Customizing BIRT reports

Customizing BIRT reports is not a beginner-level activity. It requires an understanding of database operation and design, SQL syntax, and report design with Eclipse BIRT Report Designer. OpenText recommends that you have Professional Services assist you with your custom reports.

To customize a Fortify Software Security Center BIRT report:

  1. Acquire a supported version of Eclipse BIRT Report Designer (Report Designer).

    For information about downloading Eclipse BIRT Report Designer, see Acquiring the BIRT Report Designer.

  2. Load a Fortify Software Security Center report definition into Report Designer.

    You typically first export a report definition from Fortify Software Security Center, and then upload that report definition into Report Designer. For information about how to export a Fortify Software Security Center report definition, see Downloading report templates.

  3. Connect Report Designer to a running instance of the Fortify Software Security Center database.

    Connecting Report Designer to the Fortify Software Security Center database enables you to load and verify the database queries you add to a BIRT report.

  4. Use the Report Designer to add report design elements to the report definition, and add database queries to those design elements.

  5. Use a local instance of Fortify Software Security Center to test the operation of a customized BIRT report.

  6. Import the customized report definition into Fortify Software Security Center.

See also

Importing report definitions