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CONTENTS
How To Contact The Author .......................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Installing BIRT for MAximo............................................................................................................................ 6 Download ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Install V7 Design Files for BIRT 232 ............................................................................................................ 7 Accessing the BIRT Designer.................................................................................................................... 13 More Information ....................................................................................................................................... 17 BIRT For Maximo Training ........................................................................................................................... 17
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Email: Paul@BirtReporting.com
Paul Bappoo is the author of BIRT for Beginners (which is available now in paperback from BIRTReporting.com) and has been an international technical software consultant and involved with computers for over 30 years. Paul runs the BIRT UK User Group and is a member of the Actuate BIRTExchange Advisory Council. He has an interest in BIRT reporting, enterprise application integration, automated software testing, computer based training and enterprise system implementation. He would be delighted to hear from you with your tips, tricks and stories about your usage of BIRT. If you have a great tip to share with the community drop him a line.
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INTRODUCTION
This is part one of our two part guide to installing and configuring BIRT for Maximo. In this guide I look at how to install BIRT in the Maximo environment with easy to follow, step by step instructions, including screen shots. This guide has been taken from our 2 day, dedicated, BIRT for Maximo training course which can be delivered on your premises anywhere in the world, to have your team up and running with BIRT in a Maximo environment quickly, easily and at low cost. If you would like further information about our training courses please contact Paul@BIRTReporting.com Join the mailing list at www.BIRTReporting.com to automatically receive the second part of this guide when it is published.
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Maximo Server
Workstation
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Copy and paste the mxreportdatasources.properties using the same source and destination folders from the previous steps. Maximo Server Workstation
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Open the copied mxdatasources.properties file, and edit if for your local configuration by: a) Setting the URL, driver, username, password, and schemaowner properties for your local environment. b) Change #<DataSourceName> to maximoDataSource. This file is shown below, including a sample update for a DB2 Database: #<DataSourceName>.<propertyName>=value # driver for ORACLE # oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver # sample url for ORACLE # jdbc:oracle:thin:@<HOST>:<PORT>:<SID> # driver for SQLServer # com.inet.tds.TdsDriver # sample url for SQLServer # jdbc:inetdae7a:hostname:port?database=dbname&language=us_english&nowarnings=true # driver for DB2 # com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver # sample url for DB2 # jdbc:db2://localhost:50000/dbalias maximoDataSource.url=jdbc:db2://MX7DB2:50000/MX7DB2 maximoDataSource.driver=com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver maximoDataSource.username=maximo maximoDataSource.password=maximo The values in red point to a sample local database. You can check yours and other available for you to choose from Start Menu\Programs\IBM DB2\Set-up Tools\Configuration Assistant. The key name in green is the default set for all reports, you have to use exactly this text. Note: The mxdatasources.properties file is only used by a report developer when he is creating reports within the BIRT Report Designer. When V7 Reports are executed from within the V7 Applications, their connection information will be passed dynamically from V7. Separate database username and passwords can be set up for each individual report developer to restrict their database access if required Copy the specific JDBC driver for your Database Type from <V7115>\applications\maximo\lib to: eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.viewer_2.3.2.r232_20090212\birt\WEB-INF\lib These drivers are only used by the designer.
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Note: For Oracle, copy/paste oraclethin.jar For SQL Server, copy/paste opta.jar For DB2, copy/paste db2jcc.jar and db2jcc_license_cu.jar Maximo Server Workstation
Open the specific JDBC driver Jar with WinZip for your specific database type and extract the contents of the jar file to <eclipse>\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.viewer_2.3.2.r232_20090212\birt\WEB-INF\classes
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Note: If you see an exception error like ClassNotFound in BIRT Designer after following these steps, double check that you have extracted the jar files properly. Not extracting the jar files will cause a ClassNotFound Error.
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Eclipse SDK Opens. From the menu, select File New Project.
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Scroll down to the Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools Location, and select Report Project. Click Next.
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This has been part one of our guide to installing and configuring BIRT for Maximo. To receive your copy of part two automatically, get free membership to BIRTReporting.com, see below for details.
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MORE INFORMATION
This book, written by Paul Bappoo, the founder of the BIRT User Group UK presents an overview of the open source BIRT tools and the commercial enhancements available from Actuate, including... Eclipse BIRT Designer, Actuate BIRT Designer, iServer Express, Interactive BIRT viewer, Actuate BIRT Studio, BIRT Spreadsheet Designer With walkthrough tutorials of the main features, including screenshots, from installation through data selection to formatting reports and fully graphical Flash charting this book will have you creating your own reports from scratch in only a couple of hours. If you are too busy to spend days learning software and want tangible results fast then BIRT For Beginners is for you. When you buy the book you will automatically get access to the readers section of this web site which includes BIRT report request forms that you can distribute to your end users, extra chapters in PDF format and an ever growing library of reports, tutorials, reviews, tips & tricks.
Buy the book and get free membership of BIRT Reporting and the BIRT User Group UK at: http://www.BIRTReporting.com
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