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For more information on how to populate the Maximo database, refer to the
product documentation.
6.2 Reporting
Maximo Asset Management Essentials 7.1 is integrated with the Eclipse
Foundation's Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT). BIRT is an open
source reporting system that will integrates with Java/J2EE applications, such as
Maximo Asset Management Essentials 7.1, to produce custom reports. BIRT
utilizes XML report definitions to generate reports in PDF or HTML Output. BIRT
uses the data from Maximo Asset Management Essentials 7.1 and manages and
displays it to end users in a way that they can immediately take action if
necessary. That action may involve drilling down into reports for a specific
problem issue, or an analysis of the data for cost for regulatory purposes.
The following are the main topics covered in this section:
BIRT Administration
BIRT Configure Reports
BIRT Run Reports
6.2.1 Report Administration
As the Report Administrator, you can specify the following for end users:
The availability of reports and how they open, run, and print
The appearance of report titles and headings
Report security settings
The following figures provide a short introduction into the Report Administration
application. The look and feel is like all other applications launched from the Start
Center. There are two ways to open the Report Administration application. The
first way is for the initial administration, the second can be used, when reports
are already defined:
Start the Report Administration application from the Start Center by selecting
Go To Administration Reporting Report Administration as shown
below in Figure 6-2.