3 posts tagged “BIRT”

MAS 9 gives you four different ways to get numbers out of Maximo — BIRT, the Operational Dashboard, Cognos Analytics, and the self-service BI tier beyond it. Here's how each one actually works, where its ceiling is, and a decision framework for picking the right one for every report you own.

BIRT is not formally deprecated in MAS 9 and your existing work order reports still run. The upgrade mistake is treating the report catalog as a rebuild backlog. Here's how to rationalize WO reporting into KPI Manager cards, keep the reports that must stay reports, and know exactly when Cognos Analytics earns the job.

How MAS 9 transforms integration with JSON API as primary, Kafka for event streaming, and RMI deprecated. Plus the painful BIRT-to-Cognos reporting migration — no automatic conversion, every report recreated from scratch.