Setting the engine preferences

In the Engine preferences window, you can define the IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine engine as remote or local.

Before you begin

Deploy the Remote services application.

Procedure

  1. Click Window > Preferences > RPE > Engine Preferences.
  2. For Remote generation, select one of the following options:
    • Yes: Generate documents on a server instead of on your computer.
    • No: Generate documents locally on your computer.
    1. If you selected Yes, you must set the Remote Services preferences also.

    No is the default selection, so that documents generate locally by default.

  3. To log detailed system processes for troubleshooting purposes, for the RPE debug mode field, select one of the following options:
    • Yes: The core log files include messages that describe how each element is processed during document generation.
    • No: The core log files do not include messages that describe how each element is processed during document generation.

    No is the default selection.

  4. Set the Debug step delay in milliseconds. For example, you can increase the size of the delay to slow down the speed of the debugger's progress and examine your debugging session more carefully.

  5. In the Query results limit field, enter the maximum number of query results from the data source to include in the preview. The default value is 10 query results, so the first 10 values from your data display in the output so you can quickly test your template often as you design it.
  6. Click OK to save the changes.

What to do next

When remote document generation is enabled, you can switch between local and remote document generations on a document by document basis by toggling the Remote document generation icon.


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