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Remember sizing of the script window

Context : When using Publisihing Studio to modify a RPE template, we add scripts in our templates. To edit the scripts, the editor opens a new window with two sides : one to select the used variables, and one to write the script itself. Problem : ...
2 months ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 2 Not under consideration

Virtual data sources

Working on a report for a client where this feature would fix everything. We have a requirement artifact in DOORS Next. That requirement has incoming "Parent Of" links. The incoming "Parent Of" linked artifacts themselves have incoming "Parent Of"...

Introduce Qualification as the direct parameter for Optimization in the optimization templates

Introduce qualification as the direct parameter for Optimization in the optimization templates This will be helpful to run the scheduler optimization based on qualification, as a result the work order will be scheduled and assigned accordingly. Pl...
23 days ago in IBM MAS - Optimizer 1 Under review

Microsoft Word Content Controls Handling

RPE/PUB is able to generate old “Document Properties” of Microsoft Word (of *.doc) but it doesn’t support yet the new “Content Controls” (of *.docx) or the Custom XML. Is there a way to create/fill a “Content Control” or “XML Attribute” by means o...
6 months ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 7 Future consideration

Add error handler for ignored Data Source Configuration and Invalid Data Errors

Add an Error Handler for Ignore Data Source Configuration Errors -> trueand Ignore Invalid Data Errors -> truewithin elements in the template, so that context dependent messages can be printed into the log *and* into the generated document t...
8 months ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 4 Future consideration

When running optimization throughout the day to support a dripfeed style of dispatching work, consider the crew or labor current location as input to assign work and minimize travel time

Ability to dispatch crews in a drip feed and give "best next job", using input variables at the time of the request (including crew position). We should use the labor or crew position from the LBSLOCATION table if optimization is run many times th...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Optimizer 1 Functionality already exists

"use strict"

JS inside RPE/PUB doesn't support "use strict" yet
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 1 Not under consideration

I am requesting that PUB must be able to generate reports from DOORS showing "Validate By" links with ETM

It is useful because customers will not be able to see their links in their reports if this capabilitie is not fixed
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 1 Future consideration

New Parameter to Keep the Same Resources Assigned to Work Order Assignments

When not using crews and only running one shift, having multiple people work on the same Work Order on different days is chaotic. I'd like to suggest a new "additional parameter" that can enforce keeping the same resources first assigned to a Work...
10 months ago in IBM MAS - Optimizer 1 Functionality already exists

Fix use of "const" in JS Library

JS Library of RPE/PUB doesn't support properly constants (i.e. "const" keyword).
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 8 Functionality already exists