Rational Publishing Engine automates documentation generation from Rational products and select third-party applications, helping you generate documents for daily use, formal reviews, contractual obligations, and compliance with standards. With Rational Publishing Engine, you spend less time creating documents and keeping them up to date.
See the What's new topic for details.
For more information about hardware and software requirements for Rational Publishing Engine, you can generate the system requirements for Rational Publishing Engine from this page: http://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/softwareReqsForProduct.html.
For information about downloading Rational Publishing Engine, see the Download document.
You can purchase or renew licenses from the IBM License Key Center.
For a detailed list of problems (APARs) solved in this release, see the Fix list for Rational Publishing Engine.
Clear browser cache after upgrading
After you upgrade to version 2.0.1 and redeploy the web app, you must log in to the web app, clear the web browser cache and then log in again. Otherwise you may be unable to successfully generate documents for any existing reports.
Use a server name for DGAAS_URL
If an administrator has set the DGAAS_URL runtime variable to an IP address and that address changes, they may not be able to access the web app. To work around this problem, administrators can set the OVERRIDE_DGAAS_URL system variable or Java property to the new server name. Then restart the server. To avoid this problem, use a server name for the DGAAS_URL variable instead of an IP address.Problems logging in or out
If you are using Jazz™ Team Server single sign-on authentication for the 2.x web app on WebSphere® Application Server , WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile, or Tomcat, logging out of the web app does not work on Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. To work around this problem, close the browser to log out or clear the browser cookies.
PDF limitations
Generation of PDF documents might take longer than in version 2.0.
Bidi limitations
| Version | Microsoft Office 2003-2010 | Microsoft Office 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | Full support | Not supported |
| 2.0.1 | Some use cases might not produce correct results if the generated report is opened with MS Office 2003-2010. For example, a combination of document direction value (ltr, rtl) and text content direction value (ltr, rtl, auto) in various elements of the report such as table of contents, chapter title, paragraph. | Full support |
Bidi PDF limitations
Bidi support is unavailable for generated PDF documents. To work around this problem, you can generate a Word document using Rational Publishing Engine and then convert the document to PDF using Microsoft Word.
Additional known problems are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base. As problems are discovered and resolved, the IBM Support team updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.
To launch a customized query of the live Support knowledge base, use this link: Known problems for Rational Publishing Engine.