Prerequisites

Software

For the design environment the current release of the Business Analysis and Reporting Component requires a proper installation of Stardust, Eclipse and Birt. You need as well a Java EE Application Server supported by Stardust as runtime environment. For details on the supported versions, please refer to the Release Notes.

Skills

Using the Business Analysis and Reporting Component requires

• understanding of the basic aspects of process modeling and runtime data and
• minimal experience with the BIRT report designer, e.g. by walking through the BIRT Tutorial.

You may also watch the BIRT Flash Movie for a first impression of BIRT.