Practical Data Analysis and Reporting with BIRT Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Installing BIRT
Chapter 3: The BIRT Environment and Your First Report
Chapter 4: Visual Report Components
Chapter 5: Working with Data
Chapter 6: Report Parameters
Chapter 7: Report Projects and Libraries
Chapter 8: Styles, Themes, and Templates
Chapter 9: Charts, Hyperlinks, and Drill-Downs
Chapter 10: Scripting and Event Handling
Chapter 11: Deployment
Chapter 12: Practical Example— Building Reports for Bugzilla
Index

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Introduction to Business Intelligence
  • The Current State of the BI Market
  • The Need for Open-Source Reporting
  • What is BIRT
  • The Origins of BIRT
  • Features of BIRT
  • Eclipse Framework
  • BIRT Distributions
  • Why BIRT?
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Summary

• Chapter 2: Installing BIRT
  • Requirements
  • Where Do I Get BIRT?
  • Installing BIRT from the All-in-One Installation
  • Installing BIRT All-In-One under Linux
  • Installing iText for PDF Support
  • Installation of BIRT through the Eclipse Plug-in Update Program
  • Summary

• Chapter 3: The BIRT Environment and Your First Report
  • A Basic Scenario
  • The BIRT Perspective
  • The BIRT Workbench
    • The Navigator
    • The Outline
    • The Palette
    • The Data Explorer
    • Property Editor
    • Report Designer
  • Setting up a Simple Project
  • Creating a Simple Report
  • Summary

• Chapter 4: Visual Report Components
  • Adding Labels
  • Adding Images
  • Using Text and Dynamic Text
  • Adding Grids
  • Summary

• Chapter 5: Working with Data
  • BIRT Data Capabilities
  • Understanding the Data Components of BIRT
  • The Data Source
    • The JDBC Data Source
  • Data Sets
    • Data Set for Flat Files
  • Tables
    • Creating Tables Using Drag and Drop
    • Creating Tables Manually
  • Groups
  • Lists
  • Aggregation
  • Table of Contents
  • Crosstab
  • Summary

• Chapter 6: Report Parameters
  • Why Parameterize Reports?
  • Data Set Parameters and Report Parameters
  • Getting Input from the User
    • Creating Parameter Binding the Easy Way
  • Dynamic Report Parameters and Filters
  • Cascading Parameters
  • Parameter Grouping and Reports with Multiple Parameters
  • Summary

• Chapter 7: Report Projects and Libraries
  • Report Projects
  • Creating New Report Projects
  • Importing and Exporting Report Projects
  • Other Project Options
  • Libraries
    • Creating a New Library
    • Adding Components to a Library
    • Adding a Visual Element to a Library
    • Using Components Stored in a Library
    • Updating Components in the Library to Update Reports
    • Adding Existing Components in Reports to Libraries
  • Summary

• Chapter 8: Styles, Themes, and Templates
  • Style Sheets
    • Custom Style Sheets
    • Editing Style Sheets
    • Alternating Row Colors Using Highlights
  • Creating Themes
  • Using External CSS Style Sheets
    • Importing CSS Files
    • Using CSS as a Resource
  • Templates
    • Building a Report from a Template
    • Creating a Template
  • Summary

• Chapter 9: Charts, Hyperlinks, and Drill-Downs
  • Pie Chart
    • Modifying Chart Properties
    • Using Percentages
  • Gauge Chart
  • Bar Chart
  • Summary

• Chapter 10: Scripting and Event Handling
  • Types of Scripting
  • Expressions
    • Using Expressions in Data Elements
    • Calling Java Objects in Expressions
  • Event Handling
    • Contexts
    • Adding Elements to Reports
    • Removing Elements from a Report
    • Adding Sorting Conditions
  • Scripted Data Source
  • Using Java Objects as Event Handlers
  • Summary

• Chapter 11: Deployment
  • BIRT Viewer
    • Installing Reports into the Web Viewer
    • Accessing Reports in the Web Viewer
  • Command-Line Tools
  • Report Engine API
  • Outputting to Different Formats
  • Summary

• Chapter 12: Practical Example— Building Reports for Bugzilla
  • The Environment
  • Requirements
  • Create the Libraries
  • First Report—Bug Detail Report
  • Bug Status
  • Developer Issues Reports
  • Summary
  • Conclusion

• Index

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