Downloading and installing BIRT Report Designer

You must download and install the BIRT report designer before you configure it for report development.

Before you begin

A copy of the appropriate version of the Java™ Developer Kit for Eclipse must be installed on the client system before you install BIRT Report Designer.
  1. To download the Java Developer Kit, log in to https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk-downloads-eclipse with your IBM® account credentials.
  2. Download the file for your operating system.
  3. Install the Java SDK on your local system.

Procedure

  1. To download BIRT, open https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.birt/downloads and click Download Eclipse BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools).
  2. In the BIRT Downloads section, select the appropriate version.
    Note: Starting in Maximo® Manage 8.3, BIRT 4.8 is used. To download BIRT 4.8, open https://archive.eclipse.org/birt/downloads/drops/I-R1-4.8.0-201905212138/
    Note: Starting in Maximo Manage 9.1, BIRT 4.16 is used. To download BIRT 4.16, go to https://download.eclipse.org/justj/?file=birt/updates/release/4.16.0.
  3. Download the file in a compressed format that is compatible with your operating system.
  4. Extract the compressed file to a local folder that has a name that does not include any spaces.
    For example, C:\birt_<version>.