BIRT Report Engine API

Report Engine API (= RE API) is a programming interface that is used to integrate BIRT functionality in your applications as POJOs so that you will be able to create and publish BIRT reports at runtime.

 

RE API allows:

• setting report parameters,
• retrieving the necessary data,
• revealing the basic report statistics like the number of database entries conforming the set parameters, etc.,
• designing your reports and populating them with visual and non-visual design components,
• presenting data in the form of charts and cross-tabs, and
• rendering your reports in HTML or PDF.

Report Engine API allows embedding the engine within any Java/Java EE application. The BIRT Web Viewer uses this API to execute and display reports.

You can find more detailed information regarding API overview and its configuration and installation here.