About the Report Launcher for HCL Compass

The Report Launcher for HCL Compass is a web application for running data-pull reports that are saved on a server file system.

The Report Launcher for HCL Compass web interface is like a download site. Users click folder links to locate a report. Then, click the report web link to run the report on the report server configured for the HCL Compass reporting environment. The completed report is displayed in the report viewer associated with the report. For example, reports created with BIRT are displayed in the BIRT Report Viewer window embedded in the Report Launcher for HCL Compass web interface.

The Report Launcher uses adapters to start BIRT reports from the server. Because the report launcher does not include a specific report engine, the report server runtime for the target reporting system must be installed separately on the same web server as the report launcher.

You can access the Report Launcher for HCL Compass from HCL Compass Client, HCL Compass Web client, or directly from a browser.