Setting-Up the BIRT Report Engine

The Platform installer includes all the necessary components for rendering BIRT use-cases directly from Platform Administration. These use cases demonstrate the reporting capabilities in terms output types and the necessary functions used in order to gather and render the reports.

Assuming the Java Bridge component has already been setup, the BIRT use cases will work out-of-the-box. The Java Bridge component is needed in order to support the interaction between the PHP scripts and the BIRT reporting tool written in Java.

If while installing Platform, the option to setup the Java Bridge was not selected, the Setup Tool can be deployed to setup the Java Bridge.

Using the Setup Tool to Setup the Java Bridge:

Access the Setup Tool, from UNIX, Linux and Mac: platform_dir/bin/setup_tool.sh from i5/OS: GO ZENDPLAT/ZPMENU from Windows: Start | Programs | Zend Platform | Setup Tool.

Note:

The Java Bridge requires that you have SUN’s JRE 1.4 or later installed on your computer. More information about JRE’s and the latest updates can be obtained from SUN Microsystems’s website: http://java.sun.com.
If you are using IBM's Java use version 1.42 or later obtained from:  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk

To enable the interaction between Platform and the BIRT reporting tool, first activate the Java Bridge, by going to: Integration | Java Bridge and click "Start".