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access control list (ACL)
A list of security IDs for content in a BIRT application. If a security ID in the access control list matches the user ID or any user group of which the user is a member, the content is accessible to that user or group.
Related term
user group
Contrast with
Page Level Security option
Accessible PDF option
A separately licensed option that supports converting report content to accessible PDF format. Accessible PDF files are tagged appropriately for use with assistive reading technology for the visually impaired. Accessible PDF option requires BIRT option.
Related terms
Actuate BIRT technology, BIRT iHub System options, BIRT option, report
access type
A property specifying the shareable status of a file or folder in a volume. Only the owner and an administrator can access a file or folder that has private access type. Shared access type is a prerequisite to granting privileges to other users.
Related terms
administrator, privilege, property, volume
Act as an Administrator
In Metrics Management, a privilege that grants a user full administrator status. This privilege allows the user to make any change in Metrics Management except modifying settings for the sysadmin user.
Related terms
Metrics Management, Metrics Management system specialist, user privilege
action
1 An event executed by a manual or task trigger. Example actions include apply model, delete column, query action, and send e‑mail.
2 In Metrics Management, an object-level security or user privilege setting that permits or denies a user to perform an activity on an object. An example action is the Edit action on a book.
Related terms
Metrics Management, object-level security, user privilege
active request
A task currently waiting for execution on BIRT iHub. An active request begins to run when a Java Factory server process becomes available.
Related terms
Actuate BIRT iHub, request, server processes
Contrast with
job, pending job
actual series
In Metrics Management, a type of comparative data. Metrics Management typically compares actual series data against target data for a specific period to produce an index value.
Related terms
comparative, data, index value, Metrics Management, target data
Contrast with
base series, comparison series
Actuate BIRT
See Actuate BIRT technology.
Actuate BIRT 360 option
See Dashboards option.
Actuate BIRT 360 Plus
See Metrics Management.
Actuate BIRT Analytics
An application that supports association rule learning, clustering, and classification (decision trees). BIRT Analytics uses predictive analytics to find patterns in big data. Predictive analytics is the process of analyzing data to make predictions about future or unknown events, such as using time-series prediction to produce short-term demand forecasts. For example, your sales data may contain a trend or a seasonal pattern.
Related terms
big data analysis, data
Contrast with
Actuate BIRT Embedded Analytics technology, Actuate BIRT technology
Actuate BIRT Embedded Analytics technology
A set of tools that supports the manipulation of multidimensional data to analyze relationships and trends. Embedded analytics is the use of reporting and analytic capabilities within business information applications. Integrating the business intelligence (BI) platform with that application architecture enables developers to choose where the analytics technology should be embedded. Actuate BIRT Analytics technology includes BIRT Analytics.
Related terms
Actuate BIRT Analytics, multidimensional data
Contrast with
Actuate BIRT technology, BIRT iHub Integration Technology
Actuate BIRT Content Services
A technology that creates, manages, stores, and delivers high volumes of accessible, personalized customer communications. BIRT Content Services access disparate sources of content in multiple formats, manage the flow of content through the entire data life cycle, archive high volumes of data, and transform content into formats that can be delivered to high volume printers, electronic document presentation systems, smartphones, and tablet devices.
Related term
data
Contrast with
structured content
Actuate BIRT Deployment Kit
See BIRT Deployment Kit.
Actuate BIRT Designer Professional
A tool that builds applications including Actuate BIRT dashboards and report designs. BIRT Designer Professional supports Actuate BIRT data objects, HTML 5 technology, interactive cross tabs, and page-level security. BIRT Designer Professional is a customizable set of plug-ins to the Eclipse platform that can be extended to add new functionality.
Related terms
Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT), dashboard, data object, design, report
Contrast with
Actuate BIRT technology, BIRT option, Report Studio
Actuate BIRT iHub
A set of services acting as a stand-alone server or a cluster of servers that supports BIRT Analytics, BIRT Content Services, and Metrics Management. BIRT iHub manages access control, user names and properties, and system activity monitoring. BIRT iHub stores and delivers content as dashboards and reports. BIRT iHub also stores data encapsulated in data objects and information objects or in third-party data file formats. Several server options providing additional functionality for BIRT iHub require separate purchase.
Related terms
Actuate BIRT Analytics, Actuate BIRT Content Services, BIRT iHub System options, cluster, dashboard, Information Console, Metrics Management, report, server service
Contrast with
Actuate JavaScript API (JSAPI), BIRT iHub Integration Technology, BIRT iHub System, System Console
Actuate BIRT Information Designer
See Information Object Design perspective.
Actuate BIRT Interactive Viewer
See Interactive Viewer.
Actuate BIRT Java Components
A collection of tools providing support for developing and deploying applications. The Actuate BIRT Java Components collection includes Deployment Kit, Interactive Viewer, Report Studio option, and Viewer. The Java Components support embedding BIRT report technology into web environments.
Related terms
BIRT Deployment Kit, Interactive Viewer, report, Report Studio, Viewer
Actuate BIRT Report Page Level Security option
See Page Level Security option.
Actuate BIRT Studio
See Report Studio.
Actuate BIRT technology
A collection of BIRT iHub System options, Java applications, and Java application programming interfaces (API) that support the design and deployment of BIRT applications, dashboards, or reports. The applications are Actuate BIRT Designer Professional, Interactive Viewer, Report Studio, and Viewer. The Java APIs provide programmatic access to BIRT iHub, dashboards, gadgets, charts, data objects, and reports. BIRT technology also includes access to data object and report document data sources, use of Actuate EasyScript, HTML 5 charts, HTML buttons, and page-level security. Actuate BIRT technology manages access to BIRT applications, dashboards, and reports in a volume.
Related terms
Actuate BIRT Designer Professional, application programming interface (API), BIRT iHub System options, BIRT technology, Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT), chart, dashboard, data object, data source, deploy, design, EasyScript, gadget, HTML button, Interactive Viewer, report, Report Studio, Viewer, volume
Contrast with
Actuate BIRT Embedded Analytics technology, BIRT iHub Integration Technology
Actuate BIRT Viewer
See Viewer.
Actuate Information Console
See Information Console.
Actuate JavaScript API (JSAPI)
An application programming interface (API) that presents BIRT report content in a web page. This API provides JavaScript classes for authenticating users, connecting to data sources, interacting with the user, generating reports, and viewing reports. This API is available in Interactive Viewer, Report Studio, and Information Console.
Related terms
application programming interface (API), authentication, data source, Information Console, Interactive Viewer, report
Contrast with
Actuate REST API, Information Delivery API (IDAPI)
Actuate Metrics Management
See Metrics Management.
Actuate REST API
A resource extension installed with BIRT iHub that responds to RESTful requests. The REST API supports accessing and managing dynamic data built with Actuate BIRT technology and generating new documents for distribution to any mobile or web application. A worked example using this API is part of Actuate BIRT iHub Integration Technology.
Related terms
Actuate BIRT iHub, Actuate BIRT technology, BIRT iHub Integration Technology
Contrast with
Actuate JavaScript API (JSAPI), Information Delivery API (IDAPI)
Actuate server
See Actuate BIRT iHub.
Actuate SQL
A query language based on the ANSI SQL-92 standard. Information objects encapsulate Actuate SQL queries.
Related term
information object
administrator
A category of user able to perform management tasks:
1 In System Console, a system administrator configures and monitors BIRT iHub System, sets up clusters and Encyclopedia volumes, and creates application administrators for each Encyclopedia volume.
2 In iHub Administration in Information Console, an application administrator configures users, user groups, access controls, and application job schedules.
Related terms
BIRT iHub System, cluster, Information Console, job schedule, System Console, user group, volume
alias
An alternative name:
1 In a SQL SELECT statement, a name given to a database table or column.
2 A name given to a data set column for use in a BIRT expression or in code in a script method.
Related terms
column, data set, SQL SELECT statement, table
Contrast with
display name
application programming interface (API)
A set of routines, including functions, methods, and procedures, that exposes application functionality to support integration and extend applications.
Contrast with
converter, Information Delivery API (IDAPI), iPortal Security Extension (IPSE), Online Archive Driver API, Report Server Security Extension (RSSE)
asterisk (*)
1 A wildcard character used for searches.
2 A multiplication symbol used in expressions.
Related term
wildcard
asynchronous
A job type that runs without user interaction after entry of any report parameters. The job can run immediately or be scheduled to run one or more times. Priorities can be set on an asynchronous job type. The job output, such as a report document, is not available for viewing until the job completes.
Related terms
job, parameter, report, scheduled job
Contrast with
synchronous
audit log
A list of changes to Metrics Management objects. The audit information includes the name of the user making the changes and the time of the change. The log is stored in the Metrics Management database.
Related term
Metrics Management
Contrast with
audit query
audit query
The set of criteria that Metrics Management uses to produce an audit log.
Related terms
audit log, Metrics Management
authentication
A mechanism that validates a user’s login credentials.
Contrast with
authentication method, authorization
authentication method
A method used to authenticate Metrics Management user credentials. A specific security list applies to each available method.
Related terms
authentication, Metrics Management
authorization
A mechanism that determines whether a user can access a particular resource, such as a report document.
Related term
report
Contrast with
authentication
autoarchive
A management capability that supports archiving and deletion of files stored in an Encyclopedia volume based on the age of the file, a specific date, or the number of versions.
Related term
volume
Contrast with
autoarchive driver
autoarchive driver
An interface between BIRT iHub server processes and an external archive tool. The autoarchive driver uses the Online Archive Driver API to specify rules about the age of the file, a specific date, or the number of versions.
Related terms
Actuate BIRT iHub, autoarchive
Contrast with
driver, Online Archive Driver API
autoversioning
A process that increments the file version number to distinguish between files when a job or user creates a file using the same name as an existing file. For example, this feature supports generating and storing multiple report documents from a single executable file in an Encyclopedia volume.
Related terms
report, volume