Rational Focal Point and reporting tools

You can generate reports based on templates that are authored in IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine. You can also generate reports in external report tools by using an authenticated XML export.

To author a report template in Rational Publishing Engine, you need a separate Rational Publishing Engine license and installation. The following interactive diagram shows the process to generate reports that are based on report templates in Rational Publishing Engine.

Figure 1. Generating reports that are based on Rational Publishing Engine report templates
The diagram
begins with authoring a report template in Rational Publishing Engine.
Then, the template is added to the global Rational Focal Point configuration
and a report type is created in a workspace. Finally, the report is
generated. Rational Publishing Engine role: Click this area to get information about authoring report templates in Rational Publishing Engine. Global administrator role: Click this area to get information about adding report templates authored in Rational Publishing Engine. Workspace administrator role: Click this area to get information about creating report types. Regular user role: Click this area to get information about generating reports.

To use the XML export to generate reports in external reporting tools, see Extracting a report using report integration.


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