Tag: BIRT

BIRT is a popular open-source reporting tool. It is convenient for report development with its independent IDE and wizard and rich functionalities. But it has difficulty in handling reports with complex and special formats. The major reason for this is its weak data preparation ability. BIRT scripted data set is not nearly as good as the specialized data processing engine. Often hardcoding is needed for developing complex reports, making the process very complicated. The open-source esProc SPL can make a professional and excellent partner. SPL is a specialized structured data computing engine. It offers rich class libraries, all-around, database-independent computational