Descripiton

This course teaches how to design and develop document templates in IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing, formally called IBM Rational Publishing Engine (RPE). Participants learn how to generate documents from templates, including data from supported applications. Modular design, reusability and formatting strategy are important topics in the course.

Some lab exercises involve retrieving data from IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next (formerly IBM DOORS Next Generation). Prior knowledge is a plus, but not required.

Prerequisites

It would be helpful to have the following skills or experience:

• An understanding of basic programming constructs
• Basic understanding about XML files and schema definitions

Audience

This introductory course is for:

• Project support teams
• Those with a role in designing or developing reports
• System and Software Engineers

Lab Environment

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing 7

Objectives

After completing this course, participants should be able to:

• Explain key concepts and terminology
• Explain the architecture and key components
• Create and format templates
• Generate document-style reports
• Use data schemas
• Define data sources
• Use dynamic binding for accessing data
• Create document specifications
• Use conditions for filtering data

Topics

• About this course
• Key concepts and terminology
• Product overview
• Architecture
• Creating templates
• Formatting
• Data schemas and data sources
• Dynamic binding
• Document specifications
• Using conditions
• Best practices