Customizing data model BIRT reports

Several Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) data model report design templates are available in this product. These templates provide data sources and data sets for different types of data models. The data sets organize elements from the data sources into tables that BIRT can use. You can customize these default template designs to meet your business needs.
About this task

Your IBM® product extends the BIRT component so that the BIRT user interface and capabilities are available to you.

To customize an existing BIRT report design template, you modify it in the BIRT report designer. For more detailed information, refer to the following technote: Obtaining and using data model information to customize a BIRT report design.

  1. Open the Report Explorer view by clicking Window > Show view > Other, expanding the Reporting node, and selecting Report Explorer. Several categories of data model report projects are displayed.
  2. Expand a data model report category.
  3. Create a copy of the built-in report to modify it. BIRT report designs have RPTDESIGN as the file name extension
  4. Modify the design as needed. For more detailed information, refer to the following technote: Obtaining and using data model information to customize a BIRT report design. You can also refer to the BIRT documentation, which is available in this product from the Help > Help Contents menu, or from the link below.

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