using the birt runtime with spring boot and gradle to generate PDF from a Report Design File
Warning: at the moment not recommended as solution. Personal Note (too complicated to keep in my brain / transient memory) birt simply does not think in this way: push data into report vs pull datasource, osgi vs. maven, design time jars.... Step 1: use with gradle: get dependencies from maven repo: compile ( group : 'org.eclipse.birt.runtime' , name : 'org.eclipse.birt.runtime' , version : '4.4.1' ) { exclude module : 'flute' exclude module : 'org.eclipse.orbit.mongodb' } // also working 4.2.1a // not compiling: 4.6.0-20160607 // not running: 4.5.0a Step 2: create POJO and a suitable BIRT DataSource for the Designer: http://yaragalla.blogspot.de/2013/10/using-pojo-datasource-in-birt-43.html DataSource really needs the open, next and close Methods build as jar, needed as such in BIRT Designer Step 3: use BIRT runtime in your Spring Boot Controller: InputStream reportDesign = getClass().