When building templates it is often useful to be able to send a GET request to a data source, in the same way, that PUB does. This is often the only way you can find out how linked data actually appears in its reportable form, and guides the building of your template. To do that […]

This is the first of a series of articles covering how to author reports in IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization – Publishing (PUB) Document Studio that report specifically on linked data, for example, requirements satisfied by model elements, rather than a detailed report on a single data source. A POX on It! Most of the ELM […]

Introduction The rising complexity of the products and systems being developed globally is driving engineering teams to seek effective model-based engineering practices, including model-based systems engineering (MBSE). Rising compliance demands such as ISO-26262/ASPICE in automotive and DO-178 C and ARP 4754 for aerospace are driving the need for rigorous change management and lifecycle traceability while […]

Monitoring the increasing footprint of IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) project areas can help customers develop accurate sizing and forecasts for future enterprise upgrades, in particular for customers who have been using RTC for some time. Moreover, the varying level of activity of individual projects provides valuable information which can drive the enterprise decision to […]

Below is the architecture for Rational Publishing Engine (RPE) Document Builder and  RPE Desktop client, which  provide document generation capabilities for the Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution and external tools like HP ALM, JIRA, etc. Additionally, Rational Reporting for Document Generation (RRDG) is embedded within CLM for generating documents from the application you’re working on, […]

Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5 This was an amazing year for IBM Rational Publishing Engine (RPE) and we want to finish it with a splash. First, we released RPE 2.1.2 in June, 2017 with a lot of exciting enhancements and now, we are releasing RPE 6.0.5. Yes, you read this correctly. It is RPE 6.0.5. RPE now aligns […]

The JSON data format is widely accepted and used for exchanging data in today’s world. Rational Publishing Engine (RPE) previously was able to generate documents from tools that exposed data in XML format. With RPE 2.1.2, documents can be generated consuming data in JSON format. There is absolutely no change in the user experience for adding schema, […]

We are excited to announce Jazz Reporting Service (JRS) v6.0.4 which focuses on usability and serviceability improvements. You can upgrade to the latest JRS version to take advantage of these improvements: Easy assembly of nested condition groups: Until now, when you wanted to build a report, you could only group conditions using AND or OR. Combining groups […]

We’ve been busy working on three themes in IBM Rational Publishing Engine (RPE) v2.1.2 : Extend the reach to allow non-Rational applications to be used in the document generation ecosystem. Support customers interested in providing access to document generation to everyday users via RPE Document Builder. Invest in ease of use for everyday users, as well […]

Andy Lapping has created set of templates for Rational Publishing Engine to produce reports from Harmony aMBSE models. You could download the templates and could be used as-is or customized. The zip file also includes a PPT with some more details.   Kumaraswamy Gowda (Kumar) Technical Lead and Architect – Rational Publishing Engine kumaraswamy_gowda@in.ibm.com