.BAK file

Hello All,

I am new to BIRT. can anyone let me know if BIRT can created .BAK (backup file like edit plus) file if I modify existing report?

Also let me know how we can do it?

Thanks,
Vaibhav

Find more posts tagged with

Comments

bhanley

Eclipse is actually much smarter about tracking changes than the creation of a static backup file. Eclipse tracks a history of each file in the project and you can restore to a point in time right inside the IDE.

Right-click on any project in your workspace and select "Restore from Local History". You will then see a dialog with all the files that have changed in that project and have the ability to roll back toa previous point in time.

Have a look at the attached screen shot. You will see in the upper-right just how many restore points Eclipse has automatically created for you.

Good Luck!

vaibhavP

Thanks bhanley!

Actually we are planning to use BIRT as a reporting tool. We need this functionality in BIRT.

Can you please let me know if BIR has any similler type of functionality?

Thanks,
Vaibhav

bhanley

BIRT is a plug-in to Eclipse, so the functionality is there. The thumbnail I uploaded is showing the restore points Eclipse has created for a report design inside a BIRT project.

vaibhavP

Hi Brian,

I can not "Restore from Local History" option in my BIRT RCP standalone application. I would rally help me if we can provide the name of eclipse plugin that i need to deploy in BIRT to use this feature.

I am using birt-rcp-report-designer-2_3_2.

Thanks,
Vaibhav

bhanley

You should not need to add anything to Eclipse, it is there by default. I have uploaded another thumbnail showing the menu option. Right click on anyu project to see the menu shown in the thumbnail.

vaibhavP

Hi Brian,

I am using BIRT standalone application, I cant see any 'nevigator' view in it. It is visible in BIRT which is integrated with eclipse.

Please let me know if you have any idea for same using BIRT (RCP) standalone application.

Thanks,
Vaibhav

bhanley

Sorry for the confusion. It looks like the functionality provided by Eclipse is not in the stand-alone designer.