| Migrating our reports to BIRT [message #48579] |
Tue, 21 June 2005 06:10  |
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Originally posted by: benn.tilby.tangozebra.com
Hi all,
My first ever newsgroup posting here so please bear with me!
I have been given the task of researching whether BIRT will make a suitable
replacement for our current reporting system.
Part of our current system (output for web) enables the user to configure
the structure of a report themselves with a drag and drop js interface.
Their options are currently fairly limited and includes column choices and
grouping choices with total/aggregate inclusion. The reports back end is a
Python server spitting out XML for the actual reports rendered into HTML.
Is this possible in BIRT, either with the XML approach above, or some other
way, for the user to be able to configure the report structure? And for
instant feedback?
My guess is that the .rtpdesgn XML file would be modified by the
interface...? Or is there some other meta-report description type
functionality within BIRT?
Thanks a lot,
BT.
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| Re: Migrating our reports to BIRT [message #48725 is a reply to message #48579] |
Tue, 21 June 2005 12:38  |
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Benn,
I think you would find that BIRT would work well for the scenario you
describe.
As you correctly mention, you could use your js web front to generate
the BIRT XML report design files, and then use the BIRT engine to run
the report. For "instant feedback", you are going to have to run the
report - perhaps by putting a "Preview" button on your web application.
You have some choices when it comes to working with the BIRT XML report
design itself -- you could either work with the XML file directly (see
http://www.eclipse.org/birt/ref/rom/index.html for details), or you can
use the Report Object Model (ROM) API (see the ROM API documentation in
the API Reference part of the Help > BIRT Developer Guide in the help
system).
Regards,
Paul.
BIRT PMC
Benn Tilby wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My first ever newsgroup posting here so please bear with me!
>
> I have been given the task of researching whether BIRT will make a suitable
> replacement for our current reporting system.
>
> Part of our current system (output for web) enables the user to configure
> the structure of a report themselves with a drag and drop js interface.
> Their options are currently fairly limited and includes column choices and
> grouping choices with total/aggregate inclusion. The reports back end is a
> Python server spitting out XML for the actual reports rendered into HTML.
>
> Is this possible in BIRT, either with the XML approach above, or some other
> way, for the user to be able to configure the report structure? And for
> instant feedback?
> My guess is that the .rtpdesgn XML file would be modified by the
> interface...? Or is there some other meta-report description type
> functionality within BIRT?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> BT.
>
>
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| Re: Migrating our reports to BIRT [message #58386 is a reply to message #56783] |
Thu, 14 July 2005 12:17 |
| Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: CyberReefGuru**n.o_s.p.a.m**.hotmail.com
In article <db0tba$rgd$2@news.eclipse.org>, benn.tilby@tangozebra.com
says...
> One of our biggest interests would be to reduce the amount of time taken to
> build reports. Although BIRT may be faster than our current Python/XML
> system is there any way we can additionally reduce latency by reusing
> datasets between reports? This would cause possibly more data to be obtained
> than necessary if the second report wasn't viewed. So is there any other
> way?
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>
I'm with Benn on this one. Creating the same data source and datasets
for different style reports is cumbersome.
> "Benn Tilby" <benn.tilby@tangozebra.com> wrote in message
> news:d98p1s$nqg$1@news.eclipse.org...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My first ever newsgroup posting here so please bear with me!
> >
> > I have been given the task of researching whether BIRT will make a
> > suitable replacement for our current reporting system.
> >
> > Part of our current system (output for web) enables the user to configure
> > the structure of a report themselves with a drag and drop js interface.
> > Their options are currently fairly limited and includes column choices and
> > grouping choices with total/aggregate inclusion. The reports back end is a
> > Python server spitting out XML for the actual reports rendered into HTML.
> >
> > Is this possible in BIRT, either with the XML approach above, or some
> > other way, for the user to be able to configure the report structure? And
> > for instant feedback?
> > My guess is that the .rtpdesgn XML file would be modified by the
> > interface...? Or is there some other meta-report description type
> > functionality within BIRT?
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > BT.
> >
>
>
>
>
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