Actuate BIRT Designer Professional is a report designer for report developers who want to use the functionality provided by OpenText Corporation that enhances the Eclipse BIRT Report Designer.

You can use BIRT Designer Professional to build the following content:

BIRT design files query data sources and display charts, tables, cross tabs and maps interactively on web pages using the Actuate JSAPI. These designs can also be run and downloaded in formats such as Adobe PDF and Microsoft Excel using the Actuate REST API.

BIRT data object files can query multiple data sources and cache the data in data sets, data models, and data cubes for analysis and visual display in charts and maps. You can filter and retrieve data sets from a data object in the JSON format using REST API. You can also use data objects to provide data to BIRT designs and dashboards.

You can use the REST API to extract aggregated data when that data is grouped in BIRT report items. Each item in a BIRT report such as a chart, cross tab, and table can group data and can include a bookmark name to identify the item. The REST API uses the bookmark value to find the report item and then to extract the data displayed in the report item. For example, a bookmark named MapState can identify a cross tab that summarizes population statistics about each state in a BIRT design file. You can use the REST API to find the bookmark name and extract the data summary in the JSON format for use in your application.

BIRT data objects also offer the following features:

For more information about using BIRT Designer Professional, see Actuate BIRT Application Developer Guide.