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Use JSON as a Scripted Data Set in Birt

I'm trying birt to generate report from a JSON Data .

I followed this tutorial : http://blogs.actuate.com/use-json-as-a-scripted-data-set/

And i have done all steps but when i click on Data Set --> Edit --> Preview Results ; i got nothing .

I suspect that i didn't include correctly apache commons library, i added the jar in properties-->report design--> Class path is that correct ?

so i'm kind of at loss since when i don't get any error and results are not showing in the preview of the Data set.

Solution

  • JARs files that are intended to be used in scripts should be located at:

    [eclipse root]/plugins/org.eclipse.birt.report.viewer_/birt/scriptlib

    Eclipse has to be restarted to take new scriptlib JARs into consideration. Another option would be to put a JAR in the resource path and declare it as a resource of the report:

    Outline view -> click report root -> Properties -> Resources -> Jar Files -> Add

    But i highly recommend the "scriptlib" folder approach. If you still face issues, then you should run the report in debug perspective to find out why scripts don't work. There is a short description of the javascript debugger here.