Practical Data Analysis and Reporting with BIRT -- Table of Contents -- Practical Data Analysis and Reporting with BIRT -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewer -- Preface -- What This Book Covers -- What You Need for This Book -- Conventions -- Reader Feedback -- Customer Support -- Downloading the Example Code for the Book -- Errata -- Questions -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 4. Visual Report Components -- Adding Labels -- Adding Images -- Using Text and Dynamic Text -- Adding Grids -- Summary -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 9. Charts, Hyperlinks, and Drill-Downs -- Pie Chart -- Modifying Chart Properties -- Using Percentages -- Gauge Chart -- Bar Chart -- Summary -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.