Need help with integral involving square root (definite or indefinite version)

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I am trying to find an analytical solution for this problem:

$ \int_{-a/2}^{a/2}\frac{z}{z^{2}+(x-x')^{2}}\frac{sx'-y}{\sqrt{z^{2}+(x-x')^{2}+\left(sx'-y\right)^{2}}}dx' $

where $x$, $y$, $z$, $a$ and $s$ are constants (all real). and I can't figure out the way to do it. I tried the following change of variable without success:

$x' = x + \tan u \sqrt{\left(sx'-y\right)^2 + z^2}$

can you please help with the change of variable, or the solution to the indefinite integral (if my approach is not on the right track) so that I can calculate the above. Thanks.

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Mathematica gives a complicated results for

$\int \frac{z}{z^{2}+(x-t)^{2}} \frac{st-y} {z^{2}+(x-t)^{2}+(st-y)^{2}} dt$

and $\int_{-\frac{a}{2}}^{\frac{a}{2}} \frac{z}{z^{2}+(x-t)^{2}} \frac{st-y} {z^{2}+(x-t)^{2}+(st-y)^{2}} dt$