Generating documents with Rational DOORS as a data source
After you finish creating the report
template and populating it with data points, you can generate a report
in various formats.
Before you begin
You can extract Object Linking and Embedding (OLEs) from a Rational® DOORS® data source. See OLE objects.
Generating a document by using the add-in
If you have the Rational DOORS add-in
installed, you can generate documents directly from the Rational DOORS user
interface.
About this task
- When a local document generation is started from the Rational Publishing Engine add-in through the user interface or the command line, a license is consumed on your computer. The license is checked out when the remote document generation begins. Then the license is checked in after the document generation is complete.
- When a remote document generation is started from the Rational Publishing Engine add-in through the user interface or the command line, a license is consumed on the server. The license is checked out when the remote document generation begins. Then the license is checked in after the document generation is complete.
Note: You cannot access the Document Studio or
Launcher user interfaces while you are using the Rational Publishing Engine add-in
to publish a document.
Procedure
From either the Database view or Module view, click Publish.
- When you click Publish from the Database view, you are prompted for template and document specification configurations as you would by clicking in Rational Publishing Engine.
- When you click Publish from
the Module view, you can select a new document specification and add
templates to it, or you can select an existing document specification
that already has templates added to it. Then, if the template uses
a Rational DOORS data source, Rational Publishing Engine configures
the data source for you with the information from the open Module
to generate the document. If any of the existing configuration information
in the document specification does not match the information in the
open Module, the existing information is overwritten with the information
from the open Module. Finish is enabled when
at least one template and one output format is selected.Important: For local document generation, Rational Publishing Engine can connect to a running Rational DOORS client, however, for remote document generation, that option is not available. If you are publishing using the remote generation engine from either the Database or the Module view, you must enter authentication credentials in the document specification before generating your document so that the remote Rational Publishing Engine service can instantiate a new Rational DOORS headless client to pull the report data.
Generating a document by using the Rational Publishing Engine document generation wizard
You can use the document generation wizard to configure
the report requirements.