The reporting roadmap for IBM Tivoli revolves around Eclipse open source BIRT - from shipping Eclipse BIRT across a wide range of Tivoli products to including it in Maximo 7 and beyond (see other fact sheet on IBM Maximo).

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Highlights
Actuate is the leading provider
and contributor of reporting
Value-added BIRT-based Actuate products for solutions for Rich Internet
Applications and Eclipse BIRT.
IBM Tivoli Common Reporting Initiative We can help maximize your Tivoli
investment to achieve :
> Enhanced Tivoli Reporting and BI
capabilities with Actuate’s BIRT-
IBM Tivoli is delivering the Tivoli Common Reporting software, aiming to provide customers based product offerings allowing
with a reporting solution that is shared across the Tivoli portfolio and can be used by Tivoli, you to schedule and scale Tivoli
business partners, and customers as a base for increasing the value of solutions built around reports with added security for
the Enterprise, ensuring maximum
Tivoli products. For this purpose, Tivoli is shipping reports based on the Business Intelligence
uptime and minimal disruption to
Report Tool (BIRT) technology from the Eclipse™ open source project across various Tivoli
critical business and network assets
products, with plans to ship it with other Tivoli products rolling out later this year and next.
> Rapid Time to Value from your
Tivoli Common Reporting is a separate DVD that installs in about 15 minutes. This software
existing Tivoli applications, by
platform can be used by Tivoli, business partners, and customers to create their own reports
allowing users to create Interactive
and integrate them into Tivoli Common Reporting, to increase the value of solutions built Ad-hoc reporting against BIRT
around Tivoli products. templates and analysis with Tivoli
data, application users can also
The Eclipse BIRT project is a flexible, open source, and 100% pure Java reporting tool for
interactively alter and customize
building and publishing reports against data sources ranging from typical business relational
the view of data on BIRT reports in
databases, to XML data sources, to in-memory Java objects. their browser
> Rapid BIRT report deployment
with tailored technical support and
training for Actuate Reporting Tools
and Eclipse BIRT, as well as discov-
ery & implementation consulting
for installation, customization, QA
& deployment with Actuate BIRT-
based products.
> Seamless integration with critical
data from other business applica-
tions with enhanced Actuate BIRT-
based products.
> Greater value by allowing Tivoli
business & system users to monitor
the performance and health of your
business, investments and opera-
tions through a single console, with
Actuate ‘Ready for IBM Tivoli soft-
ware’ technical certified integration.

2. Fact and Resources Sheet Value-added BIRT-based Actuate products for IBM Tivoli Common Reporting Initiative
What is IBM Tivoli Common project was subsequently approved and became a
top level project within the Eclipse community on
Reporting Initiative? October 6, 2004.
By creating a standard infrastructure for creating, Today, the top project contributor community
viewing, and managing Tivoli product reports. The includes Actuate and IBM, with Actuate continuing to
Tivoli Common Reporting initiative completely re- be the primary project sponsor. Actuate’s commercial
evaluates how information should be represented, products fully leverage the BIRT technology and can
delivered, and shared effectively. Information is be used to easily enhance the basic functionality
delivered using Eclipse open source BIRT (Business provided by BIRT, as well as manage and support
Intelligence and Reporting Tools) platform. BIRT Eclipse BIRT reports that is shipped with your Tivoli
provides an open, extensible reporting infrastructure software.
across Tivoli products (including IBM Tivoli Monitoring
(ITM) 6.2, IBM Maximo, IBM Tivoli Usage & Accounting
Manager, IBM Tivoli Access Manager and IBM Tivoli
Enhanced Reporting
Identity Manager, Tivoli Business Sytems Manager, with Actuate BIRT-based
Tivoli Network Entry edition, IBM Tivoli have plans to products
extend this to other Tivoli products rolling out later
Enhanced BIRT-based reporting is made available by
this year & next)
Actuate (www.actuate.com) to integrate BIRT reports
Goals of the Common Reporting initiative into applications, such as Tivoli. Actuate BIRT enables
Eclipse BIRT (Business Intelligence Reporting Tool) developers to create rich interactive dashboard, web
is embedded within IBM Maximo® and Tivoli for the reports, and Excel spreadsheet for business users.
purpose of reporting, the goal is to converge around Business users then access these dashboards and
an incredibly simple launch point for reports, where reports via a web browser or on their business phone.
customers can see what’s available and use it with With a full use Actuate BIRT license, your existing
no training. This initiative provides an effective way investment in Tivoli reports is maximized, and allows
to deliver and share reports and reporting ideas, you to take advantage of the new functionality in BIRT
and find the set of content that gives the greatest and BIRT based technology – not only just in Tivoli,
value, helps focus the individual reports on quality of but across the entire IBM software stack.
information and value, not on the quantity of reports
Actuate is a finalist winner in ‘Best Commercial
available, as well as provides consistency of the
Equinox Application’, an award from Eclipse
content and enable linkage between reports for best
Foundation, in recognition of commercial
analysis flow, even if they cross individual product
contributors to the Eclipse platform. Actuate is
boundaries. It integrates reporting and dashboard
committed to extending support & value-added
displays so customers see consistent information and
offerings to Eclipse BIRT with BIRT-based commercial
appearance, and can move easily between them.
offerings from Actuate.
BIRT Technology in IBM The visibility and popularity of Actuate and BIRT
Tivoli products have resulted in more than three million
BIRT downloads to date. Actuate BIRT-based products
The reporting roadmap for IBM Tivoli revolves include both propriety and open-source code,
around Eclipse open source BIRT - from shipping combining flexibility with innovation and creating
Eclipse BIRT across a wide range of Tivoli products the most powerful BI reporting tools available today.
to including it in Maximo 7 and beyond (see other An extension to your embedded Open Source
fact sheet on IBM Maximo) BIRT, these are easy to use report tools that meet a
comprehensive range of reporting requirements,
The Eclipse open source BIRT project is sponsored from sharing reports with other users to embedding
& led by Actuate! reports within Maximo and Tivoli.
The BIRT project was first proposed and sponsored by More resources are offered on Actuate BIRT Exchange
Actuate when Actuate joined the Eclipse Foundation (http://www.birt-exchange.com) 2
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What we can do for you
Actuate and our premier partner, Reporting House, understand how important information about the health of
your business & technology assets managed by Tivoli, along with your organization’s performance are to your
company. We can help you derive even greater value out of these reports. Some of our value-added offerings
include:
• Discovery & analysis consultation to determine your existing reporting needs with Tivoli & plan an upgrade path to the commercially-
supported Actuate release & functionality
• Training classes on effectively using Eclipse and Actuate BIRT
• Implementation consulting for installation, customization, QA & deployment with the following Actuate BIRT products (which
includes support & indemnification) :
Actuate Product
Reference Guide
Actuate BIRT Designers are easy to use visual report development tools that meet a comprehensive range of reporting
requirements, from sharing reports with other users to embedding reports in Rich Internet Applications. There is also a BIRT Designer
for End Users - an AJAX-based tool accessed from a web browser for business users to access the data they need and create BIRT
reports without direct IT intervention, but within IT control. It is built on the BIRT report engine and can edit any BIRT report.
Actuate iServer provides an unsurpassed reporting platform in terms of scalability for the enterprise. It is a deployment architecture
that is scalable enough to serve 100% of the user population throughout the enterprise and beyond. iServer also provides an
enterprise wide common data model and access to disparate data sources with different data structures and terminology.
A lighter weight version of iServer – iServer Express is now available. iServer Express can be installed and configured in less than an
hour. A download for a trial evaluation is available on (http://www.birt-exchange.com)
Actuate Information Objects address the ultimate challenge in the BI market today for integrating data for access in real-time and
simplifying access to this data.
Actuate BusinessReport Studio is a web-based BIRT report development tool for business users to access the data they need and
create BIRT reports without direct IT intervention, but within IT control.
Actuate Interactive Viewer for End Users presents users with an intuitive, AJAX-based UI that requires no explanation or training. It
is a web-based report modification tool with which end users can change BIRT report formatting; hide, add, sort, move and calculate
data; and create charts.
Actuate iPortal is an out-of-the-box report delivery application that provides a customizable web interface from which to generate
and view BIRT-based reports.
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Eclipse BIRT Report Tools Learn more about Actuate University training by using
the link below.
training from Actuate http://www.actuate.com/services/education/index.
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Actuate University can meet the training needs Or, contact us directly at: ActuateUniversity@actuate.
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developers. Training delivered by our professional
staff shortens the learning curve for your BIRT
developers. Through our training, developers quickly
Actuate – ‘Ready for IBM
learn to use the BIRT designer to best advantage, Tivoli Software’
as well as the best practices associated with report
design. These comprehensive courses equip the
student with the skills needed to be more productive.
Actuate University provides the following
Actuate has received the ‘Ready for IBM Tivoli Software’ technical
training for the BIRT community:
validation for IBM Maximo, IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) and all
Introductory and advanced training classes for open- Tivoli Software products that utilize information in Common
source and Actuate BIRT Report Designers Base Event (CBE) format. The accolade serves to validate that
Actuate iServer has been certified for seamless integration with
• Working with BIRT Report Designer
IBM Tivoli products. The integration with Actuate iServer enables
• Integrating and Deploying BIRT
joint customers to monitor the performance and health of their
In addition, for Actuate BIRT business, investments and operations through a single console,
and effectively derive value from their Tivoli investments with
Training on the implementation and deployment of
minimal end-user training. Further information about Actuate’s
the BusinessReport Studio
‘Ready for IBM Tivoli Software’ validation is now available in
• Developing a Customized BusinessReport Studio the IBM Tivoli Open Process Automation Library (OPAL) online
Environment catalog of downloadable integrated extensions for IBM service
management applications at http://www.ibm.com/software/
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