Getting Started With Rational Publishing...

GEBS 2014 Webinar Series

Getting Started With Rational

Publishing Engine Dan Ani Alex Feseto

Solutions Architect Co-founder, GEBS Unison

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I help organizations to deliver high quality, contract-critical

documents using automated publishing technologies.

Alex Feseto

“ ” Document

Generation

Evangelist

Technology

DTP

Design

Programmer

Technical Author

Systems Engineer

GEBS 2014 Webinar Series

An Introduction To Document

Generation Alex Feseto

Co-founder, GEBS Unison

© 2014 GEBS Unison SRL.

Tuesday July 29th An Introduction to Document Generation

Tuesday August 12th Getting Started With Rational Publishing Engine

Thursday September 4th Introducing Author XG: Hybrid Word Processor for RPE

Tuesday September 16th Introducing Reporting Central: Modular CMS for Docgen

Thursday October 2nd Advanced Hints, Tips & Tricks for RPE and Friends

October TBA End-to-end Docgen with RPE, AXG, RC & Web

Publisher

October TBA Generating documents across the SDLC

NEW

2014!

JUST

OUT!

Global E-Business Solution Group

- ISV based in Sweden & Romania, est. 1999

- Architects & developers of IBM RPE

- “Reporting Made Simple”

- “Better Document Generation”

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Schedule

I II

Template

Building

RPE Key

Concepts

Recap &

Q&A

III

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Part I

RPE Key Concepts

Recipe

9 Part I – RPE Key Concepts

one or more

Steps

Architecture of RPE

one or more

Ingredients

Fridge Kitchen Table

fetch

Egg

Milk Butter

cook

Pancake

Crepe Omelette

Document

Specification

10 Part I – RPE Key Concepts

one or more

Document

Template

Architecture of RPE

one or more

Data Source

Schema

Data Document Generator Output

Word

PDF HTML

XSL-FO

XML

DOORS REST

publish fetch

11

Document Studio

For creating templates

• IDE for building

document generation

templates

• Intuitive drag and drop

interface

• Visualize data sources,

iterate, extract &

manipulate content.

Part I – RPE Key Concepts

Palette

Data Source Schema

Editor

Console

Outline

Properties

20

XYZ…

Launcher

For publishings docs

• Add one or more

templates

• Configure output

settings

• Associate data sources

schemas with concrete

data sources

Part I – RPE Key Concepts

Document

Specification

Properties

Console

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Part II

Template Building

Demo

Solutions Architect at GEBS with technical oversight for

all document generation products, services and solutions.

Dan Ani

“ ” Original RPE

Developer

Consultant &

Trainer

Passionate

Technologist

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Agenda

1. Planning the template.

2. Use Document Studio component to create the template.

3. Import DOORS schema.

4. Use template elements to build the content.

5. Create a front cover using static data.

6. Use queries to instruct what data will be extracted.

7. Implement template logic using conditions.

8. Formatting template elements.

9. Publish Document

Part II – Template Building

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Prerequisites

1. IBM RPE – Document Studio component (v1.2+)

2. IBM RPE – Launcher component (v1.2+)

3. IBM Rational DOORS v9.5+

4. Microsoft Word 2013

Part II – Template Building

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Template development process

Part II – Template Building

Source: RPE Help Manual

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Part III

Recap and Q&A

Data RPE Output

Word

PDF HTML

XSL-FO

XML

DOORS REST

publish fetch Document

Specification

Document

Template

Data Source

Schema

drag!

drag!

drag!

Services

• Education (onsite, class or web)

• Template development

• Complex multi-source reporting

• Legacy migrations

• Third-party tool integrations

• Proof of concept & pilots

Products

• IBM Rational Publishing Engine

• Web Publisher

• Excel Converter

• Powerpoint Converter

• Lifecycle Reporting Connector

• Anychart for FocalPoint

4th

Sept

16th

Sept

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Thank You! Questions & Answers.

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