Publishing a document

You can publish the document from Launcher and Document Studio.

About this task

Use the Publish option in Launcher and Document Studio. The publish option is also available in the Rational® DOORS® and Rational Tau add-ins.

Procedure

To publish the document using the Publish wizard:

  1. In the Launcher or Document Studio, click Publish > Generate Document.
  2. Click Next in the Welcome window. The wizard displays the Document Specifications and Templates that are available directly from the IBM® Rational Publishing Engine Library.
  3. In the Browse to a Document Specifications or a Template window, select a document. You can also specify an URL to a file. Click Next.
  4. A table is shown listing the details of all available data sources. For example, the template file, the name and the type of the data source along with a Configuration field that allows the data source to be configured. An optional variable displays if the Show Variable Description check box is selected.
  5. To configure the data source, in the Configuration field, click the Ellipsis icon icon. This opens the corresponding data source configuration wizard. Click Next.
  6. In the Configure the Output window, click Add Output and select the output types. Click the ellipsis icon in the Style sheet column and select a style sheet for HTML and Microsoft Word output types. Click the ellipsis icon in the File Path column and select an output file path.
    Note: If the File Path column is not specified, the file is generated in the temporary location.
    Click Next.
  7. In the Select Document Generation Options window, either select Save Document Specification for scheduled publishing check box, to save the Document Specification containing all the selections to a custom location or select Publish Now check box, to start the publishing process. Click Next.
  8. The last window shows a summary of all the selections made in the wizard. Review the information.
  9. Click Finish.

Results

This loads the document specification in the Launcher and publishes or saves the document depending on the selections.

Publishing documents manually

You can publish the document manually from the Launcher.

Procedure

  1. In the Document Specification view, right-click Template and select Add Template or Add Template from URL to add the templates.
  2. Right-click the Data source and click Configure database. Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the data source configuration.
  3. Optional: Click the variable, in the Properties view, and type the value for the variable.
  4. Optional: Expand Output, right-click the Target and select Configure Output. Specify the output settings for the selected output.
  5. Click Document specification > Generate Current Document or click Generate Current Document icon.

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