default viewerServlet to create reports. But when I moved the report to a linux system, all…
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Define bookmark in BIRT report so that it gets displayed in pdf output

I am creating a BIRT report which fetches data from SQL. There are 4 different queries in the report which gives output in 4 different tables in report. I have added header(title) to each table (using insert text feature / lable feature) . My…
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BIRT Preview Crashes in Eclipse Designer on Linux

Using Eclipse Indigo and Birt downloaded from the default update site on Ubuntu 11.10 and Oracle Java 7. Whenever I try to preview a report, even an empty one with just static text in it, eclipse crashes with the following being written to…
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