BirtReportPortlet User guide

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This page contains instructions on how to use the BirtReportPortlet.

Installation

• Build or download BirtReportPortlet
• Place your BIRT reports in a directory structure of your own choise
• Deploy the portlet in your J2EE (Servlet) container
  • Tomcat: Place the BirtReportPortlet.war file in the $CATALINA_HOME/webapps directory
  • JBoss: Place the BirtReportPortlet.war file in your servers deploy directory
• Create a portlet instance in your portal
• Set these properties for your portlet:
  • birtWebappContextName: The contextname of your BIRT webapp on the server, typically "/birt".
  • reportDirectory: The directory where you've put your reports

Troubleshooting

• Remember to give security access to the report directory.
• All reports are opened using an absolute path, so this has to be enabled in the BIRT webapp