Creating BIRT reports

To create a BIRT report, you use the BIRT Report Designer to modify the imported .rptdesign file.

Adding data sources
In BIRT reports, all data is accessed through data sources. A starter report includes a single data source that is named TRIRIGA®. TRIRIGA is a scripted data source. All data sets that obtain their data from an IBM TRIRIGA server must use this data source.
Data sets
A starter report contains at least one data set. The data set models the IBM TRIRIGA report or form that was the source of the starter report.
Data types
To preserve data that is from IBM TRIRIGA, the system returns all business object field data from IBM TRIRIGA in the form of Java™ Objects. All starter reports have output columns that are modeled as Java Objects.
Parameters
In IBM TRIRIGA, queries have parameters that filter the data that is returned. In the Report Manager, you use user filters to configure query filters.
Context for data requests
In IBM TRIRIGA, you must add context to data requests. Context is required for the current user, the record, and the project.
System fields
Some fields that are built into a BIRT report do not have corresponding IBM TRIRIGA business object fields.
Globalization
Starter reports and the IBM® TRIRIGA-BIRT integration have features to assist with the globalization of reports. Before you export labels for BIRT reports, make sure that these reports are set up in IBM TRIRIGA.
Subreports
You can build subreports into the top level of a report or put them in separate .rptdesign files.

Parent topic: BIRT report process