Actuate BIRT iServer includes a Design Engine API extension to create and alter data objects programmatically. This Actuate extension provides Java classes to automate data object generation, retrieving important information required regularly for any application. The classes that support BIRT data objects, DataMartCubeHandle, DataMartDataSetHandle, and DataMartDataSourceHandle, are contained in the com.actuate.birt.report.model.api package.
Like the BIRT data objects implemented in the BIRT data explorer, BIRT data objects generated by the Design Engine API generate data sources and data sets from a .datadesign or .data file. Using the extension requires programming in Java. Knowledge of XML is also helpful.
Handling data objects for BIRT reports requires knowledge of programming using the BIRT reporting API and the report object model. For information about the BIRT reporting API and the report object model, see
Integrating and Extending BIRT. This chapter describes the additional requirements for generating data objects for reports.
