Birt is basically not a product, but a series of core technologies on which products and solutions are built, similar in fashion to the Eclipse framework. The focus of this book is the product of the most visible and familiar framework built with Birt, who is the Birt Report Designer. Eclipse Birt Report Designer is a plug-in that utilizes Birt technology to allow users to design reports in Birt document format. You can integrate with your Java/J2EE application to generate reports that interesting. What you will learn from this book? Installing and preparing reports Birt environmentCreating structured and add visual elementsWorking report with data from JDBC, XML, flat files, and web services fell Filtering data only the information you needCreating cross-tab report using new Birt cube designerCreating a common development environment using a style sheet librariesUsing and themes in the report designsUsing and create templates for rapid development of reportsEverything the same time you need to work with graphics engine Birt Birt's Scripting in to add business logic, to manipulate elements of the report and handle eventsDeploying Birt reportsCase Studies - Building Reports for Bugzilla Approach This book is concise and practical guide aims to get the results you want as quickly as possible.