Creating report templates by using Rational Publishing Engine Document Studio

Before you generate IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine reports in IBM Rational Focal Point™, you must download the report XSD from Rational Focal Point and author a report template in Rational Publishing Engine.

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. In Rational Focal Point, click Application > Login Page > Login or Balance URL. Make a note of the server name.
  2. Download the Rational Focal Point report XSD.
    • For the generic XML data source, go to http://hostname/ip:port/fp/report/fp-report.xsd.
    • For a Rational Focal Point REST data source, select the URL to the appropriate module. For example: http://hostname/ip:port/fp/resources/workspaces/workspace_id/modules/module_id/elements.xsd.
  3. Import the Rational Focal Point schema to Rational Publishing Engine.
    1. In Rational Publishing Engine Document Studio, click Data > Add Data Source Schema. Click Next in the wizard.
    2. In Schema type field, select REST.
    3. In Schema file field, click Browse and select the path to the Rational Focal Point XSD and click Next. A window to authenticate the user is displayed.
    4. Provide the authentication required to connect to the Rational Focal Point server and click OK.
    5. Validate the information and click Finish.
  4. In Rational Publishing Engine Document Studio, create a template file that is based on the Rational Focal Point XSD. For more information, see “Designing documents” in the Rational Publishing Engine information center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rpehelp/v1r1m1/topic/com.ibm.rational.pe.publishing.doc/topics/t_designingdocuments.html.
  5. Generate the report after creating the report template. For more information, see "Publishing a document" in the Rational Publishing Engine information center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rpehelp/v1r1m1/topic/com.ibm.rational.pe.publishing.doc/topics/t_publishing.html.

What to do next

Add the file as a report template in Rational Focal Point. For more information, see Adding a report template.

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