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IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing

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RPE template comparison function

RPE template comparison function is missing. When editing an existing RPE Template (.dta), or reviewing an evolution, it is impossible to highlight changes since previous version or differences with other templates.
about 6 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Unassigned 3 Future consideration

Provide basic version control of template/reports assets

It is important that we know which template generated a report. It would be ideal if each version of the template that is uploaded to document builder maintained a version number. Added to this there should be an ability to switch to a version of ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Documentation Builder 2 Future consideration

Usage of PUB scrips in RPE by scriptname and not by ID

If you are going to use javascript from PUB (assets --> scripts) in RPE the you can add a javascript with content similar to that: <Script src= "library://api/scripts/104"></Script>. Unfortunately you have to use the key instead of ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Unassigned 6 Future consideration

RPE launcher: ability to specify a variable via command line

Ability to start RPE Launcher with a command line by providing the value of a variable as a parameter Possibility to pass the ID to that variable using the command prompt like "-v variable value" as command line parameter. Maybe with the possibili...
about 6 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Launcher 1 Future consideration

External boolean Values as Checkbox in RPENG

Hello to all, for documents that use external variables of type Boolean there are two different representations. In DNG they are displayed as a checkbox. In the RPE or also in the RPENG they are shown as string (true/false). It would be great if t...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 1 Future consideration

Administrator of Document builder cannot see schedules of other users.

ADMINISTRATOR_A is a member of the Jazz-Admin user group, and also listed as "Web admin users" in the Runtime Variables of PUB ADMINISTRATOR_A cannot see schedules created by other users. For e.g. USER_A created several schedules in Document Build...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Documentation Builder 1 Future consideration

Master page properties "header from top" and "footer from bottom" should be able to take value from variable or script

In RPE Studio 6.0.6, master page "header from top" and "footer from bottom" properties cannot be variables, unlike top margin for example. We should be able to use external variables to specify these values, or why not, a script.
about 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 0 Future consideration

User defined colors in RPE template elements

Is is very easy to lose track of where you are in a large and/or complex RPE template.ᅠ My suggestion is to allow the user to set the background color in an RPE element to simply give the user a visual reference of where they are.ᅠ This would be v...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 1 Future consideration

Configure timeout for REST datasource

Whenever a REST call GET is made on a REST datasource, there is a fixed timeout of 5 minutes. Some database do not always answer within 5 minutes, eg.g. some GET to ETM Feeds might take significantly longer.The Timeout for GET on REST datasources ...
2 months ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Integrations 1 Future consideration

If you install DOORS 9 on a different path than the default, the Document Studio (RPE) does not work properly, requiring manual modification of the configuration file. I suggest a enhancement on the installation wizard asking for the DOORS path.

It would be useful for the installation wizard to prompt for the DOORS path to avoid manual issues later, streamlining the process and enhancing the user experience with Document Studio (RPE).
2 months ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Installation 1 Future consideration