About Actuate BIRT Designer Professional documentation
The online documentation includes the materials described in Table I‑1. You can obtain HTML and PDF files from the Actuate web site. These documentation files are updated in response to customer requirements.
Table I‑1 Product documentation 
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Installing Actuate BIRT Designer Professional
Installing Actuate BIRT Designer Professional
Designing a BIRT application, such as a report or dashboard
Using interactive components such as gadgets and charts
Scripting event handlers in a report design
Using Actuate JavaScript API to customize access to reports and report components
Deploying BIRT reports to Actuate BIRT iHub, configuring data source connections and fonts on iHub, using encryption
Actuate BIRT Application Developer Series
Creating data sources and data sets and binding data
Accessing data in data objects, JDBC databases, NoSQL databases, flat files, XML files, web services, and Excel spreadsheets
Creating data objects and accessing the data in a data object
Provisioning Data
Accessing a BIRT information object and creating information object queries
Creating and caching information objects
Actuate SQL reference
Configuring database types
Mapping data types, functions, and operators
Designing BIRT Information Objects
Viewing, navigating, and editing BIRT reports
Formatting reports, organizing data, and hiding and filtering data in reports
Modifying charts and cross tabs
Using Information Console
Actuate web services and SOAP messaging overview
Actuate Information Delivery API operations and data types reference
Using Actuate JavaScript API to customize access to reports and report components
Reference for configuring BIRT Viewer and BIRT Viewer URIs
Using Java Report Server Security Extension (RSSE) APIs
Using logging, performance monitoring, and archiving features
Customizing the Actuate software installation process
Integrating Applications into BIRT iHub
Late-breaking information and documentation updates
Release notes and updated localization files posted on Actuate Support
The printed documentation for Actuate BIRT Designer Professional includes the development and programming materials described in Table I‑2.
Table I‑2 Development and programming documentation 
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Developing and customizing reports using BIRT Designer Professional
Planning report designs, and laying out and formatting reports
Accessing data, building charts, and preparing reports for international data
Enhancing reports using interactivity, shared libraries, and localized text
BIRT: A Field Guide
Installing and deploying BIRT
Understanding BIRT architecture
Building and deploying customized reports using scripting and BIRT APIs, integrating BIRT functionality into applications, and working with the BIRT extension framework
Integrating and Extending BIRT
Obtaining documentation
Actuate provides technical documentation in PDF and HTML formats. You can download PDF or view HTML versions of the documentation from
www.actuate.com/documentation.
Obtaining late-breaking information and documentation updates
The release notes contain late-breaking news about Actuate products and features. The release notes are available on the Actuate Support site at the following URL:
http://support.actuate.com/documentation/releasenotes
If you are a new user, you must first register on the site and log in to view the release notes. http://developer.actuate.com also provides product update information.
Obtaining technical support
You can contact Customer Support by e-mail or telephone. For contact information, go to the following URL:
http://www.actuate.com/services/support/contact-support.asp
Supported and obsolete products
The Actuate Support Lifecycle Policy and Supported Products Matrix are available on the Actuate Support web site at the following URL:
http://support.actuate.com/documentation/spm