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IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing

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Upload template and all referenced templates from the Publishing Client to Document Builder

Currently the only way to develop templates is to use the publishing client. The publishing client works of files on the file system. To migrate any template so that is available in Document Builder you must use a separate process to upload the in...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Documentation Builder 4 Not under consideration

Request to Add Styling Capability for Include File in RPE

Hi Team, Currently, there is no option to apply styles to Include files in RPE. We would like to have an option to apply styles to Include files. Why because we have text formatting options provided for all other elemnts in RPE but for file type i...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 9 Not under consideration

Update existing template with the modified template.

The Publishing Document Builder cannot update the existing template with a new template that modifies the external variable. This limitation causes a lot of manual work time because we need to update each report with the new template. If we could ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing 4 Not under consideration

RPE - reporting link validity within RM

I understand it is currently not possible to report on link validity for links between requirements within DOORS Next (i.e. not going out to RQM or other platforms). We would like to to use the link validity function between requirements, and an i...
about 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Unassigned 4 Not under 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...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Launcher 1 Future consideration

External Variable type/kind for Document Builder should allow other type then String

When defining external variable for RRDG we can refer to:https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/RRCCustomRRDGReportsConfigurations I want the equivalent for Document Builder.Is there a way to have other format then String for the user to enter, like ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing 4 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 ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Integrations 2 Not under 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).
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Installation 1 Future consideration

RTF export from descriptions of Rhapsody model elements

I'm searchin a way to export the description of a use case from Rhapsody to Word using the PUB. A constraint what I have is not to use Word-Macros as these can contain viruses and are not allowed in our company. Therefore I need a solution to publ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 4 Not under 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...
over 6 years ago in IBM Engineering - Lifecycle Optimization Publishing / Document Studio 1 Future consideration