Advanced BIRT Reporting
Learn how to install and build BIRT reports.
Description
In this course you will learn how to install BIRT and how to use BIRT for Business Intelligence Reporting. You will learn how to connect to and use different data sources. Learn to Install BIRT on a Window machine. Learn to connect BIRT to multiple Database connections(SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, etc). Learn to connect BIRT to a file sources like Excel. You will also learn how to set up BIRT Data Sets that use various data sources. You will also learn how to create a basic BIRT Data Cube. You will learn how to use Grouping and Sorting on report objects. You will learn different filtering methods in BIRT. You will learn how to create Aggregations and different places you can add Aggregation in a BIRT report. You will learn how to create a computed column in a data set. You will learn how to create Report Parameters and use them in your reporting. You will learn how to use Cascading Parameters. You will learn to use Page Breaks and create custom reports. You will also review some BIRT advanced topics Master Pages & Page Breaks, Styles, Report Body, Sub Report, Parameters, Parameter Groups and Cascading Parameters, Nested Objects, Table of Contents, Report Viewer, BIRT Library
What You Will Learn!
- BIRT Introduction - BIRT Installation, Designer Overview, Labels & Text, Data & Dynamic Text, Images Table & Crosstabs, Charts
- BIRT Data - Connect to Database & File, Data Set, Data Cube, Grouping & Sorting, Aggregation, Filtering, Computed Columns, Joint Data Sets, etc
- BIRT Reporting - Master Pages & Page Breaks, Styles, Report Body, Sub Report, Parameters, Parameter Groups and Cascading Parameters, etc
- At the completion of this course you should be able to build a build a BIRT report for most reporting scenarios
Who Should Attend!
- This course is for someone who wants a full range of knowledge of how to use Eclipse BIRT