How to use printModuleBook.dta ?

That report uses a hidden REST API system (views) to configure itself.  Last time I checked, that wasn't documented, but you can get the URI from your rrdg and rm logs after you run an instance of the report (there's some cache value stuff in the URI so that link will go stale eventually and cannot be completely constructed without actually printing a printModule report).  Most of the external variables aren't needed, it's just for author data and stuff.  URIs starting with an _underscore are not ones you need to configure; just give it the correct views and it will configure the further URIs as needed with the appropriate RPE steps.  You'll pretty much have to reverse engineer the printModule report by running it with the views URI you pull from the rrdg logs.  Punch that URI through with your credentials and watch the log in RPE Studio and you'll have a good starting point.

The views module is one of the more efficient ways to gather large amounts of information from a specific module, which is presumably why you're modifying it.  It has some limitations though.  Have fun.

Thanks June,

I will just ignore the _....URI variables for now and cponcentrate on getting a URI that will get something out of the template.

My understanding is that the DSX URI for the views datasource should be of the form

https://serverName:port/rm/publish/views?moduleURI=_YbK4wd6IEeaEaOW7hUvrNQ&viewURI=_iRsR8d6IEeaEaOW7hUvrNQ&projectURI=_uxdv8N3FEeaRC8I0G_Qhlg

with a view, module and project area URI all in agreement (i.e. the view must apply to the module and both must be in the project)

Here is the URI of my module

https://localhost:9443/rm/resources/_jvSfgSeqEeiIY4jSc2zQlg?oslc_config.context=https%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9443%2Frm%2Fcm%2Fstream%2F_I3hlMCbhEeiejZ97BmNJiA

So I take the string _jvSfgSeqEeiIY4jSc2zQlg as the module ID (?)

Here is the URI of my view

https://localhost:9443/rm/web#action=com.ibm.rdm.web.pages.showArtifact&artifactURI=https%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9443%2Frm%2Fresources%2F_jvSfgSeqEeiIY4jSc2zQlg&filterId=_hXYQMTzjEeialsG3CL8ZrQ&vvc.configuration=https%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A9443%2Frm%2Fcm%2Fstream%2F_I3hlMCbhEeiejZ97BmNJiA

So I take the string _hXYQMTzjEeialsG3CL8ZrQ (? from the filterId)

Then I just need the project URI

The project itself has the web browser URL:-

https://localhost:9443/rm/web#action=com.ibm.rdm.web.pages.showFoundationProjectDashboard&componentURI=https://localhost:9443/rm/rm-projects/_ILUmgCbhEeiejZ97BmNJiA/components/_I1u1cCbhEeiejZ97BmNJiA

Which I think gives a project URI of _ILUmgCbhEeiejZ97BmNJiA (?)

So I assemble my complete DSX URI as

https://localhost:9443/rm/publish/views?moduleURI=_jvSfgSeqEeiIY4jSc2zQlg&viewURI=_hXYQMTzjEeialsG3CL8ZrQ&projectURI=_ILUmgCbhEeiejZ97BmNJiA

But this gives

CRRPE1064I Error in engine
Auto: connection to https://localhost:9443/rm/publish/views?https://localhost:9443/rm/publish/views?moduleURI=_jvSfgSeqEeiIY4jSc2zQlg&viewURI=_hXYQMTzjEeialsG3CL8ZrQ&projectURI=_ILUmgCbhEeiejZ97BmNJiA failed. None of the known protocols succeeded.


Have I assembled my DSX URI incorrectly?

You can check the document specification (.dsx) file created by DNG (RRDG). Configure "Logging" as explained in https://rpeactual.com/2014/11/26/how-to-enable-dng-debugging-for-document-generation/ and you will find the .dsx in %temp%\rrc_reports folder.

You can open this .dsx in RPE Launcher and check how the configurations are done. However, the URI set by DNG for "views" data source may not work from RPE. You should rather set the views URI as explained in https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/DNGModuleViewExternalRequest

Attaching a document specification file created by DNG for your reference.

^^Thanks June

^Thanks Subramanya. In that link you provided it says

Prerequisites
Version 6.0.4 or later of Doors Next Generation (DNG) application must be installed.
IBM Rational Publishing Engine version 2.0 or later must be installed.

Does the Views API really require RPE 2.0 or should it work with 1.3 ?

I only have 1.3