ActuateOne Brochure: Game Changing Business Intelligence (BI)

ActuateOne fulfills the vision that Actuate has had since the
inception of BIRT: to redefine the Business Intelligence category
by moving away from a set of disparate tools to a suite of
integrated capabilities within a single environment. ActuateOne
is recognition of a single, common architecture for development
and deployment that meets the dynamically changing needs of
information consumers.

Introducing ActuateOne: ActuateOne products’ common interface and common design
make it possible to work across the organization with minimal

One User Experience effort. The product suite is engineered for rapidly developing
and deploying custom BI applications and rich information

One Design applications that leverage BIRT, a leading open-source Eclipse
project founded and co-led by Actuate. BIRT is the premier
One Server development environment for presenting data to users from
multiple, disparate data sources in compelling visualizations.
Applications built with ActuateOne provide users with one user
experience regardless of task, tool or skill level; are supported
by one server with a set of services to support any deployment
and are built with one design using BIRT. ActuateOne provides
organizations with a quick time to market and the ability to grow
with success.
Product Suite ActuateOne is a complete BI solution built on BIRT that introduces

Overview
new products and features to its suite of Rich Information
Application-ready products.

Introducing ActuateOne: One User Experience, One Design, One Server

Overview Major changes to the Actuate BIRT
environment include:
The latest Actuate release—Actuate
• Unified BIRT engine: Single common
11—adds numerous new features
engine for interactive data
and more than 40 enhancements to
visualization and OLAP
its products, extending the value of
• Unified data access: Multi-layered
the Actuate BIRT product suite by
and multi-sourced
providing:
• Unified metadata layer (Optional):
• 64-bit, in-memory analytics EII-powered with incremental
• Live Excel® export updating and caching
• Print/export Flash® output in PDF • Unified deployment server
files architecture: Disseminate information
• Agile access to virtually any data to a single or a million users both
source inside and outside the firewall
• An improved design interface • Unified, open API: Access and
• User-created analytical and integrate any content created by the ActuateOne provides every user in the enterprise
operational dashboards platform into existing applications
with the right skill-specific experience to create
• New mobile options
Products offered in the ActuateOne and view interactive content.
• Access to document print streams
suite include tools for one user
• More interactive content for diverse
experience, one design and one server. View the ActuateOne video.
user styles

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BIRT User Experience BIRT Design
Actuate provides multiple tools to Actuate provides a single design
enhance the user experience and environment for developing multiple
serve any user population, anywhere. applications, from simple list reports
to complex, multi-dimensional
• BIRT Studio – Ad Hoc Reporting:
analytic reports.
Browser UI for creating, modifying
and viewing BIRT content BIRT Designer Pro: Developer UI for
• BIRT Viewer: Simple UI for users to creating BIRT templates, applications,
view BIRT content. reports and more.
• BIRT Interactive Viewer: Presentation
UI that allows users to view and BIRT Server
modify their content. BIRT iServer is built to scale as
• BIRT 360 – Dashboards: Application businesses grow and offers a variety
for creating operational and analytic of phased-in services that can be
dashboards using BIRT content, added as needs and requirements
content from other feeds, supplied change. It can be implemented in a
widgets from ActuateOne, Google variety of ways, providing the level
widgets and other third-party of services required in deployment
content. options designed to meet any
• BIRT Mobile Options: Smartphone requirement:
application options for viewing
Actuate BIRT content can be output in a variety of formats,
• Cloud Implementation
BIRT content anywhere, anytime, on • On Premises
including fully functional Excel® spreadsheets.
nearly any device, including iPhone • Phased-In Services View the Export to Excel demo.
and iPad. • BIRT onDemand (SaaS/PaaS)
• BIRT Data Analyzer, BIRT Data
Objects – Analytics: Powerful in-
memory analytics that allow users
to analyze data from virtually any
data source.

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Additional Product Options • BIRT Spreadsheet: Automates and
• BIRT Performance Scorecard: centralizes spreadsheet production,
Industry leading, fully featured maintenance, archiving, and
performance management solution security, eliminating version
that supports strategy maps, discrepancies and curbing the
scorecarding and KPI initiatives at proliferation of multiple silos of
all levels. Excel® workbook data.
• Xenos Print Stream and Document • e.Report: Provides the most
Transformation: Transforms print discerning users with brochure-
streams, mitigates risk, achieves quality, on-demand reporting
compliance and reduces the documents designed for
challenges of document accessibility. presentation.

BIRT Performance Scorecard can use
briefing books to display and evaluate performance data,
and can be customized to help users better manage
measures, locations, maps, reports, and links.

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One User Experience: their own perspective. Within these
perspectives, users can perform all
BIRT Viewer, BIRT Interactive basic viewer functions:
Viewer, BIRT Studio, • Scroll a report page
BIRT 360, BIRT Mobile • View the table of contents
• Navigate a multipage report
and BIRT Analytics • Export data
• Link to a report page
BIRT Viewer
• Export content
The BIRT Viewer offers the
• Print a report
functionality of the open source
• Use hyperlinks present in a report
Eclipse BIRT Sample Viewer and
• View Flash charts and gadgets
adds performance and usability
improvements for more demanding In addition to basic functionality, the
BIRT reports. It also handles BIRT Viewer:
interactive Flash® objects for faster • Handles Web 2.0-style reports and
data visualizations, presents content data visualizations
more quickly with progressive • Presents BIRT content quickly via
report viewing and temporary file progressive report viewing
management, and easily integrates • Works with all BIRT report
security. This viewer is URL- deployment options
compatible with the Eclipse BIRT • Provides security integration with
Sample Viewer and can access the single sign-on integration for
same reports. applications or via repository
The BIRT Viewer presents content authorization integration
from within the Actuate BIRT To learn more about BIRT Viewer,
environment and can be launched please visit: Actuate.com. To compare
from the Actuate Information BIRT Viewer with other viewing
Console, a direct URL from a browser products, download this comparison
or dashboard, or while developing table.
content within Actuate BIRT Designer
Pro and Actuate BIRT Studio. This
allows users in a variety of scenarios
Actuate Mobile HD takes mobile BI to the next level
to view BIRT content from within by leveraging the native attributes of large format mobile viewing devices .
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BIRT Interactive Viewer • Shifts IT focus from report generation
BIRT Interactive Viewer is an AJAX- activities to higher-level priorities;
powered, BIRT-based interactive ease of use shortens cycles between
viewing tool that enables every user report design and completion.
to think beyond the current structure • Introduces BIRT open source-based
of a report and personalize it based products to the entire enterprise,
on task and need. Users who are not paving the way for future BIRT
familiar or comfortable with standard development and deployment.
report authoring tools are able to use Actuate 11 enhancements to BIRT
BIRT Interactive Viewer without costly Interactive Viewer include:
training, within moments of being
introduced to its intuitive interface— • More efficient background
an inexpensive alternative to training performance
individuals who might use it on a • Easier personalization
limited or casual basis. • Added interactivity on crosstabs

BIRT Interactive Viewer adds value to For a complete description of BIRT
the BIRT product line by giving users Interactive Viewer, please visit:
interactive viewing. Actuate.com or download the BIRT
Interactive Viewer datasheet.
• Allows virtually anyone to access, Interactive Viewer lets users modify default data
personalize and customize a BIRT report
formatting, including realigning/hiding/
without affecting underlying data.
• Gives users immediate access to showing/deleting and suppressing columns,
information and an immediate setting text attributes and more.
return for their efforts, in effect
teaching them how to use the basic
View the Interactive Viewer demo.
BIRT tools.

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BIRT Studio Self-Service Query and Reporting
BIRT Studio is a web-based tool deployed BIRT Studio is for organizations
through the Actuate platform. It is seeking to improve corporate
accessed from a web browser, and does performance. By introducing easy-to-
not require installation of client software. use, self-service web report creation
This product is built on the Java-based tools to meet the needs of business
Actuate BIRT engine from the Eclipse and power users, organizations
open source development project enable decision makers to access
and is compatible with all Eclipse BIRT the vital information they need.
applications. Past efforts to equip business users
BIRT Studio is a self-service, ad-hoc with self-service tools have failed
query and report design tool for due to application complexity and
business users that enables them to training requirements. Consequently,
access data and create reports without IT departments continued to be
direct IT intervention, but within IT inundated with requests for new
control. Developers create BIRT-based reports, resulting in huge backlogs
templates in BIRT Designer Pro for BIRT and less time for work on strategic
Studio users. initiatives. BIRT Studio lets end
users create and edit their own Web-based BIRT Studio provides true user self-service,
reports in an intuitive, graphical web
interface that fuses the best features
enabling any user to design and share a BIRT report
of previous versions of Actuate without IT intervention.
with new Web 2.0 technologies,
facilitating information access by
authorized users outside the firewall.

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Key Features BIRT designers to insert Top N/
BIRT Studio provides report authors Bottom N filters both at the overall
and consumers with easy access to table level as well as individual
the tools they need to create the group levels.
reports they want. New features and • Ability to aggregate computed
enhancements in the latest Actuate columns – Aggregation support has
BIRT release include: been added to calculated columns.
BIRT designers can now summarize
• Dynamic ad-hoc parameter support
computed columns using any of the
– Invokes an intelligent parser that
supported aggregate functions
automatically updates underlying
Key Benefits
queries based on the value supplied
for a parameter. • Empowers business users with the
• Crosstabs – Allows users to design ability to create ad-hoc reports
and review data along different • Enables report consumers to analyze
dimensions; business users start with reports
a crosstab template and use pre- • Reduces reporting bottlenecks in IT and
defined BIRT Data Objects to create improves requirements understanding
crosstab reports. between IT and end users
• Flash Charts – Adobe Flash® • Reduces costs with zero training and
provides interactivity to BIRT Studio support expenditures
charts and adds an additional • Increases ROI BIRT Studio allows users to work from
chart type to BIRT Studio. Actuate • Provides design flexibility an existing template and select or modify report elements,
BIRT architecture ensures that the • Gives users easy access to underlying
data by using business friendly terms
format reports, create charts, add data and preview
resulting Flash visualizations output
is interactive. • Allows for deeper analysis across the report as it is created.
• Summary Tables – BIRT Studio more data sets Increases efficiency
provides a new summary table. and decreases user fatigue
• Support for BIRT Data Objects – BIRT • Allows users to more clearly define
Studio users can use new BIRT Data data and import only what they
Objects as data sources for their need into a report
BIRT designs. • Provides higher-level views of data
• Support for Top/Bottom-N filter For a complete description of BIRT
within groups – Improves the filter Studio, please visit: Actuate.com or
support in BIRT Studio by enabling download the BIRT Studio datasheet.
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BIRT 360 Analytic Dashboards
The latest Actuate release introduces BIRT 360 analytic dashboards are
BIRT-based dashboards to its suite visual data exploration applications.
of commercial products. BIRT 360 Combining a set of filter and slicer
is a browser- based, zero-footprint gadgets with a set of KPIs built
application that uses the popular using rich visualizations, users are
Google Gadget framework, allowing prompted to explore and drill down
users to not only leverage BIRT-based into data to gain insights. BIRT 360
gadgets but also third-party Google makes it easy for business users
Gadgets to create mashup applications. familiar with a dataset to create new
These dashboards include: analytic dashboards.

• Operational dashboards for • Dashboards show a list of
continuous KPI monitoring connectors, making them easy to
• Analytic Dashboards for in-memory use for less-skilled users
visual data analysis and exploration • Visual data representation
• Drill-down/up analysis
BIRT 360 was built to ensure an
• Crosstab support
unparalleled user experience,
• Pre-built or
providing visual data exploration
• User constructed
functionality and guided analytic
applications for less-experienced users. Google Gadget Specification-based
Actuate BIRT content can be blended with content
As with other BIRT content, BIRT 360
Dashboard Container from other sources—even Google Gadgets—
BIRT 360 is fully compliant with the
dashboards are fully compatible into an integrated analytic or operational
with other BIRT content and can be Google gadget specification, and
embedded in other applications. can host any Actuate or third-party dashboard using BIRT 360.
gadgets inside a single dashboard or
Operational Dashboards enable any Google gadget container
With BIRT 360, business users can to host Actuate gadgets. This facilitates
interact with or drill-down on rapid creation of mashup applications
individual KPIs to answer specific that combine services from Actuate
business questions. The operational and non-Actuate products.
dashboards interface is designed
for business users to allow them to
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Compelling Adobe Flash®-based Data to easily create and view what-if
Visualizations scenarios; linked items reflect those
By incorporating Adobe Flash, Actuate changes immediately
offers a wide range of data visualizations º Functionality – Easy and interactive
for business users to choose from when UI makes gadgets not only popular—
developing their KPIs. they offer instant adoption
º Selection – BIRT Designer ships
BIRT 360 Benefits with more than 250 gadgets; in
The BIRT 360 engine makes full use addition, users can browse out of
of the new Actuate 11 architecture, the application and import virtually
providing in-memory analysis any third-party Google gadget
though intelligent use of memory True user self service
and disc caching. This benefit is Actuate BIRT 360 enables users to
available in both 32- and 64-bit consolidate KPIs on a single page for
environments: continuous and effective monitoring:
• In a 64-bit environment, there is no • Lets end users interact with or use
memory cap—everything runs in drill-down capabilities on individual
memory. KPIs to answer questions.
• In a 32-bit environment, data is • Provides true self-service
swapped between disc and available environment for creating custom
Analytic dashboards allow users to drill down to any
memory to speed up processing. dashboard pages; automatic KPI level of detail required to fully understand
• Actuate BIRT 360 provides users with linker automatically establishes
gadgets and a Gadget Gallery that the meaning of their data.
communications between related
facilitate rapid construction: KPIs on a single dashboard page View the BIRT 360 demo.
º Presentation – Functional, attention- using drag-and-drop construction.
getting gadgets allow users to • Allows users to choose any KPI from
understand what the data mean an existing BIRT document, new KPIs
º Ease of use – True drag-and- constructed using BIRT 360 or any
drop functionality and easy data third-party Google gadget.
association make the interface user
friendly and usable For a complete description of BIRT
º Interactivity – Many gadgets 360, please visit: Actuate.com or
actually allow users to physically download the BIRT360 datasheet.
manipulate buttons, gauges, etc.
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BIRT Mobile Having your BIRT content at your
BIRT Mobile options can be used fingertips, wherever you are, will
with all BIRT (both open source allow you to be more informed and
and commercial) options, BIRT make better business decisions.
Spreadsheet and BIRT Performance • BIRT Mobile: Actuate’s BIRT Mobile
Management products, providing solution, a rich information
easy interoperability and upgrades application, is designed to meet
as an organization grows and the needs of organizations within
requirements change. financial services, the Global 9000,
and any company that must provide
• BIRT Mobile Viewer for iPhone: current, personalized business
BIRT Mobile Viewer for iPhone is information to a mobile workforce.
a designed-from-the-ground-up,
native application that can be BIRT Mobile Viewer for iPhone is
used with any BIRT iServer product a fully functional, native app that
or with Actuate’s new Platform can be used with the iPhone®, iPod
as a Service (PaaS) offering, BIRT Touch® or iPad®. Anyone with an
onDemand. This app effortlessly iPhone and BIRT can immediately see
delivers personalized, real BIRT BIRT content in a familiar, easy-to-
report content to all authorized users navigate format. This new app:
wherever they are, whenever they
BIRT Mobile Viewer for iPhone lets anyone with an iPhone
• Delivers rich, data-driven BIRT
need it. BIRT Mobile also offers native content directly into the hands of and a BIRT onDemand account immediately see BIRT
apps built for iPad and iPod Touch. iPhone users, regardless of where content in a familiar, easy-to-navigate format.
• BIRT Mobile Viewer for BlackBerry: they are
The BIRT Mobile Viewer for View the BIRT Mobile demo.
• Provides iPhone-centric features such
BlackBerry is a native BlackBerry as orientation awareness, touch
application that allows you to view navigation, email and phone dialing
your mobilized BIRT reports from • Offers a zero-cost mobile information
the iServer or BIRT onDemand. This delivery solution that is freely
application remembers your iServer available on the iTunes App Store
login information, optimizes your • Serves as a building block for BIRT-
BIRT content display for the phone, powered iPhone applications
and allows management of your • Generates immediate ROI, giving
mobilized content subscription. business users what they need,
when, where, and how they want it
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• Eliminates platform issues via the Organizations adopting BIRT
native iPhone Viewer Mobile enjoy the following business
• Offers on-device report navigation benefits:
features
• Device-independent information
• Extends the reach of BIRT
access and viewing on multiple
applications far beyond the
handheld devices, extending the
boundaries of the web browser
value of those mobile devices
• Reduces costs and time to market
• An extended rich information
• Increases the productivity and
application experience that stretches
decision-making ability of mobile
beyond the confines of an office or
workers
Internet connection, making critical
• Securely delivers in-office
information available at the right
information to mobile workers with
moment
minimal (or no) IT effort
• Consolidated reports in smartphone
• Places the power of Actuate’s rich
and wireless PDA-compatible
information applications in the
formats
hands of users wherever they are,
• Seamless conversion of corporate
whenever they need it
information for use on mobile
• Integrates seamlessly with the
devices, providing the convenience
Actuate BIRT Suite; the BIRT Mobile
of an instant-on mobile platform BIRT Mobile includes iPhone-centric features
Viewer for iPhone is the next logical
that minimizes or eliminates the
step in your BI plan
need to carry and boot up a laptop such as orientation awareness, touch navigation,
For a complete description of BIRT email and phone dialing.
Mobile, please visit: Actuate.com or
download the BIRT Mobile Viewer for
iPhone datasheet.

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BIRT Analytics BIRT Data Objects
Actuate 11 introduces new BIRT BIRT Data Objects are in-memory
analytics tools that dramatically datasets constructed from disparate
simplify data analysis, providing enterprise data sources. These
business users with tools to help them datasets can be used by BIRT
make better decisions. BIRT Data Designer or Actuate BIRT business
Analyzer helps business users uncover user tools such as BIRT Studio,
trends, identify anomalies and model BIRT 360 or BIRT Data Analyzer for
scenarios, including “what if” scenarios, a variety of self-service functions
for business forecasting and improved ranging from ad-hoc report creation
understanding of their data. to ad-hoc data analysis.

This new, in-memory online • Agile data access – Data can be
analytical processing (OLAP) tapped and combined from multiple,
analytics product line is the result disparate data sources.
of enhancements to the core BIRT • Flexible modeling – Data can be
engine, which supports the entire modeled as one or more flat datasets
spectrum of rich data visualizations, or multi-dimensional structures.
interactivity and analysis. BIRT • Granular data security – Support for
technology architecture provides many levels of security.
multiple ways to embed and • In-memory data federation – In- BIRT Data Analyzer helps business users
contextually deliver information to memory datasets belonging to one or
users to address their analytics needs more BIRT Data Objects can be linked
uncover trends, identify anomalies and model scenarios,
while promoting efficiency and to enable in-memory data federation. including “what if” scenarios, for business forecasting
productivity through reuse. • Operational data linking – In-memory
and improved understanding of their data.
datasets in a BIRT Data Object can be
The new BIRT analytics line includes
further linked to additional Actuate
the following intuitive data analysis
and non-Actuate content.
tools: BIRT Data Objects, BIRT Data
Analyzer and BIRT 360 (dashboards). BIRT Data Objects are available to
products across the entire Actuate
BIRT platform, including access
for on-demand or parameterized
reports, ad-hoc queries, dashboards,
interactive viewing and the new
BIRT-based analytic tools.
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BIRT Data Analyzer • Makes analytics accessible
BIRT Data Analyzer is a zero º UI designed specifically for business
footprint, browser-based OLAP tool users
created for business users. º Zero training required
The product’s highly intuitive º Interface makes it easy to model
analysis interface, combined new analysis-ready datasets
with the scalable reach of BIRT • Allows multiple usage scenarios
technology, make it possible for º Analyze datasets available in the
organizations to deploy analysis encyclopedia
capability to users at all levels º Analyze datasets embedded in BIRT
in the organization. documents
• Produces results that can be shared
This tool allows users with varying
º Operationalize analysis results by
skill levels to:
sharing BIRT Data Objects with
• Describe data in multiple dimensions other users
• Categorize information º Link analyses to operational data
• Quickly, easily and interactively • Optimizes performance
analyze data in BIRT Data Objects º Support for both 32-bit and 64-bit
• Create comparative analysis reports modes
with multiple dimensions º Reuse datasets across many users
• Identify trends in data by reviewing and applications
BIRT Data Analyzer adds true analytics features such as
information as a chart or other • Gives users agile data access conditional formatting to BIRT, giving business users
visualization º Build datasets from multiple
multiple ways to view their business information.
• Spot anomalies in data visually, by enterprise data sources
looking for measures that dip, etc. º Drill through to operational datasets View the BIRT Data Analyzer demo.
• Perform root cause analysis using º Drill through to new in-memory
the ability to link analytic data to datasets across machines
operational data º Drill through to new in-
memory datasets across cloud
BIRT Data Analyzer adds true
implementations
analytics features to BIRT, giving
For a complete description of BIRT
business users multiple ways to view
Analytics (BIRT Data Objects and
their business information:
BIRT Data Analyzer), please visit:
Actuate.com or download the
BIRT Analytics datasheet.
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One Design: BIRT Designer Pro produces designs
that can be executed immediately
BIRT Designer Pro within the development tool and
BIRT Designer Pro is a report published to the Actuate iServer to
development tool used to create support a variety of deployment
business intelligence and information options in conjunction with
applications deployed through the complete Actuate platform.
Actuate’s rich information-ready server Deploying BIRT Designer Pro on
environment and accessed via a web BIRT iServer allows IT to create BIRT-
browser. The power behind BIRT based applications while providing
Designer Pro is the Java-based Eclipse templates to business and power
open source project, BIRT (Business users who author their own reports
Intelligence and Reporting Tools). using data from nearly any source.
Their work can be shared and
BIRT Designer Pro is a modern, 100% modified in Actuate’s interactive,
Java BI and information application collaborative environment.
developer product. This development
tool is easy to use, supports extensive An enterprise-level BIRT iServer
customization, and creates reusable deployment of BIRT Designer Pro
components, interactive web reports adds a full complement of storage,
security, user management and
and dashboards. BIRT Designer BIRT Designer Pro uses the familiar development
Pro includes the BIRT open source administrative features for very large
deployments inside and outside paradigms of the Eclipse environment, web-page
runtime report engine, a charting
engine, JDBC drivers for commercial the firewall. designers, and desktop publishing products.
databases such as Oracle and DB2, BIRT Designer Pro provides any
and connectors to Actuate’s BIRT organization with immediate
iServer features. BIRT Designer Pro benefits, including increased
also includes a complete Java and developer productivity and an
JavaScript development environment, improved user experience.
a massive library of BIRT Flash Objects
and a built-in BIRT Information
Objects designer perspective.

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Increased developer productivity Improved user experience
• Many report deployment options • Variety – produces multiple report
– publishes to BIRT Information types including lists, grouped lists,
Console, BIRT iServer or BIRT tables and charts, x-tab reports,
onDemand dashboards, Excel spreadsheets,
• Publishing flexibility – publishes PDF files with live Flash content and
content as reusable templates for other applications
use in BIRT Studio and as templates • Embedded BIRT Flash Objects –
that can be shared with others for exports live Flash content to PDF
further refinement files, inheriting all of the interactivity
• Script in JAVA and JavaScript originally contained in a Flash
• Debug reports Object
• Create and use extensions • Output format – allows adding an
• View other Eclipse perspectives emitter to output content in any
• View applications as they are built custom format.
with consistent WYSIWYG interface • Excel output – provides live, analysis-
and output ready Excel output
• Invoke the BIRT Information Object
For a complete description of
Designer perspective to create BIRT
BIRT Designer Pro, please visit:
Information Objects and BIRT Data
Objects
Actuate.com or download the With BIRT Designer Pro’s Dynamic Cross Tabs, cross tab
BIRT Designer Pro datasheet.
• Familiar development environment elements can be added to reports without knowing
– Available as an Eclipse plug-in or
the number of columns in advance.
a standalone version, Actuate BIRT
enables developers to create content in
a familiar environment
• Multi-purpose, versatile
development tool – Appropriate
for almost any project, including
simple reports, data warehousing
projects, dashboards, batch report
development, etc.

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One Server: user in the organization with access
to data presented in an application
BIRT iServer tailored to their skill level in an
BIRT iServer is a scalable, world-class interactive, user-friendly interface.
server for generating, managing BIRT iServer features the industry’s
and securely delivering reporting most open, standards-based
and analytic content to 100 percent architecture for integration with all
of an organization’s users. BIRT web services, enterprise applications,
iServer provides the industry’s most back end data sources and e-business
complete and powerful infrastructure applications and platforms.
for disseminating interactive,
• Provides native 64-bit in-memory
actionable business information to
data analysis
employees, customers and partners.
• Fully compatible/configurable
In addition, BIRT iServer integrates
with Cloud, PaaS and SaaS
information from any data source
implementations (BIRT onDemand)
and application to serve both
• Allows for organizations to phase-in
internal and external users.
services based on project size/needs
Rich Information Applications (RIAs) • Support for third-party RDBMS for
that include iServer let users access encyclopedia metadata iServer allows users to save, schedule and run content
BIRT, BIRT Interactive Viewer, BIRT • Front end – BIRT Information Console
Studio, BIRT 360, BIRT Analytics easily, seamlessly integrates BIRT in a secure, simple UI, built to be intuitive and user friendly.
and BIRT Spreadsheet options content with the look and feel of any
and to create and deliver resulting website, embedding frameless Actuate
applications via a web-based Reportlets™ and BIRT Flash Objects
user interface. With BIRT iServer, within any unstructured web page
organizations can deploy the widest • Back end – supports live data access
variety of content, from simple lists from any source, across any corporate
to information-driven RIAs running infrastructure and firewall environment
inside and outside the firewall. • BIRT Information Integration
All BIRT-based products run in option – directly and concurrently
the Actuate RIA-ready iServer accesses multiple, heterogeneous
environment and benefit from data sources and transforms that
its unique Progressive Design data into meaningful business
Architecture, which empowers every information in real time
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• URL-based architecture, SOAP- Data Analyzer, BIRT 360 and e.Report
based Web Services API – provides • Provides internationalization
integration with both J2EE and of UI and report content,
Microsoft .NET environments and accommodating other languages,
support for open web standards, cultural contexts, data conventions
allowing any BIRT iServer and time zones
functionality to be embedded into • Unparalleled scalability – serves a
even the most complex enterprise virtually unlimited number of users
environment rapidly and smoothly • High availability for 24x7 operation
– provides full-time operation
Out of the box, BIRT iServer includes
with easy maintenance and
the following functionality:
management
• Schedules, runs, presents, delivers • Automatic clustering, job control
and stores content for sharing with and load balancing – optimizes
other users system resources
• Controls user- and role-based • Easy content distribution –
access to content generates content for large
• Provides integrated or stand- populations without creating extra
alone access to report creation system administration or software
applications and services upgrade costs
• Includes data drivers for popular data
The Actuate BIRT iServer features a Web Services API
• Express content – delivers
source types and tools to develop completed pages as the report is that enables administrators to create, schedule and run
access to custom data sources being generated jobs. Administrators can add a new user and configure
• Page-on-demand for direct-to-
BIRT iServer includes the following
page navigation and viewing
security, privileges, and more for each individual end user.
system features:
– ensures that end users get the
• Serves as the framework to support mission-critical information they
optional BIRT Information Objects, need the instant they need it
Actuate’s metadata layer
• Hosts end user options such as These functions are accessible via
presentation of Actuate BIRT Reports the BIRT iServer web interface for
and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets end users and via its Web Services
generated by BIRT Spreadsheet, ad API for administrators.
hoc web reports authoring within For a complete description of BIRT
BIRT Studio, report customization iServer, please visit: Actuate.com or
with BIRT Interactive Viewer, BIRT 18
download the BIRT iServer datasheet.


Conclusion
The ActuateOne suite of Business
Intelligence and information
application tools brings together
the ultimate BI toolset, enabling any
organization to build and deploy
mission-critical business intelligence
and rich information applications to
any user, anywhere, with a variety of
tools based on one user experience,
supported by one server and
built with one design using BIRT.
ActuateOne provides organizations
with the flexibility to integrate
existing systems, access any data
source and deploy to any device.

ActuateOne is recognition of a single, common architecture for development
and deployment that meets the dynamically changing needs
of information consumers.
Actuate Corporation Tel: (888) 422-8828
2207 Bridgepointe Pkwy., Ste. 500 Web:http://www.actuate.com
San Mateo, CA 94404 http://birt-exchange.com

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