creating data driven apps with the free birt ihub f-type

Creating Data-Driven Apps with

the FREE BIRT iHub F-Type!

Virgil DodsonDeveloper EvangelistOctober 29, 2014

Today’s Agenda and Goals

• Introduction to BIRT

• BIRT Support for App Development

• Using BIRT Designer

• Deploying with BIRT iHub F-Type

• Live Demo – Greenhouse

• Questions

Simplicity

that makes simple layouts

easy

Power

to createvery complex

layouts

BIRTBIRT

What is BIRT?

• Makesalldata-drivencontentdevelopmenteasy• Modern,web-pagedesignmetaphor• Openandstandards-based• Flexiblewithrichprogrammaticcontrol• Fullsupportforlibrariesandreuse• Foundationforarangeofsolutions

A New Generation of Data Visualization Technology

BIRT Release History

• Ground-up initiative: Innovative approach to layout and design

• Developed in the open with community feedback at all stages

September2004 BIRTProjectproposalaccepted,andproject launched

June2005 1.0 EclipseReportDesigner,ReportEngine,ChartEngine

December2005 2.0 Supportforawidevarietyofcommonlayouts

June2006 2.1 Advancedparameters,ability to join data sets,…

June2007 2.2 Dynamiccrosstabsupport,webservicesdatasource,…

June2008 2.3 JavaScriptDebugger,BiDiSupport,ChartsinCrosstabs,…

June2009 2.5 Pageaggregates,Multipledrill-downsinCharts,…

June2010 2.6 Newcharts,morechartcontrol,developerproductivity,…

June2011 3.7 POJO Runtime,Hive/Hadoop,OpenOfficeemitters…

June2012 4.2 MavenSupport,ExcelDataSource,RelativeTimePeriods…

June2013 4.3 MongoDB&POJOODAs,PPT&Word2010Support,XLSXSupport…

June2014 4.4 Focusonimprovingquality/respondingtoissuesreportedbythecommunity

BIRT Data Access

• BIRT Offers many ways to get data Standard Data Sources

• Flat File (CSV, TSV, SSV, PSV)•Hive Data Source (Hadoop)• Cassandra Scripted Data Source•MongoDB Data Source• JDBC Textual or Graphical•Web Service - XPath syntax• XML - XPath syntax• XLS/XLSX

Scripted Data Source Written in Java or JavaScript Open Data Access (ODA) DTP Project Extensible JDBC Driver Framework

Community Contributions

GoogleDocs

XML/A

Cassandra

REST

MongoDB

Multi-FlatFile

GitHub

TwitterJSONSearch

Dropboxusage

YQL

GoogleAnalytics

LinkedIn

FacebookFQL

BIRT Formatting Capabilities

• Listings, cross-tab, dashboard, pixel-perfect,

charts

• Grouping, advanced aggregations, sub-totals,

calculations

• Multi-section and sub-reports

• Conditional sections and logic

• Full programmatic control and scripting

• Embedded images

• Dynamic hyperlinking

• And much more!

BIRT Re-use and Productivity

• Library support for publishing and sharing components

• Leverages common standards SQL Java JavaScript XML

• Cascading Style Sheets

• Integrated debugger

BIRT Expressions and Scripting

• Expressions are everywhere Data Source\Set, Parameters Report Items•Data, Crosstab, Images

Chart Elements Visibility, TOC, Bookmarks Events

• Helper Object References Data Sets\Table Bindings Native JavaScript Func’s BIRT Functions Operators

BIRT Output Formats

• HTML, PDF, MS Office, Open Office

• Custom emitters : CSV, Text, …

• Internationalization of labels and text

• Localization of date and numeric fields

• Support for Asian character sets and right-to-left display

WebViewer PDF Excel

Getting Some Demo Data

SolarAquaponicsGreenhouse

• RaspberryPiB+• AirTemp• WaterTemp• Humidity• AmbientLight• MotionSensor• ScheduledPics• TempAlerts• LEDIndicators• WiPi

• MQTT• Mosquitto• MySQL• Flickr• Twilio

The BIRT Designer

DEMO

Greenhouse Example Report

BIRT Designer BIRT Designer

High Level BIRT Architecture

BIRT EngineBIRT Engine

PresentationServices

PresentationServices

Design EngineDesign Engine

GenerationServices

GenerationServices

DataServices

DataServices

ChartingEngine

ChartingEngine

EclipseDesigner

EclipseDesigner

ChartDesigner

ChartDesigner

Eclipse DTP,WTP,…

Eclipse DTP,WTP,…

Data

Data

HTMLPDFExcelWordPowerPointPostScript…

XMLDesign

Document

Multiple Deployment Options

OneBIRTDesign

BIRTEngineandAPIsBIRTonDemand

BIRTiHub

Introducing BIRT iHub F-Type

• FREE BIRT Server!

• Ideal for departmental or smaller applications

• Unlimited data input

• Daily output limits that can be increased as needed

Built-in Interactivity

• Modify and Personalize BIRT Reports

• Answer What-if questions

• Change sorting, grouping, filters, formatting, and more…

Automatic Scheduling

• Automate report generation

• Run Now, Once, Recurring

• Uses advanced rules and calendar options

• Can be event driven (File/Job/custom)

• Retry rules

• Notification

• Advanced output and printing

Report and Document Sharing

• Secure granular document management

• Group/User report access and distribution

• Link to this page (Email URLs/ embed HTML)

Live Excel Output

• Native Excel output (NOT CSV!)

• Can include Live Formulas

• Crosstabs turn into Pivot Tables

• Multiple worksheets

• Live Charts

Easy Application Integration

• JavaScript API to embed dynamic reports anywhere

• Embed entire report or bookmarked areas

BIRT iHub F-Type in Action

DEMO

BIRT IoT People Counter Dashboard

DEVICE/GATEWAY(data collection)

CLOUD(device management and data analytics)

UI(data visualization)

Linux

Hardware

JavaVM

EclipseEquinoxOSGi

Hardware

EverywareCloud

DeviceManagement

MQTTBroker

EUROTECHDEVICE CLOUD

RESTAPIMQTT

Dashboards

BIRTiHub

BIRTDesign

BIRTDataObject

WebReports

BIRTMobile

BIRT IoT People Counter Dashboard

BIRT IoT Wearables

BIRT Developer Center

CentralizedhubforBIRTdevelopers• Accessdemos,tutorials,tipsandtechniques,documentation…• Enablesdeveloperstobemoreproductiveandbuildapplicationsfaster

Explore• Search/sort• Rate,comment• Forums

Download• Documentation• Software• Examples

Contribute• BIRTdesigns,code• Technicaltips• Applications

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VirgilDodsonTwitter: @birtevangelist