Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT) Training Course

Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT) is an open-source software project that provides reporting and business intelligence capabilities for rich client and web applications.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level data and business analysts who wish to use BIRT to effectively create and deploy business intelligence reports.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Understand the architecture and components of the BIRT framework.
Design and create informative, dynamic reports using BIRT Report Designer.
Use BIRT’s scripting capabilities to add business logic to reports.
Optimize and deploy BIRT reports within web applications and standalone applications.

Format of the Course

Interactive lecture and discussion.
Lots of exercises and practice.
Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

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Course Outline

Introduction to BIRT

Overview of BIRT
Installing and setting up BIRT
Understanding BIRT architecture and components

Getting Started with BIRT Report Designer

Navigating the BIRT workspace
Basic report design concepts
Creating a report

Data Sources and Datasets

Connecting to data sources
Creating and managing datasets
SQL for BIRT

Report Item Essentials

Working with text items
Tables and grids
Understanding data bindings

Advanced Reporting Features

Conditional formatting
Parameterized reports
Incorporating charts and graphs

Scripting in BIRT

Overview of scripting in BIRT
Event handling scripts
Custom business logic

Optimizing and Deploying BIRT Reports

Performance best practices
Exporting and publishing reports
Integration with Web and Java applications

Advanced Topics and Extensions

Working with map visualizations
Advanced charting techniques
Extending BIRT with plugins

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

Basic understanding of SQL and databases
Familiarity with business intelligence concepts and reporting fundamentals

Audience

Data analysts
Business analysts
IT professionals

14 Hours

Testimonials (5)

Clear explanations with good examples so i could relate to my own line of work.

Elaine Vermeulen - Sandoz BV

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I enjoyed the exercises session the most as I get to understand how to apply. Would definitely enjoyed it more if there are more combination exercises :)