Table of Contents:

1.0 Introduction
2.0 Dependencies
3.0 Installation
4.0 Documentation

Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Log Reports are used to aggregate and summarize numerous Common Base Event log events. The BIRT log reports present Common Base Event log events in tables and charts so users can easily locate trends and effectually analyze.

The following dependencies are required by the BIRT Log Reports:

• Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT)
• Graphics Editor Framework (GEF)
• Data Tools Platform (DTP)

For more information, see the Requirements section of the download site for this TPTP release.

1. Install the necessary dependencies.
2. Remove the following plug-ins from the <Eclipse installation directory>/plugins directory:
   • org.eclipse.tptp.monitoring.report.birt_<version>
   • org.eclipse.tptp.monitoring.report.birt.ui_<version>
   • org.eclipse.tptp.monitoring.report.birt.doc.user_<version>
   • org.eclipse.tptp.monitoring.report.birt.source_<version>¹
   ¹ SDK only.
3. Remove the following features from the <Eclipse installation directory>/features directory:
   • org.eclipse.tptp.monitoring.report.birt_<version>
   • org.eclipse.tptp.monitoring.report.birt.source_<version>¹
   ¹ SDK only.
4. Extract the BIRT Log Reports archive to the <Eclipse installation directory>/dropins directory.
5. Start Eclipse with the -clean option.

For more information on how to use the BIRT Log Reports, see:

• BIRT Log Report's documentation in the TPTP workbench (Help > Help Contents > Monitoring and profiling applications > Determining problems in applications using log analysis > Overview > Generating BIRT log reports)
• A Guide to Using TPTP's Reports

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Author: Paul Slauenwhite