Report Generator is an extension developed by Softacus. The extension is able to start the generation of a document from a DOORS Next Generation mini dashboard what gives us possibilities to enhance any of the Rational Publishing Engine Templates and make the generating more user-friendly.

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Introductory explanation

If you want to know what are the exact differences between the two configurations this extension is just for you. It will help you better imagine and see the changes between configurations that you made.

This extension was developed especially for printing documents, including a comparison section of the same document (module) in two different configurations (stream to baseline, baseline to baseline), which corresponds to the appearance of the user interface. 

User interface

As you can see in the picture on the left, the widget is looking simple – containing only a dropdown selection of Baseline to be compared with current configuration (configuration in which user currently is), checkbox where you can choose if you want comparison in the report or you want it without it, and “Generate Report” button to start generating.

On the right image, we can see the report generator with slightly more options to choose from, those options are custom made and they are not included in the base version of the extension. If you want more options or features that you would like to have, don't hesitate to contact us. 

Explanation and understanding

Cooperation with RPE MPT and Future Possibilities

As mentioned, the purpose of this extension is to make generating documents more flexible and easier for all of the users. In cooperation with Rational Publishing Engine Multiple-Purpose Template it can provide the following possibilities:

• Select different DNG attributes to print for different artifact types based on the view
• Choose if attribute shall be printed with or without Attribute Name
• Choose the formatting of attribute Name (bold or not bold)
• Choose the formatting of attribute Value (bold or not bold)
• Printing attributes in the table
• Define the table properties (columns width, names of the attributes – can be different than in DNG)
• Filter artifacts

All of the mentioned possibilities (except the last one) are already implemented in Rational Publishing Engine Multiple-Purpose Template, but they must be defined via RPE MPT Command described here.

Generating Report

As you can see in the picture above on the left generating report is easy for anyone. You just simply choose the baseline version that you want to report and compare and just hit that "Generate report" button and you are ready to go.

The browser automatically downloads the report file and you can share it with others, see the comparison, and all the other details that you care about in your project.

Let's get a closer look at the comparison section.

This extension will create links between artifacts in the selected module(s). The information about the generated links is taken from certain custom attributes. It can build many links in a short time

The extension is able to start the generation of a document from a DOORS Next Generation mini dashboard what gives us possibilities to enhance any of the Rational Publishing Engine Templates and make the generating more user-friendly