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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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BIRT 3.7 runtime. Customizing of PDF fonts and jdbc drivers are not possible anymore?

I'm trying to upgrade BIRT to the latest runtime 3.7. Looks like that it's impossible to customize PDF fonts! In previous versions it were done in org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.fonts*/fontsConfig*.xml files. In 3.7 fontsConfig*.xml files are…
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MongoDB and BIRT Reporting?

Has anyone used BIRT to generate reports from MongoDB, can you describe how, any issues, etc. ? It looks like it might be possible to interface using JDBC and this experimental driver: https://github.com/erh/mongo-jdbc However, I am not exactly sure…
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How to benchmark BIRT report performance?

I have a BIRT report with performance problems: it takes approximately 5 minutes to run. At the beginning I though the problem was the database: this report uses a quite complex SQL Server stored procedure to retrieve data. After a lot of SQL…
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Can't display SVG charts in Internet Explorer 8

I made a servlet that runs and renders a BIRT report, using ReportEngine API. The only problem is that SVG images (charts) are not shown in Internet Explorer 8 or 7. While running the official BirtViewer webapp they are shown under IE8 too. I peeked…
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Exception(s) when trying to debug a birt report

I want to debug the afterDataSetFilled method of a chart. When I start debugging, I am getting a dialog prompting me to enter the values of all the report parameters (two of which are datetime). No matter under which format I enter the datetime…
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Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/eclipse/core/runtime/IPluginDescriptor

Getting this exception while opening perspective for report design in eclipse. org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Plug-in org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.ide was unable to load class…
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ActuateOne vs. BIRT

I know that ActuateOne adds interactivity and easier deployment to BIRT but the website is very unspecific as to what features/improvements are actually provided. So I'm wondering, what are the specific features that ActuateOne adds to BIRT and…
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PDF report with table of contents containing page number in BIRT

I need to create a TOC on a report that will be produced as PDF. Unfortunately, the TOC mechanism in BIRT when exporting to PDF is to add a bookmark. However, I need to place a report like Section A........................1 Section…
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BIRTjava.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/eclipse/jetty/util/Decorator

I installed 64-bit Oxygen.2 and installed BIRT Framework through 'Update Software'. When trying to render reports (to any format) from BIRT's GUI, I get the following error: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/eclipse/jetty/util/Decorator at…
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POJO dataset nested rendering

My POJO Datasource basically contains following structure. // Company.java public class Company implements Serializable { private static final long serialVersionUID = 3130918429913376956L; private String name; private String address; private…
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How to use Grails with BIRT report and show BIRT web viewer

I installed the birt-report plugin on a Grails web application project but I cannot understand to use it. I have 2 use cases: Generate BIRT web viewer and show on GSP Page (Show chart report) Generate BIRT report to some other file format (PDF,…
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Maven repository for BIRT 2.6.0

Is there a Maven repository for BIRT 2.6.0 that I could point to?
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BIRT: pdf emitter, load/use fonts from relative path or from jar files

I use BIRT since early days and still have riddles regarding PDF emitter. Short story: Can I configure fontsConfig.xml to load fonts from relative path or from jars? Long story: We are using both FOP and BIRT for generating PDF in our web…
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Merge cells vertically in table detail on BIRT

Is it possible to "merge" the row vertically so that the report looks neater? Like follows: +-----------+--------+--------------+ | Tbl Hdr | Group | User | +-----------+--------+--------------+ |Very long | [User] | [Reputation]…
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How to configure BIRT Report Engine to load fonts directly from the classpath?

I am writing a Java application that uses BIRT to produce reports. I want to package custom fonts in a jar file and be able embed them in PDF reports. I could extract fonts to the file system first and then point BIRT to the file system locations,…
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