Configure BIRT reports for the application server using Ant

We can update the BIRT reports with the web application server settings using Ant.

To use BIRT reports, update them with the web application server settings and install them in the server web applications folder. The easiest way to do this is to specify a <reports> element in the Ant script that invokes the <configureapplicationserver> Ant task.

1. Ensure that the <configureapplicationserver> invocation has the inner element <reports todir="web applications directory"/>. See Ant tasks for installation of MobileFirst runtime environments for more details.

2. Invoke the Ant script, which copies the report templates from the WorklightServer/report-templates/ directory to the web applications directory, adjusting the <data-sources> element as needed.

3. Verify that the BIRT Viewer application is installed and running on the application server.

4. To view or edit a BIRT Report, go to the path http://your-server/birt/frameset?__report=[report name].rptdesign., in which [report name].rtpdesign represents one of the following files:

   report_active_users.rptdesign 
   report_daily_hits.rptdesign 
   report_daily_visits.rptdesign 
   report_environment_usage.rptdesign 
   report_license_total_device_count.rptdesign 
   report_new_devices.rptdesign 
   report_notification_messages_per_day.rptdesign 
   report_notification_messages_per_source.rptdesign 

Parent topic: Reports database