1. The people behind BIRT BIRT Interactive Viewer is an AJAXpowered, BIRTbased reportviewing tool that enables every user to think beyond the currentstructure of a report and personalize it based on task and need.Users who are not familiar or comfortable with standard reportauthoring tools are able to use BIRT Interactive Viewer withoutcostly training within moments of being introduced to its intuitiveinterface, an inexpensive alternative to training individuals whowould use the tool on a limited or casual basis.Applications built with ActuateOne provide users with one userexperience regardless of task, tool or skill level; are supportedby one server with a set of services to support any deploymentand are built with one design using BIRT. ActuateOne providesProduct Summary:organizations with a quick time to market and the ability to growBIRT Interactive Viewer with success.ActuateOne is a complete BI solution built on BIRT that introducesnew products and features to its suite of Rich InformationApplication-ready products.Product Summary Home NextContentsBack

2. Product Summary: BIRT Interactive Viewer Overview Applications built with ActuateOneprovide users with one user experience BIRT Interactive Viewer is an AJAXregardless of task, tool or skill level; powered, BIRTbased report viewing are supported by one server with tool that enables every user to thinka set of services to support any beyond the current structure of adeployment and are built with report and personalize it based on one design using BIRT. ActuateOne task and need. Users who are not provides organizations with a quick familiar or comfortable with standardtime to market and the ability to report authoring tools are able to use grow with success. BIRT Interactive Viewer without costlyActuateOne is a complete BI solution training within moments of beingbuilt on BIRT that introduces new introduced to its intuitive interface,products and features to its suite of an inexpensive alternative to trainingRich Information Application-ready individuals who would use the tool onproducts. a limited or casual basis. BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users personalize report views,allowing one design to serve many becauseit does not need to conform to any one format.Home NextContentsBack2 3. Product Summary: BIRT Interactive ViewerFeatures Defining Headers, Labels and Page Breaks BIRT Interactive Viewer lets usersReport Navigation perform multiple tasks related toBIRT Interactive Viewer includes editing and formatting report textnavigational functions that make and labels.it easy to use, including panning,cursor help, drag-n-drop positioning, Edit text labels changes text inand widgets.labels that are not protected Modify label formatting modifies Panning Control allows user to pancharacteristics such as font, color, an entire report with a touch pad-type size. like interface Set and delete page breaks sets Activity-sensitive cursor help usesbreaks before or after grouped data prompts to teach users howif report design has grouped data. to manipulate report contents and formatting Drag-n-drop column positioning -Data Formatting Makes repositioning columns easyBIRT Interactive Viewer lets users Interactive widgets Interactive modify default data formatting.BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users modify default data Flash widgets can be included in Resize a column changes column any BIRT-based report to improve width. formatting, including realigning/hiding/showing/ visualization and enable uses to Change data alignment in a columndeleting and suppressing columns, directly impact report elements. Users can scroll, grab gauge needles aligns column data to the left,setting text attributes and more.center, or right. and select data series. Hide, show, delete charts, reportsections or graphs arranges, hidesReport Formatting or deletes any report element.BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users Suppress duplicates preventsformat and make other changes repeat values from appearingto reports. These changes include consecutively in a column.formatting column headers and Set text characteristics modifies font,other labels, formatting data,color, style, and other text properties.applying conditional formatting, and Change case formats labels tosetting or removing page breaks.appear in all upper or lower caseHomeNext ContentsBack 3 4. Product Summary: BIRT Interactive Viewer Change data value default condition on the creditRank column so formatting selects and changesthat conditional formatting applies to default data formatting within rows the customer name if the customers Format data types changes datacreditRank is a particular value types such as numeric values, Numerous comparison types sets currency, percentages, or scientificup comparisons, including null or numbers false; compares a column value Interact on crosstabs End users to one or two other values; checks can personalize look and feel ofwhether a value is between or not In addition to filters (center), BIRT Interactive Viewer components by modifying format andbetween two values alignment properties, and, if desired, Flash-enabled sliders Uses pre-setoffers a pan and scroll control (left) that enables report launch the BIRT Data Analyzer directlysliders; lets users select the valuesconsumers to access all the information in a report despite from the Interactive Viewer to further screen real estate constraints. It also supports drag-and- analyze the contents.Interactive Report AnalysisConditional FormattingBIRT Interactive Viewer providesdrop functionality to move columns (right).a variety of features to help usersBIRT Interactive Viewer can beanalyze the data in a report, arrangingused to change data formattingthe data to support the insight theywhen a certain condition is true;are seeking. It lets users display andfor example, in a report that showsorganize report data sets; sort a datacustomers past-due invoices, a usercolumn in ascending or descendingcan highlight in red any customerorder; organize data into groups:name that has an invoice 90 days oraggregate data; and calculatemore past due, and then highlight innumbers such as sums, standardblue any customer name that has andeviations, rankings, and differences.invoice 60 days or more past due.Users can also export content to live Conditional Formatting sets up toExcel spreadsheets for further analysis. three conditional formatting rules for a single column, and removes orReorder, hide, merge and remove columns modifies conditional formattingBIRT Interactive Viewer lets users Cross-column conditional formatting make changes to report columns. affects the formatting of one column Add columns based on the value in another column; Change column order for example, if CustomerName is the Move data values from a columnHomeNextContents Back selected column, a user can base theto a group4 5. Product Summary: BIRT Interactive Viewer Remove columns counting, addition, subtraction, Hide Columns multiplication, division and more. Interact with crosstabs, and launch Standard operators perform BIRT Data Analyzer directly from the calculations using common operators, BIRT Interactive Viewer to further including plus (+), minus (), multiplied analyze the contents.by (*), divided by (/), and more.Sort, group and ungroup data Expressions extend basic functionsbeyond simple calculations; forBIRT Interactive Viewer lets usersexample, users can create a columngroup data if the report design doesthat displays date values that arenot contain the grouping desired,greater than the date values inwithout affecting the underlyinganother column.report design. There are several Aggregate data aggregates datagrouping functions in IV.by performing a calculation over a Simple sort on a single column sorts set of data rows; for example, in a single columns using ascending orreport that has a column to calculate descending sort optionsprice* quantity, take the sum of all Advanced sort on multiple columns those calculations to obtain the sorts columns using up to three criteriontotal price of all items. Users can Add a group creates a groupcreate up to three aggregations for a where no group formerly existed; for calculated column.Interactive Viewer allows users to view crosstab reports example, group data based on date and export content as live pivot tables in Excel. or time data set a grouping interval; Filter data or if the column contains time data,BIRT Interactive Viewer allows usersUsers can also launch BIRT Data Analyzer directly from group on hours, minutes, or seconds.to specify and set conditions for howBIRT Interactive Viewer to further analyze report content. Remove an inner group ungroup a data and other reports elements are column or table in a report.displayed and hide and filter outCreate Calculations and Summariesunwanted data at runtime. Filters creates definitions that limitBIRT Interactive Viewer supportswhich data appears at what level ofstandard mathematical functions, alongdetail and which data does not appearwith standard operators and using Advanced filters creates definitionsnumbers and dates in expressions.with multiple conditions Standard mathematical functions Parameterized filters reruns report HomeNextContents Back performs calculations usingusing new runtime parameter values 5 6. Product Summary: BIRT Interactive Viewer Charting Size sets the charts height and While some chart elements are width determined by a report template, Dimensions creates a 2D or 2D BIRT Interactive Viewer can be used tochart with depth modify certain chart elements such as Orientation flips or reverses a chart format, subtype and data. charts x and yaxes Legend shows and places a legend Filter chart dataChange chart layout (subtype) In BIRT Interactive Viewer, data displayed in a chart can be filtered In BIRT Interactive Viewer, users in the same way any data column is can change the subtype of a filtered. Users can filter on either the chart. Several types of charts have xaxis or the yaxis.subtypes: BIRT Interactive Viewer perspective showing Bar chart sidebyside, stacked,a typical financial report before personalization. Change chart formatting The after view is below; the top section (Accounts) percent stacked In BIRT Interactive Viewer, users can Line chart overlay, stacked, percent is converted to a more quickly read, appealing chart. modify items of the charts format, stacked including the fonts and font sizes of Area chart overlay, stacked, the chart title and axis labels and the percent stacked height and width of the chart; they Meter chart standard, can also hide axis labels, place labels superimposed at an angle relative to the axis, and Stock chart candlestick, bar stick hide the legend or determine where Twodimensional subtypes chart to display the legend in relation to shape appears flat against the chart the chart. background Titles Edit and format the default Charts with depth a chart withchart, category, or x and y axis titlesdepth appears to have an added Axis modifies, rotates, staggers,dimension.and spaces the settings for the labels BIRT Interactive Viewer perspective showingon the xaxis: the same report after personalization.HomeNext ContentsBack6 7. Product Summary: BIRT Interactive Viewer Visualizations and Interactivityanimation effects can be defined New BIRT HTML5 charts are now anthrough scripting. integral part of BIRT Data Analyzer, New levels of interactivity Out-of- BIRT 360 and BIRT Interactive the-box users can click on a bar in a Viewer, giving business users evenbar chart or a slice in a pie chart to more powerful data visualizationdrill down or see related information capabilities, enabling them tovia a tooltip. Out-of-the-box users create the charts they need as part can also zoom in on the X and/ of corresponding OLAP analysis, or Y chart axes to focus on just dashboards or custom reports. the categories or values they are interested in. Custom interactivity HTML 5 rendering for BIRT charts can be defined through scripting in ActuateOne embodies powerful and BIRT Designer Pro. future-proof solutions for delivering visually compelling and engaging Generating Reports: Data Sources content in browsers across all major for BIRT Interactive Viewer mobile and conventional platforms: Actuates web report toolsBIRT HTML5. All commonly used BIRTDesigner Professional and BIRT charts including bar, column, area,Studioallow developers and power pie, line, scatter and donut haveusers to create reports. Users access been enhanced to support HTML5 these same reports and enable the as their primary output format, whileBIRT Interactive Viewer as required to continuing to support the existing modify their view of report content. chart output formats such as SVG, JPG, PNG and BMP. In addition to Actuates report development and enabling a consistent user experienceformatting products, designed across conventional and mobile specifically for application platforms, the new HTML5 chart developers, report developers, output format increases the richness business analysts, business users and of this experience by providing: end users, permit everyone to sharethe same report design, allowing Animation effects Slick out-of- anyone to start the design processthe-box animations are used whenand anyone to fine tune it based ona chart is initially rendered and user requirements or preferences.when users interact with it. Custom Home Next Contents Back7 8. Product Summary: BIRT Interactive Viewer BIRT Designer Pro: Enables application developers to build Benefits dynamic, interactive reports readyBIRT Interactive Viewer enables users for deployment to end users and to modify and personalize their report to create composite report design views. This allows one design to serve templates for BIRT Studio. This more users because it does not need design environment includes a to conform to any one format. This complete Eclipse IDE installation flexibility reduces the number of with a fully tested, commercially reports that need to be created. supported BIRT plugin to provide Allows users to prototype requirement maximum flexibility for engineersrequests, which makes obtaining familiar with Eclipse.them easier and faster. BIRT Studio: Enables business Requires fewer report designs for analysts and power users to craft ad-specialty cases, because end users hoc web reports by using pre-definedcan modify their personal views. BIRT report templates, reports and Reduces the system management optional BIRT Information Objects.burden on IT while continuous usageBIRT Interactive Viewer is theof the reports remains high. BIRT Interactive Viewer can be used to access nearly anyend user reporting centerpiece Enables every user to think beyond data source, including data from Actuate e.Reportsof Actuates Progressive Design the current structure of a report and and open source BIRT reports.Architecture. transform it to meet needs and fulfillrequirements. This flexibility rewardsend user initiative with fast resultsand the insight to drive change Decreases learning curve, becauseusers are able to work immediatelywith BIRT Interactive Viewer, cuttingtraining costs. Frees up IT to shift its focus fromreport generation activities tohigher-level priorities, because easeof use shortens cycles between reportdesign and completion Increases ROIHome Next ContentsBack8 9. Product Summary: BIRT Interactive Viewer The Progressive 4.If a casual users new designrequires features that are beyond Design Process his or her skill level, IT can reopen Actuates iterative approach to report the report as a design, make the development and evolution allows changes, and save it back to BIRT users of all skill levels to participate in theiServer, where it can be accessed report creation and review processes:again by any authorized user. The process of trading a common 1.IT developers create BIRT-basedreport design among reporttemplates in BIRT Designer Pro,developers, ad-hoc report authors andand publish them to BIRT iServer asend user consumers as a means ofthe foundation for BIRT Studio.evolving a report in order to preserve 2.Business and power users utilize its relevance is called collaborativeBIRT Studio to create personalized reporting. BIRT Interactive Viewerreports based on the template(s) drives business and end user self-and available data, configuringservice in collaborative reporting.the report to meet their needs,and then publish and or schedulethe reports back to BIRT iServer.Reports can be output in live Excel,BIRT Interactive.csv, .pdf or .html file formats,Viewer is part ofor be printed. the ActuateOne 3.Authorized casual and end users products line,can access and review these which providesreports within their browsersevery user inby activating the optional BIRT the enterpriseInteractive Viewer, where they canwith the toolsedit and customize reports. Once arequired to makeuser is satisfied with the new view,sound businessit can be saved in BIRT iServer, decisionswhere the user can return to it laterbased on current,available data.to run it or schedule it to run ona regular basis. Report snapshotscan also be saved to a users localHome Next Contents Backmachine, if desired.9 10. Product Summary: BIRT Interactive Viewer The Progressiveallowing users to run bothon-demand and scheduled Design reports without IT intervention Architecture but within IT-control. This highlyscalable implementation of The Actuate BIRT progressive Actuate services provides multi- design architecture includes:server, multi-project support; BIRT 360 Operationalhigh-availability clustering,and analytic user-created failover and load balancing;dashboards for a 360-degree metadata caching; andview of the business in a trueenterprise management andself-service environment. tuning features BIRT Data Analyzer In-memory BIRT onDemand Actuatesanalytics application that helpsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)business users uncover trends,offering, which enables anyidentify anomalies and modeluser, anywhere, to accessscenarios.enterprise information via BIRT Reports web reportsthe Web, withoutbased on open-source BIRT downloading/installingtechnology from the Eclipse Actuate BIRT desktop products.project, available without These options provide an arraycharge from BIRT Exchange. of choices from which to create BIRT Studio self-service, ad-hoc unique information applicationsweb report development withinthat appeal to any user.IT control BIRT Interactive Viewer endWithin the progressive designuser report viewing andstructure, BIRT designs can becustomizationshared among highly skilled BIRT Mobile Viewer s users developers, business users andmobilize and carry information consumers. This encourageswherever they go participation and supports BIRT iServer enables the use ofan iterative developmentBIRT Information Objects, andenvironment, which speedsincludes scheduling, versioning, development and adoption of Home Next Contents Backand archiving functions, information applications. 10 11. Product Summary: BIRT Interactive Viewer System Requirements System 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 deploymentand 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. Actuate Corporation Tel: (888) 422-8828 951 Mariners Island Blvd. Web: http://www.actuate.com San Mateo, CA 94404 http://birt-exchange.comHomeNext Contents Back 11