Preface

About this book

BIRT is a powerful reporting platform that provides end-to-end reporting solutions, from creating and deploying reports to integrating report capabilities into other enterprise applications. Two companion books, BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting and Integrating and Extending BIRT, cover the breadth and depth of BIRT’s functionality.

This book informs report developers about how to write scripts that:

  • Customize the report-generation process

  • Incorporate complex business logic in their reports

This book also informs application developers about how to:

  • Deploy reports

  • Integrate reporting capabilities into other applications

  • Extend BIRT functionality

By its very nature, reporting is not a stand-alone technology. It draws on data generated ...

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