BIRT Report Viewer URIs : About the BIRT Report Viewer servlet

About the BIRT Report Viewer servlet

Java servlets extend web server functionality. The BIRT Report Viewer is a Java servlet that manages binary content and performs tasks such as uploading and downloading binary files.

You invoke the BIRT Report Viewer servlet using the following syntax:

http://<application server>:<port>/<context root>/iv

where

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iv is the name to which the servlet is mapped in the web application’s web.xml file. A typical location for web.xml is <context root>\WEB-INF\web.xml.

Servlet names are case sensitive. Do not modify the servlets, their names, or their mapping in web.xml.