BIRT( Business Intelligence Reporting Tool )

BIRT is an Eclipse-based open source reporting platform for web applications, especially those based on Java and J2EE. BIRT has two main components: a report designer plug-in for Eclipse, and a runtime engine that you can deploy to your application.



An extended introduction to BIRT is available on this page of the BIRT section of the Eclipse web site:
http://www.eclipse.org/birt/intro
This flash movie highlights the steps for building a report using the BIRT Designer in Eclipse:
http://download.eclipse.org/birt/downloads/examples/misc/BIRT/BIRT_demo_Camv3.html


Here is a link for explaining the Usage of Eclipse BIRT Report Libraries and Templates http://www.theserverside.com/articles/article.tss?l=EclipseBRT