Using Actuate BIRT Viewer
To begin using Actuate BIRT Viewer, you must first generate a report. The primary interface in which you view the report is Actuate BIRT Viewer. You can launch Actuate BIRT Viewer from any of the following applications:
Actuate Information Console
Actuate BIRT iHub
Actuate BIRT Studio
Actuate BIRT Designer Professional
Actuate Deployment Kit
Actuate BIRT iServer
The Actuate BIRT Viewer interface consists of a main toolbar with several icons that include the main menu with options, and the page navigation tool.The report itself occupies the remaining portion of the Viewer, as shown in
Figure 1‑2.
Figure 1‑2 Viewing a report in Actuate BIRT Viewer
You use Actuate BIRT Viewer to perform the following tasks:
View the table of contents.
Navigate pages in a multipage report.
Export data to several flat file formats.
Export content to AFP, Excel, PostScript, PDF, Word, PowerPoint, or Extensible HTML formats.
Link to the report page.
Print reports.
Show or hide report margins in the browser.
Specify viewing parameters.
Use hyperlinks in a report to view data in other reports or external web sites.
Drill up and down hierarchical data to view summary or detail information.
