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Creating a report type for traceability reports for the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management
Before you can generate a traceability report, you must create a report type to specify the report template and start view. A report type connects a report template to the data in a workspace and linked applications by specifying the start view to use for the report template.
Before you begin
▪ You must be a workspace administrator.
▪ An administrator with an installed Rational Publishing Engine must modify a predefined .dta file by including valid report user credentials in the file: see Editing a traceability report template in Rational Publishing Engine
▪ A global administrator must add the modified .dta file as a report template in Focal Point: see Adding a traceability report template for the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management.
▪ You must identify a suitable start view for the report type. Make sure that the view displays projects or elements from a module that has a link list attribute that displays the elements that are linked from other modules. To increase performance, make sure that the start view displays no more than one or two elements. If necessary, configure a new view.
Procedure
1 Click the Settings icon Settings icon and then, from the Configure group, click Generate Report.
2 Click Add Report Type.
3 On the “Select report target” page, select Rational Publishing Engine, and then click Next.
The “Add Report Type” page appears.
4 Select a traceability report template.
5 Enter a title and a description for the report type.
6 Select the formats for the report.
7 Select the views for mapping, and then click Next.
8 In “Report”, click Select view for the data source to start the report in.
As a report can have only one start view, select a view only for the data source that displays elements that link to other elements in Focal Point.
9 From the displayed views, select a suitable start view.
10 Leave the settings for the other data sources intact. Click Next.
11 On the Edit Report Access page, select All Members, and then click Finish.
Results
The report type is displayed in the Report Types list.
What to do next
Click the report name to generate the report: see Generating traceability reports for the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management
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