A while back I wrote about how to use Javascript to calculate date functions in BIRT. In this post I will show different methods that can be used to automatically calculate dates so it can be scheduled as a rolling date report. The example I will use is for a …

One of the complexities of Maximo and BIRT is the fact that you can get the same task accomplished multiple ways. Think about how many ways a work order can be generated. The same can be said with how many ways a report writer can present information in a report …

Sometimes even the "experts" need to be slapped back into reality. This week I got slapped so hard I felt bad for originally claiming my problem was a bug in BIRT. [1] Typically [2] when you design a BIRT report, the report is based on information from an associated Maximo …

One of the trickiest things a report writer has to deal with is using a data field that may, or may not, contain data. Chon Neth (@MaximoTimes) has a great tip on how to manage NULL data fields. But what happens when you want to group on a field that …

There are times when report requirements can put a report writer in a box. For example, a recent request came in with the following requirements:

• Portrait orientation
• No text wrapping
• Include workorder.wonum, workorder.description, workorder.worktype, workorder.status, workorder.statusdate, sum(wplabor.regularhrs)

Oops. No text wrapping and the …