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BIRT: Using JSON 9 Aug 2013 | 02:15 am
This topic has come up quite a bit. Using JSON in BIRT Reports. This comes up for just about everything, from using as a Data Source to serializing large amounts of parameters for use in a report desi...
BIRT: BIRT DaVinci Plugin 9 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am
Recently, I had the opportunity to catch up with the author of BIRT Chart DaVinci, Keith Howard, at a BIRT get together in the Bay Area. I had previously blogged about Chart DaVinci, so it's no secret...
BIRT: Report to get available Emitter ID's 18 Jul 2013 | 03:32 am
Below is an example report that demonstrates how to get a list of available Emitters and their ID's and Formats from the Report Engine within a BIRT Report. Good thing the entire Report Engine API and...
BIRT: Writing BIRT ODA's 14 Dec 2012 | 12:14 am
New article on writing ODA's for BIRT has been published on IBM Developerworks. As an added bonus, learn about the BIRT Data Extraction Task. Two kinds of awesome in one place. Check it out. http://w...
BIRT: Emitters Tutorial Posted 19 Sep 2012 | 03:04 am
Finally got around to writing some articles. I have one published for IBM DeveloperWorks about writing for the BIRT Emitter Framework. Check it out. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ba-birt-...
BIRT: The Pipeline 18 Jun 2012 | 04:04 am
So many different things in the works at the moment. I have several proposals out for articles to be published relating to BIRT. It seems I can't stray too far from BIRT, which is great because now I ...
GWT: Getting Maven Generated GWT Project working within Eclipse 3 May 2012 | 09:48 pm
Recent events have thrust me back into the world of GWT Development. So much has changed. RequestFactories, EventBuses, all sorts of improvements. I haven’t had to dig this deep in a while. But these ...
BIRT: Dynamically Hiding/Showing Table Columns in a Report Design 10 Apr 2012 | 10:42 pm
This question gets asked quite often in the BIRT Exchange Forums. How can I dynamically show/hide columns in a table based on user input/some object property. The first inclination is to try to dynam...
BIRT: Running a Multi-Select Parameter Report from Java 6 Mar 2012 | 05:54 am
Below is an example of how to call a multi-select parameter report from Java using the BIRT Report Engine API. The XML for the report design is below.
BIRT: Showing Top 10 and Still Displaying Total Count 25 Feb 2012 | 07:58 am
A question on the BIRT Exchange asked how could you display the top 10, but still show the total count for the entire table. This is fairly easy, and uses a combination of Aggregations, the Visibilit...
