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BIRT Interactive Viewer

BIRT Interactive Viewer is a web-based tool for the interactive analysis and modification of BIRT Reports. With BIRT Interactive Viewer end users can change BIRT report formatting; hide, add or move data; create charts, sort data and apply functions to data.  In addition to supporting Flash objects with client-side JavaScript to make the reports interactive, it also has a JavaScript API to integrate application content from the server.

In addition, the BIRT Interactive Viewer supports all the features of the Eclipse BIRT Sample Viewer and BIRT Viewer.


Features Overview

BIRT Interactive Viewer presents users with an intuitive, AJAX-based UI with no plug-ins or software to install.

BIRT Interactive Viewer can be deployed in three ways:

  • As a Java component within your application server where it adds interactivity to any on-demand Eclipse or Actuate BIRT reports
  • As part of an End User Report Writing Portal, where users can  browse, modify and save reports with the Deployment Kit
  • As an option to the BIRT iServer Express report server, providing interactivity for both on-demand and batch reports.

Report Formatting
BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users change the look of a report to meet their individual preferences and needs. They can define headers, labels and page breaks; change data alignment, font or case; change what data is displayed; and apply conditional logic to their formatting choices.

Interactive Report Analysis
With BIRT Interactive Viewer, end users can drag and drop the data on the report to support their analysis needs. It supports panning and scrolling, data sorting, grouping, ranking, hiding and applying a variety of mathematical functions to report data.

Charting
End users can modify the graphical display of report data in a variety of ways with BIRT Interactive Viewer. They can filter data, change chart orientation and size, and specify that charts stack, overlay or display side by side.