BIRT ReportingCross-discipline reporting across Rational repositories

Bill Nelson

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What is BIRT?

> Business Intelligence and Report Tools Project

> Open source initiative as part of the Eclipse Foundation

> Initially focused on embedded reporting for Java Developers

> Similar to “Crystal Reports” but free

> Rational integrating into their products (v7.1)

> Next generation reporting technology

> Eclipse-based Report Designer> Web-centric design metaphor> Open Source with rapid adoption> Standards based & highly

extensible> Open XML design format> Build community and ecosystem

Project Goals

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What problem are we trying to solve?> Abstract “tool” information to a level to be digested

by management/executives

> Required reporting across different tools (e.g. ReqPro, ClearQuest, Test Manager) and repositories

> Required easy accessibility (e.g. web) that was on-demand

> Required “customization” to fit language of BCBSMN

> Hope is that it will result in better adoption of tools

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Why do we use BIRT?> Needed a way to report across Rational repositories and make easily

accessible and relevant to management/executives> Open source (free) and deployment to WebSphere (Web application)> Rational is replacing Crystal Reports with BIRT in ClearQuest v7.1> Powerful and relatively simple

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How are we using BIRT?

Oracle Schemas(ReqPro)

BIRT Eclipse Client

Management /Executive

Oracle Schemas(ClearQuest)

DB2 Databases(Test Manager)

ClearCaseRepository

Browser

Websphere 6.1BIRT Runtime Engine

BIRT R

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(XM

L)Deploy BIRT Report

XML File

HTML

JDB

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JDB

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Export to P

DF,

Word, E

xcel

BIRT Author

Rational ToolsetIT Worker Bee

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Example – Test Execution Summary

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Example – Test Execution Detail

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Example – Requirement Validation Matrix Summary

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Example – Requirement Validation Matrix Detail

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Example – Defect Summary

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How will we measure success?

> Project measurement processes do not allow for a detailed measurement plan

> Case studies powered by “educated” estimates of key project personnel

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Demo – Create simple report

> Show integration with ClearCase

> Connect to Database

> Create Datasets

> Create Table

> Preview

> Hyperlink to detail table

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Next Steps - Dashboard

> Ours is bad today

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Next Steps – CQTM/CQ Enterprise Migration and Oracle Views

Oracle Schemas(ReqPro)

BIRT Eclipse Client

Management /Executive

Oracle Schema(ClearQuest)

ClearCaseRepository

Browser

Websphere 6.1BIRT Runtime Engine

BIRT R

epor

t File

(XM

L)Deploy BIRT Report

XML File

HTML

JDB

C

Export to P

DF,

Word, E

xcel

BIRT Author

Rational ToolsetIT Worker Bee

Oracle Views