When an Rational® DOORS® data
source is present in a document template, you must define the properties
for the concrete data source. A concrete Rational DOORS data
source is defined by a view from a current version or a baseline of
a Rational DOORS module.
The view defines a filtered and sorted subset of data to use. The
default is the view for the Rational DOORS user.
Before you begin
Make sure that a
Rational DOORS 9.1
or later is installed on the same computer as the
Rational DOORS data
source.
About this task
You can configure the
Rational DOORS
data source and
Rational DOORS database
structure data source using:
- A command-line Rational DOORS client
running in the background with the run mode set to new_instance=true.
- An already running Rational DOORS instance
with the run mode set to new_instance=false.
Procedure
- In the Document Specification view, expand .
- Right-click the data source and select Configure
Data Source.
- In the DOORS Database Source Selection wizard,
click Next.
- Specify the connection details:
- To use a running instance of Rational DOORS,
select Use running DOORS instance and click Next.
- To run Rational DOORS in
the background, select Run a new background DOORS process and
specify the following values in the Properties view:
- username : Enter the Rational DOORS account
name.
- password: Enter the Rational DOORS account
password.
- doors_home: Enter the full path to doors.exe.
- doors_param: Enter the database name to
connect to. By default, -data 36677@localhost is
used.
- new_instance: Set the run mode to true.
Note: If IBM® Rational Publishing Engine Web
Services are used, the doors_home and new_instance properties
are always rewritten by the Rational Publishing Engine Web
Service. After the Document Specification file is uploaded, Rational Publishing Engine rewrites
the properties to match the server configuration.
- Click Next.
- In the Select a view from the DOORS database window,
select the module, version, and view.
- Click Finish.
Note: Providing
an incorrect value for any field marked as required, except view and baseline,
prevents the output from being generated. When you provide an incorrect
value for view or baseline,
the output generates from the default view of the current module version.