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IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing

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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 ...
3 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).
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Installation 1 Future consideration

ELO-PUB has bloated dta files which need cleaning up when a data source is removed from the template

When a datasource is added to the template it stored the xsd schema associated with it in the DTA file. When the datasource is removed it does not cleanup the xsd schema files and over time the DTA size grows. We have many examples of files which ...
10 months ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Performance 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

Use a cache to prevent unnecessary loading of dynamic referenced templates

Developing ELO-PUB templates can be slow at the best of times however we breakup our templates into libraries of templates so they can be maintained apart. We use dynamic referencing of templates in our master template. Each time the template is l...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Performance 3 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

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

Custom theme Support for Document Builder

Hi, Currently Custom theme is supported in other applications like RM, CCM, QM, ... We would expect similar support in Document Builder and Reporting Service as it is very critical for Business helps users in guiding on "How to use applications".
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Documentation Builder 1 Future consideration

Enable publishing of embedded OLE objects to HTML format by accessing exported OLE object via hyperlink

When publishing documents to HTML format, embedded OLE objects are thumbnailed and otherwise ignored. The consumer of the exported HTML cannot see any details nor interact with the OLE object. It would be helpful for Publishing to export a /ref/ f...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 1 Future consideration

macOS support (new Apple M1 processors)

- Apple introduced new ARM process architecture - Windows cannot be run anymore locally as Virtual Machine - Users have to use Windows 365 Cloud (which is not a supported OS, PUB runs very slow) -> Please support native PUB for macOS with new A...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 0 Future consideration

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