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Welcome to BIRT Exchange and this Wiki. Currently, we are using this Wiki to hold documents that may change regularly like frequently asked questions (FAQs) and getting started guides. Some pages will be locked from editing however members of BIRT Exchange are encouraged to make changes if you want to add more detail, make a correction, or add a question to the FAQ that you found helpful.

• Guidelines for Posting BIRT Examples in DevShare
• DevShare Contributor of the Month Contest
• BIRT Exchange Community Leaderboard
• BIRT User Groups (BUGs)
• BIRT Exchange Community Advisory Council
• BIRT Podcasts and Screencasts
• BIRT Books for Developers
• Get Started with BIRT Contest (closed)
• BIRT Style Contest (closed)
• Plug In 2 BIRT Contest (closed)
• (NEW) BIRT Exchange Awards and Badges
• Report Site Issues

Getting Started Guides and FAQs

The sections below provide getting started directions for the technologies and products available on BIRT Exchange.

• Designers
  • BIRT Designers - Includes open source Eclipse BIRT Designers and Actuate BIRT Designers.
  • BIRT Studio - Web-based BIRT report designer for end-users
  • Information Object Designer - Designer for building metadata objects for use with BIRT reports deployed to iServer report server.
• Report Viewers and Servers
  • BIRT WebViewerExample - Open source example web implementation of the BIRT APIs.
  • Actuate BIRT Viewers - Includes Actuate BIRT Viewer and Interactive Viewer WAR files.
  • Actuate Java Components (OEM) - Includes BIRT Deployment Kit and e.Spreadsheet Deployment Kit for OEMs.
  • BIRT iServer - Report Server for BIRT and e.Spreadsheet.
• Engines and APIs
  • BIRT Engine - Includes BIRT Report Engine API, Design Engine API, and Chart Engine API.
  • e.Spreadsheet Engine - Includes e.Spreadsheet Engine and Excel API
  • Actuate JSAPI - JavaScript API for integrating BIRT reports into any web page.
  • Actuate Web Services API - Information Delivery API (IDAPI) for interacting with the iServer via web services.
• Applications Using BIRT
  • Using Actuate BIRT with IBM Maximo
  • Using BIRT and Actuate with IBM ClearQuest
  • Actuate Mashboard - BIRT Dashboard Implementation for iServer
  • Using BIRT and Actuate with JavaServer Faces(JSF)

Free Trial of Actuate Products

• Actuate 11SP3 - BIRT Products
• The public period for Actuate 11SP4 BIRT Products, Beta Milestones has ended.
• Report issues for Actuate 11, 11SP1, 11SP2 and 11SP3 BIRT Products