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BIRT 2.2 on Websphere 6.0.2.0

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

NewProject.png

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

BIRTWebProject.jpg

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

BIRTConfiguration.png

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

FileCreation.jpg

Export the EAR

EARExport.png

Change the WAR's Class loader mode to Parent Last

ParentLast.png

and test the following URL

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

and you should see the following!

ItWorks.jpg

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