Working with files
From the document pages, you can perform the following file operations:
*Get detailed information about a file.
*View a document file. When you choose a file from Documents You Can View, Actuate Deployment Kit opens it for viewing. For information about operations you can perform while viewing a report, see Using Actuate Viewers.
You use BIRT Interactive Crosstabs to view BIRT data designs and cube view files. For information about operations you can perform while viewing a BIRT data design, see Analyzing data.
*Run a report file. When you choose a report executable from the files list, Actuate Deployment Kit displays a page for submitting a run request.
*Delete files that you own.
Table 2‑1 lists the available default set of file types.
Table 2‑1 Deployment Kit file types
File type
Description
cubeview
BIRT Cube View file
htm or html
HTML document
rptdesign
Actuate BIRT Report Design
rptdocument
Actuate BIRT Report Document
rptlibrary
Actuate BIRT Report Design Library
rpttemplate
Actuate BIRT Report Design Template
data
BIRT Data Design