Installing BIRT tools

Install BIRT reporting tools into your Rational Team Concert™ Eclipse client.
Before you begin
To use the BIRT reporting tools with Rational Team Concert, you must install a compatible version of the BIRT tools and each of its dependencies: Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) plug-in and Database Development (DTP) plug-in. Details about BIRT prerequisites and version compatibility are available on the Eclipse web site at http://www.eclipse.org/birt/.
About this task
If you cannot install the plug-ins using the Update Manager, as outlined in the steps below, you must download them from the Eclipse website and install them manually into your product installation directory.
Table 1. Version compatibility across Rational Team Concert and BIRT tools and dependencies
Rational Team Concert BIRT DTP EMF
2.0 2.3.2.2 1.6.2 2.4.2
1.0 2.2.2 1.5.2 2.3.3
  1. In your Rational Team Concert client, click Help > Software Updates.
  2. On the Available Software page, expand the Ganymede node.
  3. Select Charting and Reporting and Database Development, and click Install. The Update Manager determines if there are any dependencies and displays the selected plug-ins with all dependencies in the Install window.
  4. Confirm that all plug-ins are selected in the Install window and click Next.
  5. Read the license agreement(s). If you accept the terms, select I accept the terms of the license agreements and click Finish.

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