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Status Future consideration
Categories Unassigned
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 23, 2018

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.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Apr 1, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Internet of Things
    Product family - Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)
    Product - IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing (formerly Rational Publishing Engine- RPE)
    Component - Unassigned

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Internet of Things
    Product family - Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)
    Product - IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing (formerly Rational Publishing Engine- RPE)
    Component - General Usage

  • Guest
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    Aug 28, 2019

    please see Publishing plan item https://jazz.net/jazz04/web/projects/Rational%20Publishing%20Engine#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=62094 which is work underway for the next release. Will this meet your needs?

  • Guest
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    Feb 27, 2018

    RPE template dta is an archive file. Once you extract it, you would see template.xml. This is a large and complex XML file. However, you could compare two template by comparing their XMLs. You would need to understand template.xml to an extent to be able to understand the difference. In addition, there are two alternatives to help you in your request:

    1) RPE is delivering "Live Document preview" functionality (https://jazz.net/pub/new-noteworthy/rpe/6.0.6/M3/index.html) where you can preview document output as you are building your template

    2) Document comparison could use to compare generated word document from previous version of template to current version of the template. More details https://jazz.net/blog/index.php/2017/06/23/generate-comparison-document-with-rational-publishing-engine/

    Due to available options, there are no plans to provide your specific request.