BIRT 2.2 on Websphere 6.0.2.0

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Download one of the following:

The only version that we have managed to fix to work on WAS 6.0.2.0 is 2.2M2

Windows http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/birt/downloads/drops/M-R1-2.2M2-200611171020/birt-report-designer-all-in-one-2.2M2.zip

Linux http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/birt/downloads/drops/M-R1-2.2M2-200611171020/birt-report-designer-all-in-one-linux-gtk-2.2M2.tar.gz

Do the following to get it running on Linux

gunzip birt-report-designer-all-in-one-linux-gtk-2.2M2.tar.gz

tar xvf birt-report-designer-all-in-one-linux-gtk-2.2M2.tar

chmod +x eclipse/eclipse

./eclipse/eclipse


Create a BIRT Web Project

Click File, New, Project and select BIRT Web Project

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Add Web Project to the EAR

Fill in the Project name:

Select the BIRT Reporting Web Project Configuration

and check the Add project to an EAR box

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Click next till you get to the BIRT Configuration page and delete all the folder settings

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Click Finish

Create the logs and report/images directories. These need to contain a file - the file can be empty as the readme.txt files I have shown here are - so that WAS will create the directories when the EAR is deployed

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Export the EAR

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Change the WAR's Class loader mode to Parent Last

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and test the following URL

http://localhost:9080/BIRT/frameset?__report=test1.rptdesign&sample=my+parameter

and you should see the following!

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