Generating a report with Rational Publishing Engine on Linux

About this task

Note: JRE (Java Runtime Environment) version 1.5 or later is required to run the IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® application server.

To generate a report using IBM Rational Publishing Engine on Linux:

Procedure

  1. Open a terminal window and cd to your Rational Rhapsody installation directory.
  2. Start Rational Rhapsody with the following command: ./Rhapsody.exe.
  3. Load your model.
  4. Open a separate terminal window and cd to your application server directory in your Rational Rhapsody installation directory.
  5. Start the application server with the following command: sh startserver.sh.
  6. Open a separate terminal and cd to your IBM Rational Publishing Engine installation directory.
  7. Start Rational Publishing Engine with the following command: sh start_rpe_launcher.sh. The Rational Publishing Engine main window is displayed.
  8. In the Document Specification panel, right-click on Templates and select Add Template.
  9. Browse to the RPE\Templates directory in your Rational Rhapsody installation directory.
  10. Select ProjectContentReport.dta
  11. Expand Templates.
  12. Under Data sources, select Rhapsody UML - REST.
  13. In the URI field, enter the host information of your Rational Rhapsody installation.

Results

Note:
The Results dialog box contains links to each generated report. You can view the report, or right-click to save it to a target directory. If your output is Microsoft Word, be sure to enable macros when you open your report document.

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