tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post113529663752799754..comments2024-03-29T12:51:32.931+01:00Comments on Roland Bouman's blog: Reporting for the Masses: Eclipse/BIRT, Apache Tomcat and MySQLrpboumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13365137747952711328noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post-38507982729970593412007-11-28T10:35:00.000+01:002007-11-28T10:35:00.000+01:00re: BIRT may not load and work due to java securit...re: <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>BIRT may not load and work due to java security restrictions. In the /etc/init.d/tomcat4 file, change Java security manager to "no" so it reads like this:<BR/><BR/># Use the Java security manager? (yes/no)<BR/>TOMCAT4_SECURITY=no<BR/><BR/>By soarhevn, at 6:39 AM<BR/><BR/>THANK YOU THANK YOU - I have taken two days on and off trying to get mine to work and that solved it instantly. Not sure what it does but for the moment I don't care. I am sure I will need to know at some point but hey. Thanks again soarhevn and thanks Roland for hosting the blog :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post-66336815671386924672007-05-11T01:25:00.000+02:002007-05-11T01:25:00.000+02:00Hi Anonymous,Regarding Pentaho and BIRT: well, BIR...Hi Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Regarding Pentaho and BIRT: well, BIRT is first and foremost a reporting engine and an Eclipse plugin to design reports. <BR/><BR/>Pentaho is essentially an entire stack that contains components form all areas in the BI arena: that includes reporting, but also OLAP tools, ETL/Data integration, Data Mining, Application server, business process integration, scheduling and distribution. <BR/><BR/>Pentaho is built in a way that it allows other J2EE applications to be plugged into it. So Pentaho can be used together with their own reporting engine, jFreeReport, or with BIRT, and even with Jasper reports. <BR/><BR/>So it does not make a lot of sense to compare these products. As far as the Pentaho jFreeReport reporting engine is concerned: I haven't played around with it a whole lot. I do notice that it extremely actively developed, but up till now I am still missing a tool to design the reports. Of course, they are there, but up untill now I have used BIRT for ease of use of the report designer. <BR/><BR/>However, I have recently been checking out an extremely interesting development in that area, the Pentaho ad-hoc report designer. This is an AJAX web application that allows end users to build reports on a metadata layer like you have in Oracle Discoverer, Business Objects and recently also MS BI. It is in the latest build of pentaho but it is under heavy development. I suspect that that is going to be the tool I will be moving too once it is stable.rpboumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365137747952711328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post-64747711837175288722007-05-11T00:56:00.000+02:002007-05-11T00:56:00.000+02:00What is your comparision between BIRT and Pentaho?...What is your comparision between BIRT and Pentaho?<BR/><BR/>Also, "Microsoft opts to build, not buy, business software". What will this impact open source software in BI sector?<BR/><BR/>http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?type=comktNews&storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070510:MTFH25913_2007-05-10_02-02-56_N09335242&pageNumber=1&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=HybArt-C1-ArticlePage1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post-89582962304536498232007-03-19T22:08:00.000+01:002007-03-19T22:08:00.000+01:00Hi Rupe, No, I have not experienced that problem i...Hi Rupe, <BR/><BR/>No, I have not experienced that problem in particular. I have noticed that the reportdesigner can become incredibly sluggish as the layout becomes only moderately complex (for example with a table control).<BR/><BR/>With aggregates, I noticed that the editor seems to have a problem with multiple, similar aggregates using different scopes. So for example, when you try to render a report breakdown per year, quarter and month into a table, and try to calculate the same Aggregate, say, COUNT for each group, the editor just can't seem to remember these are all different. My current solution is to hack the XML directly for that, that sorta works.<BR/><BR/>kind regards,rpboumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365137747952711328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post-46129478532678198392007-03-19T20:52:00.000+01:002007-03-19T20:52:00.000+01:00Roland,Have you found that Eclipse freezes when yo...Roland,<BR/><BR/>Have you found that Eclipse freezes when you try to add a aggregate function to a Data Set?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post-72556558011663704762007-01-03T06:39:00.000+01:002007-01-03T06:39:00.000+01:00BIRT may not load and work due to java security re...BIRT may not load and work due to java security restrictions. In the /etc/init.d/tomcat4 file, change Java security manager to "no" so it reads like this:<br /><br /># Use the Java security manager? (yes/no)<br />TOMCAT4_SECURITY=noUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775975165358217567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post-15044281019972638652006-09-29T10:28:00.000+02:002006-09-29T10:28:00.000+02:00"How do you feel about BIRT comparing to other ope..."How do you feel about BIRT comparing to other open source BI project?"<br /><br />Well, at the time, jasper was the only open source reporting software. I think variation is usually good, because it drives competition. In comparing Jasper and BIRT, I'd say that the nice thing about BIRT is the good Eclipse integration. <br /><br />I cannot say much in comparing intrinsic reporting capabilities. I'd say that functionalitywise, jasper is more advanced - not surprising considering it has been around much longer. <br /><br />"Mr. wenfeng li used to claim to be NO.1 BI vendor in China by the end of 2006..."<br /><br />Well, that could very well be. I must say that from a business perspective I don't usually get warm when people claim they are the "Xth open source Y" or the "Yth free software Z". I feel that the fact that something is open source or free software is a good extra reason that makes a product desirable. In a lot of cases, I don't think that the openness or freeness should be a prima facie reason to want the product. <br /><br />"Mr. wenfeng li claims that millions of java developer are using BIRT and he boasts about the "massive success" about BIRT..."<br /><br />Well, "millions" seems like a bit of an exaggeration. I do think you can call BIRT a success, and I think that certainly entitles him to some boasting if he's responsible for it.rpboumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365137747952711328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post-73828463175505631692006-09-29T03:14:00.000+02:002006-09-29T03:14:00.000+02:00How do you feel about BIRT comparing to other open...How do you feel about BIRT comparing to other open source BI project?<br /><br />Mr. wenfeng li used to claim to be NO.1 BI vendor in China by the end of 2006...<br /><br />Mr. wenfeng li claims that millions of java developer are using BIRT and he boasts about the "massive success" about BIRT...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post-14297115486168031212006-09-14T08:41:00.000+02:002006-09-14T08:41:00.000+02:00Hi mr Anonymous,
I think you comment is at least ...Hi mr Anonymous,<br /><br />I think you comment is at least in a particular way relevant to the article, so my principle bids me to publish it. <br />In the future, please observe the basic courtesey, and sign your name underneath the comment when you want to make accusations. It makes it easier for the accused party to defend themselves.<br /><br />I must admit that I have never heard of mr. wenfeng li. However, I can't say that I feel that my lack of knowing him has hampered my understanding of BIRT in anyway.<br /><br />Although I know the basics of java, I surely can't boast on deep java knowledge myself, but I don't really see how this can be relevant.<br /><br />I must admit that it is not really clear to me what you hold against BIRT or mr li for that matter, so please feel free to explain, and please sign the comment with your name so everybody knows where this is coming from.<br /><br />thanks for understanding, <br /><br />Roland Bouman.rpboumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365137747952711328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post-22823625498345636842006-09-14T07:10:00.000+02:002006-09-14T07:10:00.000+02:00To understand BIRT, you have to understand wenfeng...To understand BIRT, you have to understand wenfeng li who named himself PMC lead of BIRT and the drive behind him.<br /><br />Wenfeng li came to Actuate a few years ago and brought a huge lawsuit from his former employer. Then he acted crazily:<br /><br />He proposed to recruit people from China after grabbing a lot of his old friends around him...<br /><br />His multi million lawsuit partly forced Actuate to layoff several times...<br /><br />Lately he start touting BIRT. The truth is that he has very limited knowledge and experience on Java technology and he doesn't understand too much about Actuate product as well.<br /><br />The only way he can do is to tout himself and add version number to praise himself...<br /><br />Please draw your own conclusion...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15319370.post-1155671800875643132006-08-15T21:56:00.000+02:002006-08-15T21:56:00.000+02:00Hola Disculpa He leido Tu Publicación y se ve muy ...Hola Disculpa He leido Tu Publicación y se ve muy interesante.<BR/><BR/>Veras Soy de Venezuela y estoy haciendo mis pasantias, actualmente me encuentro trabajando con la tecnologñia descrita por ti; BIRt, MYSQL Y Apache tomcat pero no he podido conseguir hacer la conexción entre birt y el apache, serias tan amablñe de explicar un poco mejor ese punto.. Mi correo es edwynmayorga@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com