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The people behind BIRT ™
BIRT Interactive Viewer is an AJAX–powered, BIRT–based
report
viewing tool that enables every user to think beyond the
current
structure of a report and personalize it based on task and
need.
Users who are not familiar or comfortable with standard
report
authoring tools are able to use BIRT Interactive Viewer
without
costly training within moments of being introduced to its
intuitive
interface, an inexpensive alternative to training individuals
who
would use the tool on a limited or casual basis.
Applications built with ActuateOne provide users with one user
experience regardless of task, tool or skill level; are supported
by one server with a set of services to support any deployment and
are built with one design using BIRT. ActuateOne provides
organizations with a quick time to market and the ability to grow
with success.
ActuateOne is a complete BI solution built on BIRT that
introduces new products and features to its suite of Rich
Information
Application-ready products.
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Product Summary
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OverviewBIRT Interactive Viewer is an AJAX–powered, BIRT–based
report viewing tool that enables every user to think beyond the
current structure of a report and personalize it based on task and
need. Users who are not familiar or comfortable with standard
report authoring tools are able to use BIRT Interactive Viewer
without costly training within moments of being introduced to its
intuitive interface, an inexpensive alternative to training
individuals who would use the tool on a limited or casual
basis.
Applications built with ActuateOne provide users with one user
experience regardless of task, tool or skill level; are supported
by one server with a set of services to support any deployment and
are built with one design using BIRT. ActuateOne provides
organizations with a quick time to market and the ability to grow
with success.
ActuateOne is a complete BI solution built on BIRT that
introduces new products and features to its suite of Rich
Information Application-ready products.
BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users personalize report views,
allowing one design to serve many because
it does not need to conform to any one format.
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FeaturesReport NavigationBIRT Interactive Viewer includes
navigational functions that make it easy to use, including panning,
cursor help, drag-n-drop positioning, and widgets.
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PanningControl–allowsusertopananentirereportwithatouchpad-likeinterface
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Activity-sensitivecursorhelp–usespromptstoteachusershowtomanipulatereportcontentsandformatting
• Drag-n-dropcolumnpositioning-Makesrepositioningcolumnseasy
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Interactivewidgets–InteractiveFlashwidgetscanbeincludedinanyBIRT-basedreporttoimprovevisualizationandenableusestodirectlyimpactreportelements.Userscanscroll,grabgaugeneedlesandselectdataseries.
Report FormattingBIRT Interactive Viewer lets users format and
make other changes to reports. These changes include formatting
column headers and other labels, formatting data, applying
conditional formatting, and setting or removing page breaks.
DefiningHeaders,LabelsandPageBreaks
BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users perform multiple tasks
related to editing and formatting report text and labels.
• Edittextlabels–changestextinlabelsthatarenotprotected
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Modifylabelformatting–modifiescharacteristicssuchasfont,color,typesize.
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Setanddeletepagebreaks–setsbreaksbeforeoraftergroupeddataifreportdesignhasgroupeddata.
DataFormatting
BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users modify default data
formatting.
• Resizeacolumn–changescolumnwidth.
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Changedataalignmentinacolumn–alignscolumndatatotheleft,center,orright.
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Hide,show,deletecharts,reportsectionsorgraphs–arranges,hidesordeletesanyreportelement.
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Suppressduplicates–preventsrepeatvaluesfromappearingconsecutivelyinacolumn.
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Settextcharacteristics–modifiesfont,color,style,andothertextproperties.
• Changecase–formatslabelstoappearinallupperorlowercase
BIRTInteractiveViewerletsusersmodifydefaultdataformatting,includingrealigning/hiding/showing/
deletingandsuppressingcolumns,settingtextattributesandmore.
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Changedatavaluedefaultformatting–selectsandchangesdefaultdataformattingwithinrows
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Formatdatatypes–changesdatatypessuchasnumericvalues,currency,percentages,orscientificnumbers
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Interactoncrosstabs–Enduserscanpersonalizelookandfeelofcomponentsbymodifyingformatandalignmentproperties,and,ifdesired,launchtheBIRTDataAnalyzerdirectlyfromtheInteractiveViewertofurtheranalyzethecontents.
ConditionalFormatting
BIRT Interactive Viewer can be used to change data formatting
when a certain condition is true; for example, in a report that
shows customers’ past-due invoices, a user can highlight in red any
customer name that has an invoice 90 days or more past due, and
then highlight in blue any customer name that has an invoice 60
days or more past due.
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ConditionalFormatting–setsuptothreeconditionalformattingrulesforasinglecolumn,andremovesormodifiesconditionalformatting
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Cross-columnconditionalformatting–affectstheformattingofonecolumnbasedonthevalueinanothercolumn;forexample,ifCustomerNameistheselectedcolumn,ausercanbasethe
conditiononthecreditRankcolumnsothatconditionalformattingappliestothecustomernameifthecustomer’screditRankisaparticularvalue
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Numerouscomparisontypes–setsupcomparisons,includingnullorfalse;comparesacolumnvaluetooneortwoothervalues;checkswhetheravalueisbetweenornotbetweentwovalues
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Flash-enabledsliders–Usespre-setsliders;letsusersselectthevalues
Interactive Report Analysis BIRT Interactive Viewer provides a
variety of features to help users analyze the data in a report,
arranging the data to support the insight they are seeking. It lets
users display and organize report data sets; sort a data column in
ascending or descending order; organize data into groups: aggregate
data; and calculate numbers such as sums, standard deviations,
rankings, and differences. Users can also
exportcontenttoliveExcelspreadsheetsfor further analysis.
Reorder,hide,mergeandremovecolumns
BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users make changes to report
columns.
• Addcolumns• Changecolumnorder•
Movedatavaluesfromacolumntoagroup
Inadditiontofilters(center),BIRTInteractiveVieweroffersapanandscrollcontrol(left)thatenablesreport
consumerstoaccessalltheinformationinareportdespitescreenrealestateconstraints.Italsosupportsdrag-and-
dropfunctionalitytomovecolumns(right).
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• Removecolumns• HideColumns•
Interactwithcrosstabs,andlaunchBIRTDataAnalyzerdirectlyfromtheBIRTInteractiveViewertofurtheranalyzethecontents.
Sort,groupandungroupdata
BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users group data if the report
design does not contain the grouping desired, without affecting the
underlying report design. There are several grouping functions in
IV.
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Simplesortonasinglecolumn–sortssinglecolumnsusingascendingordescendingsortoptions
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Advancedsortonmultiplecolumns–sortscolumnsusinguptothreecriterion
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Addagroup–createsagroupwherenogroupformerlyexisted;forexample,groupdatabasedondateortimedata–setagroupinginterval;orifthecolumncontainstimedata,grouponhours,minutes,orseconds.
• Removeaninnergroup–ungroupacolumnortableinareport.
CreateCalculationsandSummaries
BIRT Interactive Viewer supports standard mathematical
functions, along with standard operators and using numbers and
dates in expressions.
• Standardmathematicalfunctions–performscalculationsusing
counting,addition,subtraction,multiplication,divisionandmore.
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Standardoperators–performcalculationsusingcommonoperators,includingplus(+),minus(–),multipliedby(*),dividedby(/),andmore.
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Expressions–extendbasicfunctionsbeyondsimplecalculations;forexample,userscancreateacolumnthatdisplaysdatevaluesthataregreaterthanthedatevaluesinanothercolumn.
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Aggregatedata–aggregatesdatabyperformingacalculationoverasetofdatarows;forexample,inareportthathasacolumntocalculateprice*quantity,takethesumofallthosecalculationstoobtainthetotalpriceofallitems.Userscancreateuptothreeaggregationsforacalculatedcolumn.
Filterdata
BIRT Interactive Viewer allows users to specify and set
conditions for how data and other reports elements are displayed
and hide and filter out unwanted data at run–time.
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Filters–createsdefinitionsthatlimitwhichdataappearsatwhatlevelofdetailandwhichdatadoesnotappear
• Advancedfilters–createsdefinitionswithmultipleconditions
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Parameterizedfilters–rerunsreportusingnewrun–timeparametervalues
InteractiveViewerallowsuserstoviewcrosstabreportsandexportcontentaslivepivottablesinExcel.
UserscanalsolaunchBIRTDataAnalyzerdirectlyfromBIRTInteractiveViewertofurtheranalyzereportcontent.
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ChartingWhile some chart elements are determined by a report
template, BIRT Interactive Viewer can be used to modify certain
chart elements such as chart format, subtype and data.
Filter chart data
In BIRT Interactive Viewer, data displayed in a chart can be
filtered in the same way any data column is filtered. Users can
filter on either the x–axis or the y–axis.
Change chart formatting
In BIRT Interactive Viewer, users can modify items of the
chart’s format, including the fonts and font sizes of the chart
title and axis labels and the height and width of the chart; they
can also hide axis labels, place labels at an angle relative to the
axis, and hide the legend or determine where to display the legend
in relation to the chart.
• Titles – Edit and format the default chart, category, or x and
y axis titles
• Axis – modifies, rotates, staggers, and spaces the settings
for the labels on the x–axis:
• Size – sets the chart’s height and width
• Dimensions – creates a 2D or 2D chart with depth
• Orientation – flips or reverses a chart’s x– and y–axes
• Legend – shows and places a legend
Change chart layout (subtype)
In BIRT Interactive Viewer, users can change the subtype of a
chart. Several types of charts have subtypes:
• Bar chart – side–by–side, stacked, percent stacked
• Line chart – overlay, stacked, percent stacked
• Area chart – overlay, stacked, percent stacked
• Meter chart – standard, superimposed
• Stock chart– candlestick, bar stick • Two–dimensional
subtypes– chart
shape appears flat against the chart background
• Charts with depth – a chart with depth appears to have an
added dimension.
BIRT Interactive Viewer perspective showing the same report
after personalization.
BIRT Interactive Viewer perspective showing a typical financial
report before personalization.
The “after” view is below; the top section (Accounts) is
converted to a more quickly read, appealing chart.
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Generating Reports: Data Sources for BIRT Interactive
ViewerActuate’s web report tools—BIRT Designer Professional and
BIRT Studio—allow developers and power users to create reports.
Users access these same reports and enable the BIRT Interactive
Viewer as required to modify their view of report content.
Actuate’s report development and formatting products, designed
specifically for application developers, report developers,
business analysts, business users and end users, permit everyone to
share the same report design, allowing anyone to start the design
process and anyone to fine tune it based on user requirements or
preferences.
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BIRTDesignerPro:Enablesapplicationdeveloperstobuilddynamic,interactivereportsreadyfordeploymenttoendusersandtocreatecompositereportdesigntemplatesforBIRTStudio.ThisdesignenvironmentincludesacompleteEclipseIDEinstallationwithafullytested,commerciallysupportedBIRTplug–intoprovidemaximumflexibilityforengineersfamiliarwithEclipse.
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BIRTStudio:Enablesbusinessanalystsandpoweruserstocraftad-hocwebreportsbyusingpre-definedBIRTreporttemplates,reportsandoptionalBIRTInformationObjects.
BIRT Interactive Viewer is the end user reporting centerpiece of
Actuate’s Progressive Design Architecture.
BIRTInteractiveViewercanbeusedtoaccessnearlyanydatasource,includingdatafromActuatee.Reports
andopensourceBIRTreports.
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BenefitsBIRT Interactive Viewer enables users to modify and
personalize their report views. This allows one design to serve
more users because it does not need to conform to any one format.
This flexibility reduces the number of reports that need to be
created.
• Allows users to prototype their next requirement request
before they make it, which makes obtaining that change easier and
faster.
• Requires fewer report designs for specialty cases, because end
users can modify their personal views.
• Reduces the system management burden on IT while continuous
usage of the reports remains high.
• Enables every user to think beyond the current structure of
the report and transform it to meet needs and fulfill task
requirements. This flexibility rewards end user initiative with
fast results and the insight to drive change.
• Decreases learning curve, because users are able to work
immediately with BIRT Interactive Viewer, cutting training
costs.
• Frees up IT to shift its focus from report generation
activities to higher-level priorities, because ease of use shortens
cycles between report design and completion
• Increases ROI
Deployment BIRT Interactive Viewer is deployed as part of
Actuate’s Progressive Design Architecture, which can be configured
to address the needs of almost any type of reporting project in any
business environment.
BIRT iServer provides high-scale performance, reliability and
security, and supplies BIRT Information Object metadata and
multi-server and multi-project capabilities to enterprise
collaborative reporting projects.
The BIRT Interactive Viewer toolbar is streamlined, initially
displaying only a basic set of global toolbar
buttons, make it inviting to new users. Advanced users can
easily find
the advanced function keys.
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The Progressive Design ProcessActuate’s iterative approach to
report development and evolution allows users of all skill levels
to participate in the report creation and review processes:
1. IT developers create BIRT-based templates in BIRT Designer
Pro, and publish them to BIRT iServer as the foundation for BIRT
Studio.
2. Business and power users utilize BIRT Studio to create
personalized reports based on the template(s) and available data,
configuring the report to meet their needs, and then publish and or
schedule the reports back to BIRT iServer. Reports can be output in
live Excel, .csv, .pdf or .html file formats, or be printed.
3. Authorized casual and end users can access and review these
reports within their browsers by activating the optional BIRT
Interactive Viewer, where they can edit and customize reports. Once
a user is satisfied with the new view, it can be saved in BIRT
iServer, where the user can return to it later to run it or
schedule it to run on a regular basis. Report snapshots can also be
saved to a user’s local machine, if desired.
4. If a casual user’s new design requires features that are
beyond his or her skill level, IT can reopen the report as a
design, make the changes, and save it back to BIRT iServer, where
it can be accessed again by any authorized user.
The process of trading a common report design among report
developers, ad-hoc report authors and end user consumers as a means
of evolving a report in order to preserve its relevance is called
“collaborative reporting.” BIRT Interactive Viewer drives business
and end user self-service in collaborative reporting.
BIRT Interactive Viewer is part of the ActuateOne
products line, which provides
every user in the enterprise with the tools
required to make sound business
decisions based on current,
available data.
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The Progressive Design ArchitectureThe Actuate BIRT progressive
design architecture includes:
• BIRT 360 – Operational and analytic user-created dashboards
for a 360-degree view of the business in a true self-service
environment.
• BIRT Data Analyzer – In-memory analytics application that
helps business users uncover trends, identify anomalies and model
scenarios.
• BIRT Reports – web reports based on open-source BIRT
technology from the Eclipse project, available without charge from
BIRT Exchange.
• BIRT Studio – self-service, ad-hoc web report development
within IT control
• BIRT Interactive Viewer – end user report viewing and
customization
• BIRT Mobile Viewer for iPhone – users mobilize and carry
information wherever they go
• BIRT iServer – enables the use of BIRT Information Objects,
and includes scheduling, versioning, and archiving functions,
allowing users to run both on-demand and scheduled reports
without IT intervention but within IT-control. This highly scalable
implementation of Actuate services provides multi-server,
multi-project support; high-availability clustering, failover and
load balancing; metadata caching; and enterprise management and
tuning features
• BIRT onDemand – Actuate’s Software as a Service (SaaS)
offering, which enables any user, anywhere, to access enterprise
information via the Web, without downloading/installing Actuate
BIRT desktop products.
These options provide an array of choices from which to create
unique information applications that appeal to any user.
Within the progressive design structure, BIRT designs can be
shared among highly skilled developers, business users and
consumers. This encourages participation and supports an iterative
development environment, which speeds development and adoption of
information applications.
BIRT Interactive Viewer can include data represented by BIRT
Flash Objects, enabling users to interact
with their data in a user friendly interface and change their
view to meet their needs.
(Use check marks to change chart view.)
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System RequirementsSystem requirements vary with options chosen.
For a system analysis based on your specific needs, please contact
an Actuate expert at 1-800-914-2259 (US & Canada) or contact us
by email. You can also contact one of our offices worldwide.
For More Information For more information about interactive
web reporting please contact an Actuate expert at 1-800-914-2259
(US & Canada) or contact us by email. You can also contact one
of our offices worldwide.
Applications built with ActuateOne provide users with one user
experience regardless of task, tool or skill level; are supported
by one server with a set of services
to support any deployment and are built with one design using
BIRT Designer Pro. ActuateOne provides organizations with a quick
time to market
and the ability to grow with success.
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