BIRT with SOAP Webservice

In current Valuemation versions, BIRT has been replaced by Valuemation Analytics reporting.

Although it is still possible to print BIRT reports from Valuemation, note that some of the underlying functionality has been changed. As ServiceBroker is no longer supported, the communication has been switched to SOAP WebService.

1. Information contained in dedicated configuration files 'servicebroker-config.xml' and 'PropertieBroker_de_DE.properties' has been transfered into Valuemation mainparameters. (The original files are no longer present with Valuemation installation.)
2. Workflows necessary for the "Print with Birt" functionality have been changed so use SOAP WebService for communication with the print server.

1. Configuration files

   servicebroker-config.xml

   The URL stored in 'servicebroker-config.xml' is stored in mainparameter 'VMWeb.VMBirtPrintServer.'
   Instead of the brokerservice servlet, the vmweb servlet is used (http://localhost:8080/vmweb/vmweb).

   

   PropertieBroker_de_DE.properties

   Information regarding brokerUser and brokerCryptedPwd is now stored in mainparameters:

   • VMWeb.VMBirtPrintServerUser
   • VMWeb.VMBirtPrintServerPwd

     

2. Workflows

   Standard workflows have been modified. If you made changes to (or copied) the standard workflows, changes need to be done to support WebService Communication.

   • Communication:

     

   • Remove usage of de.usuag.components.comManager.util import Converter

     See example images below:
     Img A - old code (with Convertor)
     Img B - new code (without Convertor)

Img A - code with Convertor (old)

Img B - code without Convertor (new)