Before you can generate a traceability report, you must
create a report type to specify the report template and start view.
A report type connects a report template to the data in a workspace
and linked applications by specifying the start view to use for the
report template.
Before you begin
- You must be a workspace administrator.
- An administrator with an installed Rational® Publishing Engine must
modify a predefined .dta file by including valid report user credentials
in the file. For more information, see Editing a traceability report template in Rational Publishing Engine.
- A global administrator must add the modified .dta file as a report
template in Rational Focal Point.
For more information, see Adding a traceability report template for the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management.
- You must identify a suitable start view for the report type. Make
sure that the view displays projects or elements from a module that
has a link list attribute that displays the elements that are linked
from other modules. To increase performance, make sure that the start
view displays no more than one or two elements. If necessary, configure
a new view.
Procedure
- Click .
- Click Add Report Type.
- On the "Select report target" page, select Rational
Publishing Engine, and then click Next.
- On the Add Report Type page, complete these steps:
- Select a traceability report template.
- Enter a title and a description for the report type.
- Select the formats for the report.
- Select the views for mapping, and then click Next.
- In "Report", click Select
view for the data source to start the report in. Because
a report can have only one start view, select a view only for the
data source that displays elements that link to other elements in Rational Focal Point.
For example, you might select FPProjView.
- From the displayed views, select a suitable start view.
- Leave the settings for the other data sources intact. Click Next.
- On the Edit Report Access page, select All
Members, and then click Finish.
Results
The report type is displayed in the
Report Types list.