Configuring BIRT for Performance Manager

If BIRT is already installed on your computer, or you are installing BIRT from another location, for example from the Eclipse homepage, you need to configure BIRT for use with Performance Manager after the installation. If you have installed BIRT from Performance Manager as described in Installing BIRT from Performance Manager, you do not need to perform the steps outlined in this procedure.

To configure BIRT RCP Designer for use with Performance Manager:

  1. Copy the jtds-1.2.jar file, available in the \lib directory of your Performance Manager front-end server installation folder, to the plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc_<version>\drivers directory of your BIRT installation. This will allow JDBC access to your Performance Manager installation.
  2. In the BIRT Report Designer, select the Windows > Preferences menu, then select Report Design > Classpath in the menu tree. Add the scc.jar file, available in the \lib directory of your Performance Manager front-end server installation folder, to the classpath by clicking Add External JARs.
  3. Create a directory to store the reports you intend to create, for example C:\MyBirtReports. Create a subdirectory called conf within the newly created directory.
  4. Within the conf directory, create a directory called birt. You should now have a directory structure that resembles the following: C:\MyBirtReports\conf\birt.
  5. Copy the file library.rptlibrary, available in the \conf\Birt directory of your Performance Manager front-end server installation folder, to the \conf\birt directory that you created in the previous step.
  6. Launch BIRT by executing the BIRT.exe file, located in the local directory where you extracted the application’s compressed files.
  7. From within BIRT RCP Designer, select Preferences from the Window menu.
  8. In the Preferences window, select Report Design > Resource in the directory tree in the left-hand pane.
  9. In the Resource folder text box, enter the directory that you created. For example C:\MyBirtReports\conf\birt.
  10. Click Apply, then click OK.
Parent topic: Managing Custom Report Templates with BIRT