BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting (2nd Edition) download book

Book: BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting (2nd Edition)

Author: Diana Peh, Nola Hague, Jane Tatchell

Pages: 794

Format: PDF

Language: English

ISBN10: 0321580273

BIRT, Second Edition: A Field Guide to Reporting is an essential resource for users who want to create presentation quality reports from day one. The extensive examples, step-by-step instructions, and abundant illustrations help new users develop their report design skills quickly. Power users can find the information they need to make the most of the product’s rich set of features to build complex and compelling reports. By the time you finish this book, you learn the following and more.
- Design effective business and corporate reports that convey information through images, charts, tables, and cross tabs
- Build reports using data from a variety of sources, including databases, XML documents, spreadsheets, and web services
- Enliven reports with interactive features, such as hyperlinks, Tooltips, and highlighting
- Create consistently styled reports and collaborate with other report designers through the use of templates and libraries of reusable elements
- Localize reports for an international audience
This second edition, revised and expanded, adds updated examples and covers all the new and improved product features, including
- Cross tabs and OLAP cubes
- New chart types, including Gantt, bubble, tube, and cone charts
- Web services as a new data source
- New report output formats, including doc, ppt, xls, and PostScript
- The capability for reports to reference CSS
- Localization of report parameter and data values