REP - Reporting
REP is an optional itmSUITE® module that defines functionality to manage and excute reports created by Eclipse BIRT Designer tool.
It allows to load one or more report templates (BIRT.rptdesign file) and to create and to execute report instances through the BIRT Viewer integrated on itmSUITE®.
BIRT Architecture
BIRT (Business Intelligence Reporting Tool)is an open source tool installed as Eclipse IDE plug-in for report developing. It has origin from collaboration between Actuate (along with IBM) and Eclipse.org open source community.
BIRT is a Java based tool that allows to extract data from many data source types for report generation in several output format (pdf, xlsx, docx, etc.).
BIRT architecture includes two main components:
- Report Designer: a UI component to create report template (.rptdesign file)
- Report Engine: runtime component for report rendering
The Design Engine generates a .rptdesign file(in XML format) structured according to configurations applied by user (by BIRT Designer) and the Report Engine, through BIRT Viewer, parses it and renders it as report in html (or other formats).
BIRT Designer
BIRT Designer is a tool (plug-in) integrated to the Eclipse IDE that defines a user friendly interface to create BIRT report. It can be enabled from toolbar on Windows > Open Perspective > Report Design. BIRT Designer manages the report creation by means several Eclipse views:
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Allows the creation of new Model in selected Folder. | |
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Allows the creation of new Object definition in selected Folder. | |
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Selected Model in Model area is saved | |
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Selected Model will be exported in docx document (multiple selection is supported shift+drag or ctrl+click) | |
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CMS will visualize a preview of export for selected Model. | |
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Allows to setup the default Print options | |
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Allows to import/update objects below selected Folder using an xls file. |
