A set of BIRT iHub System options, Java applications, and Java application programming interfaces (API) that extend BIRT technology to support the design and deployment of an Actuate BIRT report or BIRT report. The BIRT iHub System options include Actuate BIRT Page Level Security option and Actuate BIRT Studio option. The applications include Actuate BIRT Designer Professional, Actuate BIRT Interactive Viewer, Actuate BIRT Studio, Actuate BIRT Viewer, and Actuate BIRT Viewer for mobile. The Java APIs provide programmatic access to designing and generating charts and reports. Actuate BIRT report designs support additional functionality beyond that provided by BIRT technology. This functionality includes access to information object and report document data sources, and using Actuate BIRT data objects, Actuate EasyScript, Flash objects, HTML5 charts, HTML buttons, page-level security, and publishing reports to an Encyclopedia volume.