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Reporting
Learn how to generate reports for the product.
Reporting deployment planning
HCL Compass lets you customize your deployment to support data-pull reports with BIRT reporting tools.
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.
Deploying the BIRT server runtime on the WebSphere® Application Server
Before you can run BIRT reports from the Report Launcher for HCL Compass, you must install and configure the BIRT server runtime on the WebSphere® Application Server.

Reporting
Learn how to generate reports for the product.
- Reporting on HCL Compass data sources
  HCL Compass provides a flexible reporting solution to design and test reports with Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) that are configured with the Compass Reporting Driver. Users can share Compass reports with the Report Launcher for Compass Agile planning.
- Reporting deployment planning
  HCL Compass lets you customize your deployment to support data-pull reports with BIRT reporting tools.
  - About the HCL Compass Reporting Driver
    The HCL Compass Reporting Driver provides Compass authenticated access to Compass data sources to design and run data-pull reports.
  - 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.
    - Deploying the Report Launcher for HCL Compass
      Deploying Report Launcher for HCL Compass for use with WebSphere® Application Server requires installing and configuring the Report Launcher for HCL Compass component. You must also deploy the server runtime for the selected reporting tool on the WebSphere Application Server.
    - Deploying the BIRT server runtime on the WebSphere® Application Server
      Before you can run BIRT reports from the Report Launcher for HCL Compass, you must install and configure the BIRT server runtime on the WebSphere® Application Server.
      - Installing BIRT web archive on WebSphere® Application Server
        This topic describes how to install the BIRT web archive on the WebSphere® Application Server.
      - Configuring the BIRT web archive on the WebSphere® Application Server
        This topic describes how to configure the BIRT web archive on the WebSphere® Application Server.
      - Configuring the BIRT runtime for HCL Compass reporting
        This topic explains how to configure the BIRT Report Viewer with the HCL Compass Reporting Driver for running Compass reports. The required files for the HCL Compass Reporting Driver are in the reports folder in the Compass home directory.
      - Verifying the BIRT deployment
        After installing and configuring BIRT to use the HCL Compass Reporting Driver, verify the BIRT deployment and check the installed version.
      - Customizing the BIRT report viewer
        The view settings for the BIRT report viewer in the Report Launcher for HCL Compass web interface are determined by the generated URL for running and viewing reports. You can change the view settings by modifying the URL template in the Report Launcher for HCL Compass configuration file.
    - Configuring security for the Report Launcher and reports
      HCL Compass provides security features that can be configured to protect access to the Report Launcher for Compass and access to the reports themselves. Use the information in this topic to learn about and configure the network, client, and data security for the HCL Compass reporting environment.
    - Using the Report Launcher
      Use the Report Launcher for HCL Compass to manage and run reports that are designed with BIRT reporting tools and stored on a shared file server. Authorized users can select reports from the Report Launcher navigation window and view the generated data in the Report Launcher view window.

Deploying the BIRT server runtime on the WebSphere® Application Server

Before you can run BIRT reports from the Report Launcher for HCL Compass, you must install and configure the BIRT server runtime on the WebSphere® Application Server.

The Report Launcher for HCL Compass builds the appropriate URL to invoke a BIRT report. However, the BIRT runtime that generates reports must be separately installed. This section provides instructions for acquiring the BIRT runtime and installing it on a WebSphere® Application Server.