• About Using Actuate BIRT Designer Professional
•  Accessing data
  • Supported data sources
  • How a report accesses data
•  Creating data objects
  • About data objects
  •  Design considerations
    • Designing data objects for dashboards
    • Designing data objects for reports created with Actuate BIRT Studio
    • Designing data objects for reports created with Actuate BIRT Designer
  •  Building a data object
    • How to create a data object
    • Creating new items for a data object
    •  Exporting items to a data object
      • How to export data items to a data object
    •  Creating a shared dimension for cubes
      • How to create a shared dimension
      • How to convert a cube dimension into a shared dimension
    •  Configuring data set columns for summary tables
      • How to set the analysis type of a data set column
    •  Creating hyperlinks to provide drill-down capability
      • How to create a hyperlink from a data set column
      • How to create a hyperlink from a dimension or measure in a cube
    •  Hiding data sets from users
      • How to hide data sets from users
  •  Providing cached data
    • How to create a data object store
  •  Publishing a data object
    • How to publish a data object in an iHub volume
  •  Enabling incremental updates
    • How to enable incremental updates
    • How to apply incremental updates to a .data file stored in the file system
  • Managing user access
  • Maintaining a data object
•  Accessing data in a data object
  • Using data object data in a report
  •  Connecting to a data object
    • How to connect to a data object
  •  Specifying the data to retrieve from a data object
    • How to specify what data to retrieve from a data object
  •  Using a cube in a data object
    • How to use a cube in a data object
•  Accessing data in an information object
  • Using information object data in a report
  •  Connecting to an information object
    • How to connect to an information object
  •  Specifying the data to retrieve from an information object
    • How to specify what data to retrieve from an information object
•  Accessing data in a report document
  • Using report document data
  •  Creating a report document
    •  Specifying bookmark names
      • How to specify a bookmark name
    •  Specifying element names
      • How to specify an element name
  •  Connecting to a report document
    • How to connect to a report document
  •  Specifying the data to retrieve from a report document
    • How to retrieve data from a report document
•  Accessing data in an e.report
  •  Using ActuateOne for e.Reports Data Connector
    • About ActuateOne for e.Reports Data Connector functionality
    • Accessing an e.report using Page Level Security
    • Accessing an e.report having multiple sections
  •  Connecting to an e.report
    • How to create an ActuateOne for e.Reports data source
  •  Specifying the data to retrieve from an e.report
    • How to create an ActuateOne for e.Reports data set
•  Accessing data in Amazon DynamoDB
  • Using Amazon DynamoDB data in a report
  •  Connecting to Amazon DynamoDB
    • How to create an Amazon DynamoDB data source
  •  Specifying the data to retrieve from Amazon DynamoDB
    • How to specify what data to retrieve from an Amazon DynamoDB database
    •  Filtering data
      • Filtering by a composite primary key
      • Filtering by an attribute
•  Accessing data in Amazon Relational Database Service
  • Using Amazon RDS data in a report
  •  Connecting to Amazon RDS
    • How to create a Amazon RDS data source
  •  Specifying the data to retrieve from Amazon RDS
    • How to specify what data to retrieve from a database in Amazon RDS
•  Accessing data in Salesforce.com
  • Using Salesforce.com data in a report
  •  Connecting to Salesforce.com
    • How to create a Salesforce.com data source
  •  Specifying the data to retrieve from Salesforce.com
    • How to specify what data to retrieve from a database in Salesforce.com
•  Combining data from multiple data sources
  • Ways to combine data
  •  Creating a union data set
    • How to create a union data set
  •  Creating a joined data set
    • How to create a joined data set
    • Joining on more than one key
    • Specifying a join condition not based on equality
•  Formatting a report
  • Formatting features in Actuate BIRT Designer
  • Removing the default themes
  • Hiding columns in a table
  • Using a Quick Response (QR) code to link to content
  • Designing for optimal viewer performance
•  Building HTML5 charts
  •  About HTML5 charts
    • Comparing HTML5, Flash, and BIRT charts
    • Rendering platform
  • Creating an HTML5 chart
  •  Formatting an HTML5 chart
    • Applying a chart theme
    •  Creating a chart theme
      • Creating a general chart theme
      • How to create a general chart theme
      • Creating a JavaScript chart theme
      • How to create a JavaScript chart theme
  •  Writing event handlers
    • Writing event handlers that respond to user interactions
    •  Writing event handlers that respond to chart events
      • About the HTML5 chart events
      • Setting chart options through scripting
      • Scripting example 1
      • Scripting example 2
      • Scripting example 3
•  Using Flash objects in a report
  • About Flash
  • Software requirements
  • Ways to add Flash objects in a report
  • Output formats that support Flash
•  Using built‑in Flash charts and gadgets
  • About Flash charts and gadgets
  • Creating a Flash chart and gadget
  • Formatting a Flash chart
  •  Formatting a Flash gadget
    • General properties
    • Scale properties
    • Needle properties
    • Needle base or pivot properties
    • Number formatting properties
    • Region properties
    • Tick properties
    • Threshold properties
    • Anchor properties
    • Plot properties
    • Value indicator properties
    • Tooltip properties
    • Font properties
    • Padding and margin properties
    • AddOn properties
  •  Using animation and other visual effects
    •  Creating effects
      • How to create an effect
      • How to apply an effect to multiple parts in a chart or gadget
    • Managing effects
    • Animation effect
    • Bevel effect
    • Blur effect
    • Font effect
    • Glow effect
    • Shadow effect
  •  Tutorial 1: Creating a Flash chart
    • Task 1: Create a new report
    • Task 2: Build a data source
    • Task 3: Build a data set
    • Task 4: Add a Flash chart to the report
    • Task 5: Select data for the Flash chart
    • Task 6: Animate the x-axis labels
    • Task 7: Animate the y-axis labels
    • Task 8: Change the animation effect of the columns
  •  Tutorial 2: Creating a Flash gadget
    • Task 1: Add a Flash gadget to the report
    • Task 2: Select data for the linear gauge
    • Task 3: Divide the data area into regions
    • Task 4: Add thresholds
    • Task 5: Animate the region labels
    • Task 6: Animate the sales value
    • Task 7: Add a glow effect to the needle
  • Limitations
•  Using the Flash object library
  •  About the Flash object library
    • About Flash charts
    • About Flash gadgets
    • About Flash maps
    • About Flash power charts
    • Flash object components
  •  Inserting a Flash object in a report
    • How to insert a Flash object
  •  Providing data to a Flash object
    • Generating the XML data
    •  Using the dataXML variable to pass XML data
      • How to use the dataXML variable to pass data to the Flash object
    •  Using the dataURL variable to pass XML data
      • How to use the dataURL variable to pass data to the Flash object
  • Using the Flash object library documentation
  •  Tutorial 3: Creating a Flash map that gets data through the dataXML variable
    • Task 1: Create a new report
    • Task 2: Build a data source
    • Task 3: Build a data set
    • Task 4: Find a suitable Flash map
    • Task 5: Review the map specifications
    • Task 6: Map the data set values to the Flash map entity values
    • Task 7: Add the Flash map to the report
    • Task 8: Generate an XML data string
    • Task 9: Create the dataXML variable and pass the data
    •  Task 10: Format the Flash map
      • Display sales values in a more readable format
      • Building the XML string in readable pieces
      • Change the colors used in the map
      • Define data ranges and apply different colors to each range
      • Create city markers
  •  Tutorial 4: Creating a Flash chart that gets data through the dataURL variable
    • Task 1: Create a new report
    • Task 2: Build a data source
    • Task 3: Build a data set
    • Task 4: Add a Flash chart to the report
    • Task 5: Create a plug-in
    • Task 6: Define an extension
    • Task 7: Create a Java class
    •  Task 8: Implement methods in the class
      • Import the required packages
      • Implement the initialize( ) method
      • Implement the output( ) method
      • Implement the release( ) method
    • Task 9: Deploy the plug-in
    • Task 10: Create the dataURL variable
  •  Debugging a Flash object
    •  Using the Flash object’s debug mode
      • How to enable debug mode
      • How to disable debug mode
    • Resolving errors
•  Writing expressions using EasyScript
  •  About EasyScript
    • Choosing between EasyScript and JavaScript
    • Syntax rules
  • Using the EasyScript expression builder
  • Changing the default expression syntax
  • Functions
  • ABS( )
  • ADD_DAY( )
  • ADD_HOUR( )
  • ADD_MINUTE( )
  • ADD_MONTH( )
  • ADD_QUARTER( )
  • ADD_SECOND( )
  • ADD_WEEK( )
  • ADD_YEAR( )
  • BETWEEN( )
  • CEILING( )
  • DAY( )
  • DIFF_DAY( )
  • DIFF_HOUR( )
  • DIFF_MINUTE( )
  • DIFF_MONTH( )
  • DIFF_QUARTER( )
  • DIFF_SECOND( )
  • DIFF_WEEK( )
  • DIFF_YEAR( )
  • FIND( )
  • IF( )
  • IN( )
  • ISNULL( )
  • LEFT( )
  • LEN( )
  • LIKE( )
  • LOWER( )
  • MATCH( )
  • MOD( )
  • MONTH( )
  • NOT( )
  • NOTNULL( )
  • NOW( )
  • QUARTER( )
  • RIGHT( )
  • ROUND( )
  • ROUNDDOWN( )
  • ROUNDUP( )
  • SEARCH( )
  • SQRT( )
  • TODAY( )
  • TRIM( )
  • TRIMLEFT( )
  • TRIMRIGHT( )
  • UPPER( )
  • WEEK( )
  • WEEKDAY( )
  • YEAR( )
  • Operators
•  Specifying filter conditions at report run time
  • About report parameters and filters
  •  Enabling the user to specify a filter condition
    •  Creating a dynamic filter report parameter
      • How to create a dynamic filter report parameter
      • Making a filter parameter optional
      • Accepting multiple values
    •  Creating a dynamic filter
      • How to create a dynamic filter
  • Getting information about queries
•  Displaying cross tab data by relative time periods
  • About relative time periods
  •  Aggregating data by a relative time period
    • How to aggregate data by a relative time period
    • Examples of relative time period aggregations
    • Supported time periods
    • Using the * to Date and Trailing N * time periods
•  Adding HTML buttons to a report
  • About HTML buttons
  •  Creating an HTML button
    • How to create an HTML button
  •  Writing code for an HTML button
    •  Accessing report data
      • How to add a variable to an HTML button
    • Using the Actuate JavaScript API
    • Testing an HTML button
  •  Changing the appearance of an HTML button
    • How to change the name or value of an HTML button
•  Controlling user access to report pages and data
  •  About the security model
    • About access control lists (ACLs) and security IDs
    • ACL expression syntax
  •  Controlling user access to report pages
    • Adding page-level security to a report
    •  Enabling and disabling page-level security
      • How to turn page-level security on or off
    •  Configuring page numbers
      • How to configure page numbers
    •  Testing page-level security
      • How to test page-level security
  •  Controlling user access to data
    •  Adding security to a data object
      • Adding security to a data set
      • Adding security to a cube
    •  Enabling and disabling data security
      • How to turn data security on or off
    •  Testing data security
      • How to test data security in a report in Actuate BIRT Designer
•  Accessing iHub environment information
  •  Writing event handlers to retrieve iHub environment information
    • Writing a JavaScript event handler
    • Writing a Java event handler
    • About the serverContext object
    • JavaScript event handler example
    • Java event handler example
  • Debugging event handlers that use the iHub API
  • iHub API reference
  • appendToJobStatus( )
  • getAuthenticationId( )
  • getServerWorkingDirectory( )
  • getUserAgentString( )
  • getUserRoles( )
  • getVolumeName( )
  • setHeadline( )
  • setVersionName( )
•  Performing impact analysis
  • About impact analysis
  •  Searching for database items used in BIRT objects
    • How to search for files that use a specific database, table, or column
  • Identifying the files impacted by a BIRT object
  • Viewing the relationships among files in a project
  •  Assessing the impact of changes in an Actuate BIRT iHub volume
    • How to create a new iHub profile
    • How to download content from an iHub volume
•  Deploying BIRT reports to iHub
  • About deploying BIRT reports
  •  Publishing a report to iHub
    • How to create a new iHub profile
    • How to publish a report design to iHub
  •  Publishing a report resource to iHub
    • How to change the Resource folder on an Encyclopedia volume
    • How to publish a resource from the Resource folder to iHub
  •  Deploying Java classes used in BIRT reports
    • How to configure BIRT reports and deploy a JAR file to an Encyclopedia volume
    • How to deploy a JAR file to an iHub /resources folder
  • Installing a custom JDBC driver
  • Installing custom ODA drivers and custom plug-ins
•  Configuring data source connections in iHub
  • About data source connection properties
  •  Using a connection profile
    •  Creating a connection profile
      • How to create a connection profile using Data Explorer
      • How to create a connection profile from Data Source Explorer
    •  Managing a connection profile
      • Exporting connection profiles
      • How to export a connection profile
      • Importing connection profiles
      • How to import a connection profile
      • Editing connection profile properties
      • How to edit connection profile properties
    • Deploying a connection profile
    • Encrypting connection profile properties
    •  Binding connection profile properties
      • Binding Connection Profile Store URL property
      • Binding a connection profile name to a report parameter
      • How to bind Connection Profile Store URL property to a report parameter
  •  Using a connection configuration file
    • Setting up the connection configuration file
    • Understanding how iHub uses the connection configuration file
    •  Setting the location of a connection configuration file
      • How to set up a configuration file in iHub Configuration Console
    •  Encrypting the connection properties
      • How to encrypt a configuration file in BIRT Designer
    •  Externalizing the connection profile properties on the iHub
      • Understanding externalization precedence
      • Referencing an external connection profile
  •  Accessing the BIRT report design and BIRT resource path in custom ODA plug‑ins
    • Accessing resource identifiers in the run-time ODA driver
    • Accessing resource identifiers in the design ODA driver
•  Configuring fonts in iHub
  • About configuring fonts
  • Understanding font configuration file priorities
  • Understanding how the BIRT engine locates a font
  •  Understanding the font configuration file structure
    • <font-aliases> section
    • <composite-font> section
    • <font-paths> section
•  Working with BIRT encryption in iHub
  • About BIRT encryption
  •  About the BIRT default encryption plug-in
    • About supported encryption algorithms
    • About the components of the BIRT default encryption plug-in
    • About acdefaultsecurity.jar
    • About encryption.properties
    • About META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
    • About plugin.xml
  • Creating a BIRT report that uses the default encryption
  •  Deploying multiple encryption plug‑ins
    • How to create a new instance of the default encryption plug‑in
  •  Deploying encryption plug-ins to iHub
    • How to deploy a new encryption plug‑in instance to iHub
  •  Generating encryption keys
    • How to generate a symmetric encryption key
    • How to generate a public key using RSA encryption
  • Creating a custom encryption plug‑in
  • Using encryption API methods
•  Using custom emitters in iHub
  • About custom emitters
  • Deploying custom emitters to iHub and Information Console
  •  Rendering in custom formats
    • How to deploy a custom emitter to iHub
    • How to deploy and use a custom emitter in Actuate BIRT Designer
    • How to export a BIRT report in iHub Management Console
    • How to export a BIRT report from Information Console or iHub
    • How to export a BIRT report from Actuate BIRT Viewer or Actuate BIRT Interactive Viewer
  • Configuring the default export options for a BIRT report
•  Using the BIRT data object API
  • About generating data objects from an application
  •  Generating data object elements for BIRT report designs
    • Creating data object data sets for BIRT report designs
    • Creating data object data cubes for BIRT report designs
  •  Tutorial 5: Creating a data element using the Design Engine API
    • Task 1: Set up a project
    • Task 2: Create a GenerateDataObject Java class
    • Task 3: Create the main( ) method to test the code
    • Task 4: Run the code

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