How to get data from salesforce in order to create reports & dashboards

Emy

<p>Hi,</p>
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<p>    I want to create reports using salesforce.com data.If anyone know how to get those datas from salesforce.Is there anyway to get data form that.please let me know.</p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Emy</p>

Clement Wong

<p>Are you using open source BIRT, or commercial BIRT?</p>
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<p>With commercial BIRT, a Salesforce.com JDBC connector is included with the product, OEMed from Progress DataDirect.</p>
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<p>With open source BIRT, you'll have to use your own Salesforce.com JBDC connector, or ODA.  Some options include:</p>
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<p>Progress DataDirect Salesforce.com JDBC (<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.progress.com/jdbc/salesforce'>https://www.progress.com/jdbc/salesforce</a>) </p>
<p>CData Salesforce.com JDBC (<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.cdata.com/drivers/salesforce/jdbc'>http://www.cdata.com/drivers/salesforce/jdbc</a>) </p>
<p>Simba (<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.simba.com/drivers/salesforce-odbc-jdbc'>http://www.simba.com/drivers/salesforce-odbc-jdbc</a>) </p>
<p>Reliersoft (<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://reliersoft.com/download/salesforce-jdbc-driver'>http://reliersoft.com/download/salesforce-jdbc-driver</a>) -- <em>The driver is free while in version 0.x. Support for the free version will be discontinued 3 months after version 1.x is released.</em></p>