To test the installation of the BIRT report viewer described in earlier sections, type the following URL in a web browser address field:

<server_name> is the name of the application server and <port> is the port that the application server uses.

Tomcat opens the JavaServer Page (JSP), index.jsp. This file exists in both the WAR file and in the BIRT report viewer root directory. A link on this page runs the simple BIRT report design file, test.rptdesign. If the BIRT report viewer is installed correctly, Tomcat uses index.jsp to process the report design and generate and render the report that it describes. The first time you run the report, Tomcat compiles the JSP files that comprise the viewer, so there is a delay before the report appears in the web browser.