BIRT

Owned by Sharon Beltaine
Last updated: Mar 08, 2019
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Installing BIRT on Windows 10


-Business Intelligence Reporting Tool

Installation and Configuration Steps

  • Download birt-rcp-report-designer-4.8.0-20180626-win32.win32.x86_64.zip from here: http://download.eclipse.org/birt/downloads/.  Look for RCP Designer partway down the page.
  • Extract the BIRT folder from birt-rcp-report-designer-4.8.0-20180626-win32.win32.x86_64.zip and put it on my desktop.  
  • Install the 64-bit version of Java 1.8.
  • Download the PostgreSQL JDBC driver referenced here: http://wiki.arcs.com/article/BIRT_With_Postgres .  Its name is postgresql-42.2.5.jar.  Put it in your javapath folder, which you will find by looking at the computer's Environment paths.  Here's the path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath. (Why is it the 32-bit program files???)


Starting a New Report

Start a new report.  Then Data/New Data Source/Select a Data Source Type.  Choose "Create from a data source type in the following list", then "Select JDBC Data Source."  In "Create a new data source", org.postgresql.Driver (v42.2) should be in the list (because BIRT found it in the Java path).



Here's the data source I created, using formatting from http://wiki.arcs.com/article/BIRT_With_Postgres and information from Sharon.  When I click on Test Connection, I get a message that the connection was successful.


If org.postgresql.Driver doesn’t show up in the Driver Class dropdown list…  

  • Click on Manage Drivers…

  • Click on Add…

  • Browse to the postgresql file and click on Open.  It should then show up in the Driver Class dropdown list.




-www.eclipse.org/birt/

-http://wiki.arcs.com/article/BIRT_With_Postgres