[Help-glpk] Re: BIRT (Eclipse IDE based - SQL, OLAP and Graphics) + Mathprog plugin

[Noli Sicad]

Hi,

I am managed to get the BIRT report design in Windows - Open
Perspective - Report Design.

This might be good tool for Mathprog reporting tools - similar to ILOG
OPL ODM.
        
Anyway,  here is the description of BIRT:

>From this site:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2513534/birt-vs-jasper-reports

(below)

Noli

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" BIRT is the only reporting tool that is part of the Eclipse
foundation. That alone is enough for me. The IDE is easy-to-use and
you can design reports using a really intuative WYSIWYG designer. When
things get more complex, you have the APIs and scripting hooks to
handle it. After you design the report itself, you have a ton of
deployment flexbility. Browsers all the way to a native iPhone client.

My short list of reasons I would go with BIRT:

   1. Data agnostic designer: JDBC, Native Drivers, Web Services, POJOs
   2. Eclipse-based: The community in and around BIRT & Eclipse is thriving.
   3. Drag-andDrop report creation: No programming is required to create content
   4. Versatility: You can create all kinds of content with BIRT, not
just traditonal BI. Have a look at the BIRT Exchange DevShare to get a
feel for how much cool stuff is out there.
   5. Easy to deploy: Eihter embedded in an application or stand-alone
   6. Once executed and built, BIRT Report Documents are stand-alone
entities. This really increases deployment options since you no longer
need access to source data and resources for the users to view the
report. Gets around firewall issues, security problems, etc... Really
flexible execution.

Good luck no matter which way you go!

P.S. I did leave off one huge feature, and that is Page Level
Security. If you want to develop one large report for a differentiated
audience, you can do that in BIRT and rely on the tool to distribute
the proper pages to the appropriate users. This can be a HUGE savings
in resources (i.e. not generating 100 separate reports, but rather
generating one report and slicing it up as many times as you need) "




On 6/7/10, Noli Sicad <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Xypron,
>
>> If you only need an offline solution for reporting you can
>> create csv files or fill SQL tables from GLPK and report on these.
>
> OK. I think it is harder than just having JDBC in SQLIte3 working with
> this reporting tool.
>
> But first we need to have MathProg plugin in Eclipse IDE.
>
> I hope the MathProg will coexist with BIRT.
>
> Right now, I have runnng BIRT. I download the eclipse with BIRT but I
> could see the reporting tool. It is just plain eclipse that I am
> seeing right now.
>
> The graphics are good in screenshots as well as reports.
>
> Noli
>
>
> On 6/7/10, glpk xypron <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hello Noli,
>>
>> http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/examples/scripting/scripteddatasource/
>> gives an example of a scripted data source.
>>
>> If you want to run your GLPK model online you could use GLPK-Java
>> to call GLPK in the Java class supplying the data. From my first
>> glimpse on the documentations it seems, you will need
>> an IGetParameterDefinitionTask to obtain the parameters
>> controlling your model.
>>
>> If you only need an offline solution for reporting you can
>> create csv files or fill SQL tables from GLPK and report on these.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Xypron
>>
>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>>> Datum: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:56:32 +1000
>>> Betreff: BIRT (Eclipse IDE based - SQL, OLAP and Graphics) + Mathprog
>>> plugin
>>
>>> Hi Chris and Xypron,
>>>
>>> While searching for graphics and OLAP and decision cube for Eclipse
>>> for possible reporting tools for Mathprog - SQL, , I found this
>>> report.
>>>
>>> An Introduction to the Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools
>>> http://www.infoq.com/articles/birt2-intro
>>>
>>> http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/intro/
>>>
>>> Chris, I wonder how hard or easy to modify the mathprog plugin to work
>>> to work in Birt instead of the generic Eclipse IDE?
>>>
>>> Xypron, what do you think of this software.
>>>
>>> I am really looking for the equivalent ILOG OPL ODM, the graphic part
>>> and reporting tools for GLPK/MathProg.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I hope we can first have a basic plugin for MathProg first and
>>> we will ask the group for help to develop futher for BIRT later on.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Regards, Noli
>>
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