Generating reports for resources in a Design Management application

You can use the Rational® Publishing Engine Launcher application to generate reports by using the information in a document specification file. This content applies to version 7.6.1 or later.

Before you begin

In the Rational Publishing Engine Launcher application, you must be in the RPE Launcher perspective. A document specification file, which has .dsx as a file name extension, must be open and have the following properties configured:
  • Output formats: Configure the formats that you want to generate, and delete the formats that are not required.
  • Templates: Specify the path to the report template file (.dta).
  • Data sources: Specify a user name and password for each data source, and optionally a URL.
  • Variables: If a template defines global variables, examine the default values of those variables and if necessary, specify a more appropriate value. For example, to include information about incoming and outgoing links, and comments, set the IncludeIncomingLinks, IncludeOutgoingLinks, and IncludeComments variables to true.

For more information about configuring the properties in a document specification, see the related link at the end of this topic.

Procedure

From the main toolbar, click Document Specification > Generate Current Document.

Results

The Rational Publishing Engine - Results window displays links to the generated reports. Each link corresponds to a report format that you configured in the document specification file. To view a report, click its link. To save a report, right-click a link; then select Save Target As.

For more information about how to extract Rational Rhapsody® Design Management data, complete lesson 11 of the Design Management reporting tutorial. See the related link at the end of this topic.


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