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Chapter 2 Connecting to a Data Source

Enterprise reports must access data. Enterprise data is frequently stored in a variety of systems in disparate formats. BIRT Report Designer provides wizards for setting up access to the following types of data sources:

The sample database, Classic Models, which many BIRT examples use, is included in the default installation as an embedded Derby database.

This chapter discusses how to make BIRT data sources using an interactive wizard. It does not discuss data sources that require scripting or programming, such as scripted data sources that use JavaScript or custom data drivers that use the Open Data Access (ODA) framework. You can find more information about ODA on the Eclipse web site in the Data Tools project at the following URL:

http://www.eclipse.org/datatools/project_connectivity/ 

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