This book is a concise and practical guide aimed at getting the results you want as quickly as possible. It steers the reader through each point of reporting from setup to scripting, designing, formatting, and deploying BIRT reports using a common example that runs through the book. If you are a Java developer and want to create rich reports using BIRT, then this book is for you. You will need a basic understanding of SQL to follow along.
John Ward
John Ward is a consultant for Innovent Solutions, specializing in BIRT and e-commerce search and navigation solutions. Before he began working with Innovent Solutions, John was an Assistant Vice President for Citibank, North America, managing the training MIS group and overseeing developing of new technology-based training initiatives. John actively works with and tests BIRT--an open source reporting platform built on Eclipse. His work involves development work based on BIRT reports and the BIRT APIs. John also maintains The Digital Voice blog.