Using the Cúram Business Intelligence and Analytics Viewer project in Eclipse

This section will guide you through the process of configuring the Eclipse environment to view Cúram Business Intelligence and Analytics content. If you have further questions please see the BIRT Developers Guide for more details.

  1. Import the project into Eclipse by going to File > Import.... Select General > Existing Projects into Workspace and click Next. Select the root directory to be %CURAM_DIR%\BIApp\CuramBIRTViewer and click Finish.
  2. Select the CuramBIRTViewer project in Eclipse, then open the preferences dialog by selecting Window > Preferences and expand Java > Compiler and set Compiler compliance level: to 1.5.
  3. Select the CuramBIRTViewer project in Eclipse, right-click and select Tomcat Project > Update context definition.
  4. Open the preferences dialog by selecting Window > Preferences and expand Tomcat > JVM Settings and for the Classpath text box select the Directory button and add in the full path to the %CURAM_DIR%\EJBServer\project\properties.
  5. If you are viewing licensed content via the Reports tab (ignore this section if you do not have a Reports tab), then Open the preferences dialog by selecting Window > Preferences and expand Tomcat > JVM Settings and for the Classpath text box select the Directory button and add in the full path to the %CURAM_DIR%\Reporting\project\properties. See the BIRT Developers Guide for more details.
  6. You must now publish all Cúram Business Intelligence and Analytics content to the BIRT Viewer. From the directory %CURAM_DIR%\BIContent execute the command build client.birt.
  7. Start Tomcat, to verify your viewer is open for business, check http://localhost:9080/CuramBIRTViewer.

If you are developing new Cúram Business Intelligence and Analytics content, please see the BIRT Developers Guide for more details on how to set up a development environment.