Previewing data from the Data Source View
You can view the data from a data source in the Data Source View as a reference when you
are designing your template.
Before you begin
For more information about how user names and passwords are stored, see Security considerations for IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine.
About this task
Procedure
- Connect to a data source schema.
- In the Data Source View, right-click a schema and select Preview Data. The URI entered for the default URI property is used to retrieve the data. If the default URI property does not have a value entered, you must enter a Root URL in the Data preview window.
- Optional: In the Data Preview window, enter or edit the Root URL to a data source query.
- Click Preview.
- If necessary, enter the credentials to authenticate with the data source including the user name and password and click OK. In the Result field, the data displays in XML format.
- Click Save and choose a location to save the data in an XML file.
- Click Close.