About Provisioning Data
Provisioning Data provides information about accessing data from JDBC, NoSQL, file-based, and web services data sources for use with BIRT applications.
Provisioning Data includes the following sections:
Understanding data sets. This section explains how to create a data set and how to combine data from multiple data sources.
Binding data. This section explains how to create data bindings. A data binding is an expression that specifies what data to display.
Accessing data in files. This section explains how to access data in flat files, XML files, Excel spreadsheets, and BIRT report documents.
Creating data objects. This section explains how to create data objects. A data object is a BIRT object that contains all the information necessary to connect to an external data source, retrieve data from that data source, and structure the data in a way that supports business analysis.