BIRT Project
{{Short description|Open source software project}}
{{primary sources|date=December 2012}}
{{Infobox Software
| name = Eclipse BIRT Project
| logo = Birt-purple-logo.png
| screenshot = Eclipse BIRT Report Designer.png
| screenshot size = 250px
| caption = Eclipse BIRT Report Designer
| released = {{Start date and age|2005}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| developer = Eclipse Foundation
| operating system = Cross-platform
| language = Multilingual
| programming language = Java
| genre = Enterprise reporting / Business intelligence
| license = Eclipse Public License
| website = {{url|http://www.eclipse.org/birt}}
}}
The Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Project is an open source software project that provides reporting and business intelligence capabilities for rich client and web applications, especially those based on Java and Java EE. BIRT is a top-level software project within the Eclipse Foundation, an independent not-for-profit consortium of software industry vendors and an open source community.
The project's stated goals are to address a wide range of reporting needs within a typical application,{{cite web| title = BIRT Project Description and Scope| url = http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/description.php| accessdate = 2007-05-27| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070604013725/http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/description.php| archivedate= 4 June 2007 | url-status= live}} ranging from operational or enterprise reporting to multi-dimensional online analytical processing (OLAP). Initially, the project has focused on and delivered capabilities that allow application developers to easily design and integrate reports into applications.
The project is supported by an active community of users at BIRT Developer Center and developers at the Eclipse.org BIRT Project page.
BIRT has two main components: a visual report designer within the Eclipse IDE for creating BIRT Reports, and a runtime component for generating reports that can be deployed to any Java environment. The BIRT project also includes a charting engine that is both fully integrated into the report designer and can be used standalone to integrate charts into an application.
BIRT Report designs are persisted as XML and can access a number of different data sources including JDO datastores, JFire Scripting Objects, POJOs, SQL databases, Web Services and XML.
History
The BIRT project was first proposed and sponsored by Actuate Corporation when Actuate joined the Eclipse Foundation as a Strategic Developer on August 24, 2004.{{cite web | title=Actuate Joins Eclipse Foundation as Strategic Developer and Board Member | url=http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/aug242004actuatepr.html | date=2004-08-24| work=Press Release | publisher=Eclipse Foundation| accessdate=2007-05-27| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070609183919/http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/aug242004actuatepr.html| archivedate= 9 June 2007 | url-status= live}} The project was subsequently approved and became a top-level project within the Eclipse community on October 6, 2004. The project contributor community includes IBM, and Innovent Solutions.
In 2007 IBM's Tivoli Division adopted BIRT as the infrastructure for its Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) product. TCR produces historical reports on Tivoli-managed IT resources and processes.
The initial project code base was designed and developed by Actuate beginning in early 2004 and donated to the Eclipse Foundation when the project was approved.
Versions
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|+ Eclipse BIRT Project Released Versions |
| width="80"|Version
! width="160"|Release Date ! Description |
|---|
| 1.0 Preview
|March 1, 2005 |Preview at EclipseCon 2005: Eclipse Report Designer, Report Engine, Chart Engine |
| 1.0
|June 6, 2005 |Initial BIRT Report Designer, BIRT Report Engine, BIRT Chart Engine |
| 1.0.1
|July, 2005 |Support for Eclipse 3.1; RCP version of BIRT Report Designer[http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable1.0.1.php BIRT 1.0.1 New and Notable] |
| 2.0
|January 23, 2006 |Major release[http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable2.0.php BIRT 2.0 New and Notable] |
| 2.0.1
|February 22, 2006 |Maintenance release |
| 2.1
|June 28, 2006 |Major release as part of Eclipse Callisto Simultaneous Release[http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable2.1.php BIRT 2.1 New and Notable] |
| 2.0.2
|August 4, 2006 |Maintenance release |
| 2.1.1
|September 26, 2006 |Maintenance release |
| 2.1.2
|February 27, 2007 |Maintenance release |
| 2.1.3
|July 5, 2007 |Maintenance release |
| 2.2
|June 28, 2007 |Major release as part of Eclipse Europa Simultaneous Release[http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable2.2.php BIRT 2.2 New and Notable] |
| 2.2.1
|October 2, 2007 |Maintenance release |
| 2.2.1.1
|November 1, 2007 |Maintenance release |
| 2.2.2
|February 27, 2008 |Maintenance release |
| 2.3
|June 25, 2008 |Major release as part of Eclipse Ganymede Simultaneous Release[http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable2.3.php BIRT 2.3 New and Notable] |
| 2.3.1
|September 24, 2008 |"SR 1" Fall Maintenance release |
| 2.3.2
|February 25, 2009 |"SR 2" Winter Maintenance release |
| 2.5
|June 24, 2009 |Major release as part of Eclipse Galileo Simultaneous Release[http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable2.5.php BIRT 2.5 New and Notable] |
| 2.5.1
|September 25, 2009 |"SR 1" Fall Maintenance release |
| 2.5.2
|February 28, 2010 |"SR 2" Winter Maintenance release |
| 2.6
|June 24, 2010 |Major release as part of Eclipse Helios Simultaneous Release[http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable2.6.php BIRT 2.6 New and Notable] |
| 2.6.1
|September 17, 2010 |"SR 1" Fall Maintenance release |
| 2.6.2
|February 25, 2011 |"SR 2" Spring Maintenance release |
| 3.7
|June 22, 2011 |Major release as part of Eclipse Indigo Simultaneous Release[http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable3.7.php BIRT 3.7 New and Notable] |
| 3.7.1
|September 23, 2011 |"SR 1" Fall Maintenance release |
| 3.7.2
|February 24, 2012 |"SR 2" Maintenance release |
| 4.2.0
|June 27, 2012 | Major release as part of Eclipse Juno Simultaneous Release[http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable4.2.php BIRT 4.2 New and Notable] |
| 4.2.1
|September 28, 2012 | Maintenance release |
| 4.2.2
|February 22, 2013 | Maintenance release |
| 4.3
|June 26, 2013 | Major release as part of Eclipse Kepler Simultaneous Release[http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable4.3.php BIRT 4.3 New and Notable] |
| 4.3.1
|September 27, 2013 | Maintenance release |
| 4.3.2
|February 28, 2014 | Maintenance release |
| 4.4.0
|June 25, 2014 |Major release as part of Eclipse Luna Simultaneous Release[http://projects.eclipse.org/projects/birt/releases/4.4.0 BIRT 4.4 Release information] |
| 4.4.1
|September 26, 2014 |Maintenance release |
| 4.4.2
|February 27, 2015 |Maintenance release |
| 4.5.0
|June 24, 2015 |Major release as part of Eclipse Mars Simultaneous Release[http://projects.eclipse.org/projects/birt/releases/4.5.0 BIRT 4.5 Release information] |
| 4.6.0
|June 22, 2016 |Major release as part of Eclipse Neon Simultaneous Release[http://projects.eclipse.org/projects/birt/releases/4.6.0 BIRT 4.6 Release information] |
| 4.7.0
|June 28, 2017 |Major release as part of Eclipse Oxygen Simultaneous Release[http://projects.eclipse.org/projects/birt/releases/4.7.0 BIRT 4.7 Release information] |
| 4.8.0
|June 27, 2018 |Major release as part of Eclipse Photon Simultaneous Release[http://projects.eclipse.org/projects/birt/releases/4.8.0 BIRT 4.8 Release information] |
| 4.9.0
|June 16, 2021 |Minor release{{Cite web|url=https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.birt/releases/4.9.0|title = 4.9.0|date = 8 March 2021}} |
References
{{Reflist|2}}
Bibliography
{{refbegin}}
- {{Cite book
| first1 = Nola
| last1 = Hague
| first2 = Jane
| last2 = Tatchell
| date = July 27, 2008
| title = BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting
| edition = 2nd
| publisher = Addison-Wesley Professional
| pages = 794
| isbn = 978-0-321-58027-6
| url = http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321580273
}}
- {{Cite book
| first1 = Jason
| last1 = Weathersby
| first2 = Tom
| last2 = Bondur
| first3 = Iana
| last3 = Chatalbasheva
| first4 = Don
| last4 = French
| date = July 28, 2008
| title = Integrating and Extending BIRT
| edition = 2nd
| publisher = Addison-Wesley Professional
| pages = 724
| isbn = 978-0-321-58030-6
| url = http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321580303
}}
- {{Cite book
| first1 = John
| last1 = Ward
| date = February 22, 2008
| title = Practical Data Analysis and Reporting with BIRT
| edition = 1st
| publisher = Packt Publishing
| pages = 312
| isbn = 978-1-84719-109-0
| url = http://www.packtpub.com/practical-data-analysis-reporting-with-birt/book
}}
- {{Cite book
|first1=Paul
|last1=Bappoo
|date=March 23, 2010
|title=BIRT for Beginners
|edition=1st
|publisher=Lulu
|pages=241
|isbn=978-1-4457-4886-3
|url=http://www.birtreporting.com/BIRT-for-Beginners.html
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213101631/http://www.birtreporting.com/BIRT-for-Beginners.html
|archivedate=2010-12-13
}}
{{refend}}
External links
- [http://www.eclipse.org/birt Eclipse BIRT project home page]
{{Eclipse Foundation}}
{{Eclipse plugins}}
Category:Business intelligence software
Category:Free reporting software
Category:Free software programmed in Java (programming language)