Actuate BIRT Interactive Viewer

The people behind BIRT ™

BIRT Interactive Viewer is an AJAX–powered, BIRT–based report
viewing tool that enables every user to think beyond the current
structure of a report and personalize it based on task and need.
Users who are not familiar or comfortable with standard report
authoring tools are able to use BIRT Interactive Viewer without
costly training within moments of being introduced to its intuitive
interface, an inexpensive alternative to training individuals who
would use the tool on a limited or casual basis.

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 deployment
and are built with one design using BIRT. ActuateOne provides
Product Summary: organizations with a quick time to market and the ability to grow
BIRT Interactive Viewer with success.

ActuateOne is a complete BI solution built on BIRT that introduces
new products and features to its suite of Rich Information
Application-ready products.

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Product Summary: BIRT Interactive Viewer

Overview Applications built with ActuateOne
provide users with one user experience
BIRT Interactive Viewer is an AJAX– regardless of task, tool or skill level;
powered, BIRT–based report viewing are supported by one server with
tool that enables every user to think a set of services to support any
beyond the current structure of a deployment 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 standard time to market and the ability to
report authoring tools are able to use grow with success.
BIRT Interactive Viewer without costly
ActuateOne is a complete BI solution
training within moments of being
built on BIRT that introduces new
introduced to its intuitive interface,
products and features to its suite of
an inexpensive alternative to training
Rich Information Application-ready
individuals who would use the tool on
products.
a limited or casual basis.

BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users personalize report views,
allowing one design to serve many because
it does not need to conform to any one format.

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Features Defining Headers, Labels
and Page Breaks
BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users
Report Navigation
perform multiple tasks related to
BIRT Interactive Viewer includes
editing and formatting report text
navigational functions that make
and labels.
it easy to use, including panning,
cursor help, drag-n-drop positioning, • Edit text labels – changes text in
and widgets. labels that are not protected
• Modify label formatting – modifies
• Panning Control – allows user to pan
characteristics 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 – uses
breaks before or after grouped data
prompts to teach users how
if report design has grouped data.
to manipulate report contents
and formatting
• Drag-n-drop column positioning - Data Formatting
Makes repositioning columns easy BIRT 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 column deleting 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, report
sections or graphs – arranges, hides
Report Formatting or deletes any report element.
BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users • Suppress duplicates – prevents
format and make other changes repeat values from appearing
to 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 to
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• Change data value default condition on the creditRank column so
formatting – selects and changes that conditional formatting applies to
default data formatting within rows the customer name if the customer’s
• Format data types – changes data creditRank is a particular value
types such as numeric values, • Numerous comparison types – sets
currency, percentages, or scientific up 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 of whether a value is between or not In addition to filters (center), BIRT Interactive Viewer
components by modifying format and between two values
alignment properties, and, if desired, • Flash-enabled sliders – Uses pre-set
offers a pan and scroll control (left) that enables report
launch the BIRT Data Analyzer directly sliders; lets users select the values consumers 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 Analysis
Conditional Formatting BIRT Interactive Viewer provides drop functionality to move columns (right).
a variety of features to help users
BIRT Interactive Viewer can be
analyze the data in a report, arranging
used to change data formatting
the data to support the insight they
when a certain condition is true;
are seeking. It lets users display and
for example, in a report that shows
organize report data sets; sort a data
customers’ past-due invoices, a user
column in ascending or descending
can highlight in red any customer
order; organize data into groups:
name that has an invoice 90 days or
aggregate data; and calculate
more past due, and then highlight in
numbers such as sums, standard
blue any customer name that has an
deviations, rankings, and differences.
invoice 60 days or more past due.
Users can also export content to live
• Conditional Formatting – sets up to Excel spreadsheets for further analysis.
three conditional formatting rules
for a single column, and removes or Reorder, hide, merge and remove columns
modifies conditional formatting BIRT 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 column
selected column, a user can base the to a group
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• 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 functions
beyond simple calculations; for
BIRT Interactive Viewer lets users
example, users can create a column
group data if the report design does
that displays date values that are
not contain the grouping desired,
greater than the date values in
without affecting the underlying
another column.
report design. There are several
• Aggregate data – aggregates data
grouping 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 or report that has a column to calculate
descending sort options price* quantity, take the sum of all
• Advanced sort on multiple columns – those calculations to obtain the
sorts columns using up to three criterion total price of all items. Users can
• Add a group – creates a group create 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 users
Users can also launch BIRT Data Analyzer directly from
group on hours, minutes, or seconds. to specify and set conditions for how BIRT 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 out
Create Calculations and Summaries unwanted data at run–time.
• Filters – creates definitions that limit
BIRT Interactive Viewer supports
which data appears at what level of
standard mathematical functions, along
detail and which data does not appear
with standard operators and using
• Advanced filters – creates definitions
numbers and dates in expressions.
with multiple conditions
• Standard mathematical functions • Parameterized filters – reruns report
– performs calculations using using new run–time parameter values
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Charting • Size – sets the chart’s 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 to chart with depth
modify certain chart elements such as • Orientation – flips or reverses a
chart format, subtype and data. chart’s x– and y–axes
• Legend – shows and places a legend
Filter chart data
Change 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
x–axis or the y–axis. subtypes: BIRT Interactive Viewer perspective showing
• Bar chart – side–by–side, 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 chart’s 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
• Two–dimensional 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 with
chart, category, or x and y axis titles depth appears to have an added
• Axis – modifies, rotates, staggers, dimension.
and spaces the settings for the labels BIRT Interactive Viewer perspective showing
on the x–axis: the same report after personalization.

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Visualizations and Interactivity animation effects can be defined
New BIRT HTML5 charts are now an through 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 even bar chart or a slice in a pie chart to
more powerful data visualization drill down or see related information
capabilities, enabling them to via 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: Actuate’s web report tools—BIRT
HTML5. All commonly used BIRT Designer Professional and BIRT
charts including bar, column, area, Studio—allow developers and power
pie, line, scatter and donut have users to create reports. Users access
been enhanced to support HTML5 these same reports and enable the
as their primary output format, while BIRT 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 Actuate’s report development and
enabling a consistent user experience formatting 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 share
the same report design, allowing
• Animation effects – Slick out-of- anyone to start the design process
the-box animations are used when and anyone to fine tune it based on
a chart is initially rendered and user requirements or preferences.
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• BIRT Designer Pro: Enables
application developers to build
Benefits
dynamic, interactive reports ready BIRT 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 plug–in to provide
• Allows users to prototype requirement
maximum flexibility for engineers
requests, 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-defined
can modify their personal views.
BIRT report templates, reports and
• Reduces the system management
optional BIRT Information Objects.
burden on IT while continuous usage
BIRT Interactive Viewer is the of the reports remains high.
BIRT Interactive Viewer can be used to access nearly any
end user reporting centerpiece • Enables every user to think beyond data source, including data from Actuate e.Reports
of Actuate’s Progressive Design the current structure of a report and
and open source BIRT reports.
Architecture. transform it to meet needs and fulfill
requirements. This flexibility rewards
end user initiative with fast results
and the insight to drive change
• Decreases learning curve, because
users are able to work immediately
with BIRT Interactive Viewer, cutting
training costs.
• Frees up IT to shift its focus from
report generation activities to
higher-level priorities, because ease
of use shortens cycles between report
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The Progressive 4. If a casual user’s new design
requires features that are beyond
Design Process his or her skill level, IT can reopen
Actuate’s 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 the iServer, 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-based report design among report
templates in BIRT Designer Pro, developers, ad-hoc report authors and
and publish them to BIRT iServer as end user consumers as a means of
the foundation for BIRT Studio. evolving a report in order to preserve
2. Business and power users utilize its relevance is called “collaborative
BIRT Studio to create personalized reporting.” BIRT Interactive Viewer
reports based on the template(s) drives business and end user self-
and available data, configuring service in collaborative reporting.
the report to meet their needs,
and then publish and or schedule
the reports back to BIRT iServer.
Reports can be output in live Excel,
BIRT Interactive
.csv, .pdf or .html file formats,
Viewer is part of
or be printed. the ActuateOne
3. Authorized casual and end users products line,
can access and review these which provides
reports within their browsers every user in
by activating the optional BIRT the enterprise
Interactive Viewer, where they can with the tools
edit and customize reports. Once a required to make
user is satisfied with the new view, sound business
it can be saved in BIRT iServer, decisions
where the user can return to it later
based on current,
available data.
to run it or schedule it to run on
a regular basis. Report snapshots
can also be saved to a user’s local
machine, if desired.
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The Progressive allowing users to run both
on-demand and scheduled
Design reports without IT intervention
Architecture but within IT-control. This highly
scalable implementation of
The Actuate BIRT progressive Actuate services provides multi-
design architecture includes: server, multi-project support;
• BIRT 360 – Operational high-availability clustering,
and analytic user-created failover and load balancing;
dashboards for a 360-degree metadata caching; and
view of the business in a true enterprise management and
self-service environment. tuning features
• BIRT Data Analyzer – In-memory • BIRT onDemand – Actuate’s
analytics application that helps Software as a Service (SaaS)
business users uncover trends, offering, which enables any
identify anomalies and model user, anywhere, to access
scenarios. enterprise information via
• BIRT Reports – web reports the Web, without
based on open-source BIRT downloading/installing
technology from the Eclipse Actuate BIRT desktop products.
project, available without These options provide an array
charge from BIRT Exchange. of choices from which to create
• BIRT Studio – self-service, ad-hoc unique information applications
web report development within that appeal to any user.
IT control
• BIRT Interactive Viewer – end Within the progressive design
user report viewing and structure, BIRT designs can be
customization shared among highly skilled
• BIRT Mobile Viewer s – users developers, business users and
mobilize and carry information consumers. This encourages
wherever they go participation and supports
• BIRT iServer – enables the use of an iterative development
BIRT Information Objects, and environment, which speeds
includes scheduling, versioning, development and adoption of
and archiving functions, information applications.
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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 deployment
and 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.

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