Download mysql-connector-java-5.1.22-bin.jar and put it in birt3.7/web-inf/lib folder.
Copy the lib jars from /WebViewExample/Web-Inf/lib to my application web-inf/lib directory.
Select all jar files in lib folder and select 'add in build path option' in Eclipse IDE.
Copy the viewer.properties file directly under WEB-INF.
Create the platform folder in my WEB-INF directory in Eclipse project.
Copy webcontent folder from BIRT Runtime to webapp folder in Eclipse project.
Copy server-config.wsdd from birt<version>Runtime/web-inf to Eclipse project WEB-INF folder.
Put test.rptdesign report files directly under the webapp/reportforms folder in Eclipse project.
Add following lines in web.xml of the Eclipse application project:-
<servlet>
<servlet-name>EngineServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.eclipse.birt.report.servlet.BirtEngineServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>ViewerServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.eclipse.birt.report.servlet.ViewerServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>ImageServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>net.sf.jasperreports.j2ee.servlets.ImageServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>ImageServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/image</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>ViewerServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/frameset</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>ViewerServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/run</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>EngineServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/preview</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>EngineServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/download</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>EngineServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/parameter</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>EngineServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/output</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>EngineServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/extract</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
Build, Deploy the project and open in browser to test.
Download BIRT from this link:-
http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/
