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BIRT Viewers Overview
A strength of the Eclipse BIRT Engine and Java API are their ability to generate rich data visualizations and highly graphical reports for use in web applications or for publishing on the web. While any HTML BIRT report can be viewed on any web browser, a large BIRT web page or report can sometimes benefit from additional features to optimize the end user experience.
There are three BIRT Viewers for viewing, navigating and interacting with large HTML BIRT reports. Each has their own purpose with increasing levels of functionality and visualizations.
Eclipse Sample BIRT Viewer
The Sample Viewer that comes with the Eclipse BIRT Engine and Java API’s is a sample implementation of the BIRT Engine in a web application. It can retrieve HTML report content and data, display that content page-by-page in a web-based viewer and generate a table-of-contents for a more manageable user experience. It will also generate a PDF version, print, and export to CSV.
BIRT Viewer
The BIRT Viewer contains the functionality of the Eclipse BIRT Sample Viewer and adds performance and usability improvements for more demanding BIRT Reports. It adds the ability for a BIRT report to handle interactive Flash objects for quicker data visualizations, view quicker with progressive report viewing and temporary file management, and easily integrate security. It is URL-compatible with the Eclipse BIRT Sample Viewer so that it can access reports built for it.
BIRT Interactive Viewer
The BIRT Interactive Viewer is a web-based end-user tool for interactive analysis and modification of BIRT Reports. With the BIRT Interactive Viewer, end users can change BIRT report formatting; hide, add or move data; create charts, sort data and apply functions to data and change visualizations. It has an AJAX-based user interface.
