Planning the installation
Before you install IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine,
make sure that you meet the installation prerequisites and that you
understand how to install the product for your specific environment.
Important: Do not install
more than one instance of Rational Publishing Engine on
the same computer. If you do install more than one instance of Rational Publishing Engine on
the same computer, the RPE_HOME environment variable
might be affected which could result in the following issues:
- Document generations from Rational DOORS® might fail because the DXL files and the .inc files might not match.
- Microsoft Word macros might not run because the runmacro.vbs script and the rpe.dot macro files might require different arguments than the ones being issued.
- HTML output might not be created because driver code might not be able to find the correct JavaScript files.
Rational Publishing Engine clients
Rational Publishing Engine provides the following clients for generating documents:
- Document Studio: Report authors can use this stand-alone application to create templates that pull data from specified data sources. Document Studio creates document template archive files (.dta).
- Launcher: You can generate documents from this stand-alone application. The Launcher configures template output and generates reports through document specification files (.dsx).
Additional components
When you install the Rational Publishing Engine clients,
you have the option to install the following additional components:
- Document Builder: Report designers can import templates created in Document Studio into Document Builder and connect them to data sources. End users can then generate documents with a single click without any knowledge of templates or data sources. You can also schedule document generation.
- Add-in: This add-in is available for IBM Rational DOORS integrations. You can use the add-ins to start publishing processes directly from Rational DOORS . If a valid installation of one of those products is found, the add-ins are automatically installed.
If you installed the RPE Document Builder, you can deploy the application on the application server when the installation is complete.