Install BIRT in MobileFirst Eclipse

We can install BIRT in the instance of Eclipse on which MPF is running, and use the Report Designer as an integrated tool.

To install BIRT in the existing instance of Eclipse running IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation, follow these steps:

1. Click Help > Install new software

2. In Work with..., select http://download.eclipse.com/release/juno

3. Select Business Intelligence Reporting and Charting

4. Click Next and follow the installation instructions. When the installation is completed, install the reports.

5. Click Window > Open perspective > Other…

6. Select the Report Design perspective

7. Click File > New > Project

8. Select Report project and click Next

9. Enter a project name and click Finish

10. Use the import command, go to the MobileFirst Server installation folder created by IBM Installation Manager.

11. Locate the \report-templates\ folder, which contains a set of .rptdesign files.

12. Import all files with the suffix .rptdesign from the \report-templates\ folder into the Eclipse project. Eclipse comes with a bundled driver for Apache Derby database. If we use another database type, we must add a JDBC connector driver manually.

13. Click Manage Drivers…

14. Click Add… and add the JDBC connector driver package to communicate with the MobileFirst reports database

15. Select Driver Class and adjust the rest of the database settings

16. Click Test Connection… to validate that database settings are correct.

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