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BIRT Data Sources [message #689475] Mon, 27 June 2011 17:41 Go to next message
Eric  is currently offline Eric Friend
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After recently installing Eclipse and BIRT, I'm walking (or crawling) through the tutorials to learn to create a report by pulling data from Oracle.

All of the docs I've been able to find note that I need to create a data source by right-clicking on Data Sources in the Data Explorer, and choosing "New Data Source".

However, when I do that, the only option I see is "Paste". I didn't see a similar issue in the Forums, or via a Google search, so I'm guessing I've left a step out. Has anyone seen similar behavior, and know how to correct?

Currently installed:
Eclipse Indigo, BIRT 3.7 Framework and Viewer, DTP, EMF and GEF

Thank you!
Re: BIRT Data Sources [message #689499 is a reply to message #689475] Mon, 27 June 2011 18:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jason Weathersby is currently offline Jason WeathersbyFriend
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Eric,

Did you first create a new BIRT project, then a new BIRT Report?

Jason

On 6/27/2011 1:41 PM, Eric wrote:
> After recently installing Eclipse and BIRT, I'm walking (or crawling)
> through the tutorials to learn to create a report by pulling data from
> Oracle.
>
> All of the docs I've been able to find note that I need to create a data
> source by right-clicking on Data Sources in the Data Explorer, and
> choosing "New Data Source".
> However, when I do that, the only option I see is "Paste". I didn't see
> a similar issue in the Forums, or via a Google search, so I'm guessing
> I've left a step out. Has anyone seen similar behavior, and know how to
> correct?
>
> Currently installed:
> Eclipse Indigo, BIRT 3.7 Framework and Viewer, DTP, EMF and GEF
>
> Thank you!
Re: BIRT Data Sources [message #689511 is a reply to message #689499] Mon, 27 June 2011 18:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eric  is currently offline Eric Friend
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Jason,

Yes (I think). I've taken the following path:

File > New > Project > BIRT > Report Project

then

File > New > Other > BIRT > Report

From here, I've opened a number of the presented options, including Blank, My First Report, and the Chart Report. Each one opens in Eclipse. In the Data Explorer, right-clicking Data Sources, Data Sets, and Data Cubes gives only the "Paste" option.

Re: BIRT Data Sources [message #689513 is a reply to message #689511] Mon, 27 June 2011 18:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eric  is currently offline Eric Friend
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A ha! Using the provided "Cheat Sheets" Tab, I was able to force it to attempt to open the Data Source Wizard, and received an error:

The action could not be completed because the plug-in 'org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.data' could not be located.

So, it appears I did miss something in the install...off to research what exactly.


Thank you!

Re: BIRT Data Sources [message #689532 is a reply to message #689513] Mon, 27 June 2011 19:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eric  is currently offline Eric Friend
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The plugins are not present, but the jar files are there. I'll work my Sys Admin to get those unpacked and hope that fixes the issue.

[Updated on: Mon, 27 June 2011 19:32]

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Re: BIRT Data Sources [message #689555 is a reply to message #689532] Mon, 27 June 2011 20:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jason Weathersby is currently offline Jason WeathersbyFriend
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Eric,

The allinone should have included it. The framework also includes it.
The RCP designer should include everything as well.

Jason

On 6/27/2011 3:23 PM, Eric wrote:
> Jason/All,
> I'm certainly missing the org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.data
> plugin in my /eclipse/plugins directory. Is RCP the appropriate
> download/install to get this plugin?
>
> Wow...I feel rather dumb right now.
>
>
Re: BIRT Data Sources [message #689847 is a reply to message #689555] Tue, 28 June 2011 13:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eric  is currently offline Eric Friend
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It appears that we HAVE all the plug-ins, but perhaps they weren't installed in the correct location? After extracting all of the BIRT-related jar files, the extracted directories and files reside in: /usr/eclipse/plugins/org/eclipse/birt/

Is this the correct location for the numerous plug-ins, or should they reside in a higher-level directory for the Eclipse SDK to find them?
Re: BIRT Data Sources [message #689925 is a reply to message #689847] Tue, 28 June 2011 15:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jason Weathersby is currently offline Jason WeathersbyFriend
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Eric,

All the plugins should be in the eclipse/plugins directory. Most of the
plugins are in jar format and should be at that level. A few are
exploded directories and start at that level.

Jason

On 6/28/2011 9:50 AM, Eric wrote:
> It appears that we HAVE all the plug-ins, but perhaps they weren't
> installed in the correct location? After extracting all of the
> BIRT-related jar files, the extracted directories and files reside in:
> /usr/eclipse/plugins/org/eclipse/birt/
>
> Is this the correct location for the numerous plug-ins, or should they
> reside in a higher-level directory for the Eclipse SDK to find them?
Re: BIRT Data Sources [message #690564 is a reply to message #689925] Wed, 29 June 2011 17:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eric  is currently offline Eric Friend
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Wanted to add a resolution, just in case anyone runs across the same issue.

We completely wiped our installation of Eclipse Indigo and BIRT 3.7 (as well as the other required pieces), and reinstalled the whole thing from scratch, being quite careful to follow the installation instructions. We still had the same issue.

To test, we wiped everything out again, and installed an older version of Eclipse (Galileo), and the corresponding BIRT packages (as well as DTP, GEF, etc). It worked just fine.

Though I admit mistakes could have been made on the installation of the new Eclipse and BIRT software, our efforts at correcting were great. Thank you, Jason, for your assistance, however at this point it is my belief that the new software as released for the Solaris operating system does not work. Eclipse runs, and BIRT is available, but one is unable to create a data source.

Thankfully, the old version does seem to run correctly.
Re: BIRT Data Sources [message #690585 is a reply to message #690564] Wed, 29 June 2011 19:08 Go to previous message
Jason Weathersby is currently offline Jason WeathersbyFriend
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Eric,

Can you log a bug for this so we can get it looked at?

Jason

On 6/29/2011 1:48 PM, Eric wrote:
> Wanted to add a resolution, just in case anyone runs across the same issue.
>
> We completely wiped our installation of Eclipse Indigo and BIRT 3.7 (as
> well as the other required pieces), and reinstalled the whole thing from
> scratch, being quite careful to follow the installation instructions. We
> still had the same issue.
>
> To test, we wiped everything out again, and installed an older version
> of Eclipse (Galileo), and the corresponding BIRT packages (as well as
> DTP, GEF, etc). It worked just fine.
>
> Though I admit mistakes could have been made on the installation of the
> new Eclipse and BIRT software, our efforts at correcting were great.
> Thank you, Jason, for your assistance, however at this point it is my
> belief that the new software as released for the Solaris operating
> system does not work. Eclipse runs, and BIRT is available, but one is
> unable to create a data source.
>
> Thankfully, the old version does seem to run correctly.
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