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1Actuate Corporation 2011

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Who is BIRT?

Solving Your DataVisualization Needs withOpen Source


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Agenda and Goals

Background

The Emergence of the BIRT Project

Getting to Know BIRT: Demo

Architecture and Extensibility

Market Adoption

Case Study

Summary


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Business Intelligence and Reporting

Most applications have some type ofdata visualization need

And the simple problems are easy, but

Real-world data visualization ischallenging

Gather the data

Perform calculations, sort, group,

aggregate, total Present information professionally

and meeting user demand is crucial to

the success of an application

AccountTransaction Histories

SalesCommision

Assets

UnderManagement

BudgetVariance

Online andPrinted

Statements

Network

OutageFrequency

UtilityBillsDeviation from

Service LevelObjectives

Sales

Commissions

Website

Traffic Analysis

PurchaseOrders

ShippingManifests

DefectTracking

Daily WorkOrder

Task Lists

SupplierStatus

360Customer

Views

Invoices


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Traditional Approaches to the Problem

JavaJSP

XSLT XML

JFaces

JavaScript

HTML

ReportNet

Crystal Reports

JReportsStyleReports

Closed-Source Commercial ProductsBuy

Custom-Developed SolutionBuild


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Open Source Creates New Choices

Open-Source-Based ProductsBuild using

Open SourceCode

Leverage Open Source in a Custom SolutionOpen Source

Products

Closed-Source Commercial ProductsBuy

Custom-Developed SolutionBuild


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Actuate Launches the BIRT Project

AUGUST

2004

Actuate Joins

Eclipse Foundation

as Strategic Developer

and Board Member

Actuate proposed and started

BIRTBusiness Intelligence

and Reporting Tools Project

a top-level Eclipse projectAdds BI and Reportingas Open Source Project

Professional open source

Primary development resourcesfunded by Actuate

Contributions from many sourcesIBM, Innovent Solutions and community


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Simplicity

that makessimple layouts

easy

Power

to createvery complex

layouts

BIRT

Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools

Makes all data-driven content development easy

Modern, web-page design metaphor

Open and standards-based

Flexible with rich programmatic control

Full support for libraries and reuse

Foundation for a range of solutions

A New Generation of Data Visualization Technology


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BIRT Release History

September 2004 BIRT Project proposal accepted, and project launched

June 2005 1.0 Eclipse Report Designer, Report Engine, Chart Engine

December 2005 2.0 Support for a wide variety of common layouts

June 2006 2.1 Advanced parameters, ability to join data sets,

June 2007 2.2 Dynamic crosstab support, web services data source,

June 2008 2.3 JavaScript Debugger, BiDi Support, Charts in Crosstabs,

June 2009 2.5 Page aggregates, Multiple drill-downs in Charts,

June 2010 2.6 New charts, more chart control, developer productivity,

June 2011 3.7 Hive/Hadoop driver, Open Office emitters, POJO runtime,

Ground-up initiative: Innovative approach to layout and design

Enterprise-class, designed to handle real-world problems

Developed in the open with community feedback at all stages

Eight Major Releases since Project Launch


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Getting to Know BIRT

DEMO


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BIRT Example Key Capabilities

Very Simple to Very Complex Layouts Listings, cross-tab, dashboard, pixel-

perfect, charts Grouping, advanced aggregations, sub-

totals, calculations Multi-section and sub-reports

Conditional sections and logic Full programmatic control/scripting Embedded images

Comprehensive Data Access SQL databases, Web Services, Flat

Files, XML, scripted data sources Multiple data sources in one design

Output Formats HTML, PDF, Excel, Word, PowerPoint Internationalization of labels and text Bi-Directional language display

Re-use and Developer Productivity Library support for publishing and

sharing components

Leverages common standards (SQL,HTML, JavaScript, Java, XML)

Cascading Style Sheets

Built-in debugger

Interactivity and Linking

Data driven hyperlinks

Drill-through charts and graphics

Multiple Usage and Productivity Aids

Graphical layout and design Query & metadata editors

Formatting Builder

Grouping Builder

Customizable cheat sheets andtemplates


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BIRT Design Gallery

Charts and Tables

Listing with Groups and Sub-Totals


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BIRT Design Gallery

Crosstabs

Crosstab and Charts


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BIRT Design Gallery

Forms

Calendar / Schedule


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BIRT Chart Gallery


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BIRT Chart Gallery


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BIRT Chart Gallery


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BIRT Designer

High-Level BIRT Architecture

BIRT Engine

PresentationServices

Design Engine

Generation

Services

DataServices

Charting

Engine

EclipseDesigner

ChartDesigner

EclipseDTP,WTP,

Data

Data

HTMLPDFExcelWordPowerPointPostScript

XMLDesign

Document


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Extension Points

Extensibility is a key principle of the BIRT Project

Data source extensibility

Application specific design-time query builders

Custom design-time and run-time data access

Custom business logic extensibility

Incorporate complex business logic scripting

Access existing and new Java code

Visualization extensibility

Build new visual data presentation widgets

Extend charting with new chart types; new output formats

Rendering content for output

Target output for specific devices and formats


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BIRT Engine

PresentationServices

Generation

Services

DataServices

Charting

Engine

BIRT Designer

BIRT Engine

ChartDesigner

EclipseDTP,WTP,

High Level BIRT Architecture: APIs

XMLDesign

Document

HTMLPDFExcelWordPowerPointPostScript

Data

Data

Custom Designer UI

Engine API

Open Data Access

Chart Engine API

Emitter API

Chart UI API

Scripting API


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BIRT MomentumHuge BIRT Community

Thriving BIRT Community

Over 1M developers using BIRTin 157 countries

30+ conferences featuring BIRT

content worldwide

BIRT-Exchange.com

Professionally staffed forums

Extensive contributions

Marketplace applications

BIRT technology is tried and tested in many applications

Cumulative BIRT Downloads

More than 10million downloads

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011


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BIRT MomentumSample BIRT Adopters


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BIRT MomentumPublications

BIRT: A FieldGuide to Reporting

Integrating andExtending BIRT

Practical DataAnalysis andReportingwith BIRT

Eclipse BIRT:BusinessIntelligence andReporting Tool

BIRT BestPractices

BIRT forBeginners


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BIRT Project Users

AUDIENCE FEATURES

Content and Report developers Drag-and-drop authoring, charting

Advanced content developers Scripting, script API

Runtime integration developers BIRT Viewer and engine APIs

Custom design UI developers Design engine API

Extension developers BIRT extension points

Eclipse developers Eclipse development, open source

Easy

Com

plex


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How is BIRT Being Used?BIRT Report Designer on Desktops

Use BIRT Designeras a desktop reporting solution

Usage Scenario

Desktop personal productivity tool

Users

Report developers

Advanced business users

BIRT Report

Designer


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How is BIRT Being Used?Integrated Data Visualization

Integrate Open SourceBIRT Engineinto application

Usage Scenario

Add data visualization to applications

Users

ISV and Enterprise Application Developers

Java Developers, PHP Developers,

Report Developers

Application

Integration Code

BIRT Engine


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How is BIRT Being Used?Business Intelligence

Leverage commercial deploymentsolutionfor BIRT

Usage Scenario

Automated content generation, distribution

Interactivity, security,

Users

Content and report developers

Business users

BIRT iServer

BIRT Engine


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Actuate BIRT Technology FamilyComplementing and Extending Eclipse BIRT

Development Tools

Skill-specific toolsfor developers

and users

Eclipse BIRT

Meet core requirements

UserInteractivity

Engage userswith rich,

interactive content

DeploymentTools

Manage, schedule,secure, run and

distribute

High-ScaleDistribution

Load-balanced,high availability for100,000s of users

Development ActuateBIRT Extensions Deployment


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Case Study IBM Tivoli Maximo

Maximo is an enterprise softwareproduct within the Tivoli division of

IBM (NYSE: IBM)

IBM Maximo Asset Managementunifies comprehensive asset life

cycle and maintenance managementon a single platform.

Maximo provides insight for all ofenterprise assets, Service Level

Agreements, maintenanceconditions and work processes, for

better planning and control.


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Case Study IBM Tivoli Maximo

BIRT is embedded in the Maximoweb application

Approximately 150 BIRT designsincluded in Maximo:

Work Order Details Service Level Agreements

Asset Availability

Asset Failure Analysis

Software Usage

BIRT security integrated tightly withMaximo Administration Application

BIRT is a key component of manyTivoli products

R


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ResourcesBIRT Exchange Community Site

Centralized hub for BIRT developers Access demos, tutorials, tips and techniques, documentation

Enables developers to be more productive and build applications faster

Marketplace for applications

Explore Search/sort

Rate, comment

Forums

Download

Documentation

Software Examples

Contribute

BIRT designs, code

Technical tips

Applicationswww.birt-exchange.com


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Summary

Top-level open source Eclipse project

Free with commercial friendly license

Powerful, extensible data visualizationtechnology

Easy-to-use, web-centric designmetaphor

Very active community with more than10 million downloads

Actuate extends and complementsBIRT with value-added technology

A New Generation of Data Visualization Technology


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