Built on open-source Eclipse platform, Birt is a powerful reporting system that provides the ability to report the end--end solution, from creating and distributing reports to integrate in enterprise applications. The second of two book series on business intelligence and reporting technology, Integrating and Extending Birt, Second Edition introduces programmers to architecture Birt and reporting framework. The source code for examples that are available for download. Topics covered include Installing and using BIRTDeploying report to the application serverUnderstanding Birt Birt Birt Birt architectureScripting designIntegrating report functionality into the framework extension applicationsWorking Birt Second edition, revised and expanded, adding new content follows Updated diagramsExpanded scripting architecture library examplesTag descriptionsIn depth description of Birt Birt Web ViewerConfiguring using JNDI connectionXML report rendering plug-ins exampleFragment plug-in localization exampleOpen Data Access (ODA) plug-in example implementing the new Data Tools Platform (DTP) design and run-time witch