BIRT Project
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Developer(s) | Eclipse Foundation |
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Initial release | 2005 |
Stable release | 4.15[1]
/ 27 March 2024 |
Written in | Java |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Available in | Multilingual |
Type | Enterprise Reporting/Business Intelligence |
License | Eclipse Public License |
Website | www |
TheBusiness Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Projectis anopen source softwareproject that provides reporting andbusiness intelligencecapabilities forrich clientandweb applications,especially those based onJavaandJava EE.BIRT is a top-level software project within theEclipse Foundation,an independentnot-for-profitconsortium of software industry vendors and anopen source community.
The project's stated goals are to address a wide range of reporting needs within a typical application,[2]ranging from operational orenterprise reportingto multi-dimensional online analytical processing (OLAP). Initially, the project has focused on and delivered capabilities that allow application developers to easily design and integrate reports into applications.
The project is supported by an active community of users at BIRT Developer Center and developers at the Eclipse.org BIRT Project page.
BIRT has two main components: a visual report designer within theEclipse IDEfor creating BIRT Reports, and a runtime component for generating reports that can be deployed to any Java environment. The BIRT project also includes a charting engine that is both fully integrated into the report designer and can be used standalone to integrate charts into an application.
BIRT Report designs are persisted asXMLand can access a number of different data sources includingJDO datastores,JFire Scripting Objects,POJOs,SQLdatabases,Web Servicesand XML.
History
[edit]The BIRT project was first proposed and sponsored byActuate Corporationwhen Actuate joined the Eclipse Foundation as a Strategic Developer on August 24, 2004.[3]The project was subsequently approved and became a top-level project within the Eclipse community on October 6, 2004. The project contributor community includesIBM,and Innovent Solutions.
In 2007IBM's Tivoli Divisionadopted BIRT as the infrastructure for its Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) product. TCR produces historical reports on Tivoli-managed IT resources and processes.
The initial project code base was designed and developed by Actuate beginning in early 2004 and donated to the Eclipse Foundation when the project was approved.
Versions
[edit]Version | Release Date | Description |
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1.0 Preview | March 1, 2005 | Preview atEclipseCon2005: Eclipse Report Designer, Report Engine, Chart Engine |
1.0 | June 6, 2005 | Initial BIRT Report Designer, BIRT Report Engine, BIRT Chart Engine |
1.0.1 | July, 2005 | Support for Eclipse 3.1;RCPversion of BIRT Report Designer[4] |
2.0 | January 23, 2006 | Major release[5] |
2.0.1 | February 22, 2006 | Maintenance release |
2.1 | June 28, 2006 | Major release as part of Eclipse Callisto Simultaneous Release[6] |
2.0.2 | August 4, 2006 | Maintenance release |
2.1.1 | September 26, 2006 | Maintenance release |
2.1.2 | February 27, 2007 | Maintenance release |
2.1.3 | July 5, 2007 | Maintenance release |
2.2 | June 28, 2007 | Major release as part of Eclipse Europa Simultaneous Release[7] |
2.2.1 | October 2, 2007 | Maintenance release |
2.2.1.1 | November 1, 2007 | Maintenance release |
2.2.2 | February 27, 2008 | Maintenance release |
2.3 | June 25, 2008 | Major release as part of Eclipse Ganymede Simultaneous Release[8] |
2.3.1 | September 24, 2008 | "SR 1" Fall Maintenance release |
2.3.2 | February 25, 2009 | "SR 2" Winter Maintenance release |
2.5 | June 24, 2009 | Major release as part of Eclipse Galileo Simultaneous Release[9] |
2.5.1 | September 25, 2009 | "SR 1" Fall Maintenance release |
2.5.2 | February 28, 2010 | "SR 2" Winter Maintenance release |
2.6 | June 24, 2010 | Major release as part of Eclipse Helios Simultaneous Release[10] |
2.6.1 | September 17, 2010 | "SR 1" Fall Maintenance release |
2.6.2 | February 25, 2011 | "SR 2" Spring Maintenance release |
3.7 | June 22, 2011 | Major release as part of Eclipse Indigo Simultaneous Release[11] |
3.7.1 | September 23, 2011 | "SR 1" Fall Maintenance release |
3.7.2 | February 24, 2012 | "SR 2" Maintenance release |
4.2.0 | June 27, 2012 | Major release as part of Eclipse Juno Simultaneous Release[12] |
4.2.1 | September 28, 2012 | Maintenance release |
4.2.2 | February 22, 2013 | Maintenance release |
4.3 | June 26, 2013 | Major release as part of Eclipse Kepler Simultaneous Release[13] |
4.3.1 | September 27, 2013 | Maintenance release |
4.3.2 | February 28, 2014 | Maintenance release |
4.4.0 | June 25, 2014 | Major release as part of Eclipse Luna Simultaneous Release[14] |
4.4.1 | September 26, 2014 | Maintenance release |
4.4.2 | February 27, 2015 | Maintenance release |
4.5.0 | June 24, 2015 | Major release as part of Eclipse Mars Simultaneous Release[15] |
4.6.0 | June 22, 2016 | Major release as part of Eclipse Neon Simultaneous Release[16] |
4.7.0 | June 28, 2017 | Major release as part of Eclipse Oxygen Simultaneous Release[17] |
4.8.0 | June 27, 2018 | Major release as part of Eclipse Photon Simultaneous Release[18] |
4.9.0 | June 16, 2021 | Minor release[19] |
References
[edit]- ^"4.15.0".
- ^"BIRT Project Description and Scope".Archivedfrom the original on 4 June 2007.Retrieved2007-05-27.
- ^"Actuate Joins Eclipse Foundation as Strategic Developer and Board Member".Press Release.Eclipse Foundation.2004-08-24.Archivedfrom the original on 9 June 2007.Retrieved2007-05-27.
- ^BIRT 1.0.1 New and Notable
- ^BIRT 2.0 New and Notable
- ^BIRT 2.1 New and Notable
- ^BIRT 2.2 New and Notable
- ^BIRT 2.3 New and Notable
- ^BIRT 2.5 New and Notable
- ^BIRT 2.6 New and Notable
- ^BIRT 3.7 New and Notable
- ^BIRT 4.2 New and Notable
- ^BIRT 4.3 New and Notable
- ^BIRT 4.4 Release information
- ^BIRT 4.5 Release information
- ^BIRT 4.6 Release information
- ^BIRT 4.7 Release information
- ^BIRT 4.8 Release information
- ^"4.9.0".8 March 2021.
Bibliography
[edit]- Hague, Nola; Tatchell, Jane (July 27, 2008).BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting(2nd ed.).Addison-Wesley Professional.p. 794.ISBN978-0-321-58027-6.
- Weathersby, Jason; Bondur, Tom; Chatalbasheva, Iana; French, Don (July 28, 2008).Integrating and Extending BIRT(2nd ed.).Addison-Wesley Professional.p. 724.ISBN978-0-321-58030-6.
- Ward, John (February 22, 2008).Practical Data Analysis and Reporting with BIRT(1st ed.).Packt Publishing.p. 312.ISBN978-1-84719-109-0.
- Bappoo, Paul (March 23, 2010).BIRT for Beginners(1st ed.).Lulu.p. 241.ISBN978-1-4457-4886-3.Archived fromthe originalon 2010-12-13.