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GEBS 2014 Webinar Series
Getting Started With Rational
Publishing Engine Dan Ani Alex Feseto
Solutions Architect Co-founder, GEBS Unison
© 2014 GEBS Unison SRL.
I help organizations to deliver high quality, contract-critical
documents using automated publishing technologies.
Alex Feseto
“ ” Document
Generation
Evangelist
Technology
DTP
Design
Programmer
Technical Author
Systems Engineer
GEBS 2014 Webinar Series
An Introduction To Document
Generation Alex Feseto
Co-founder, GEBS Unison
© 2014 GEBS Unison SRL.
Tuesday July 29th An Introduction to Document Generation
Tuesday August 12th Getting Started With Rational Publishing Engine
Thursday September 4th Introducing Author XG: Hybrid Word Processor for RPE
Tuesday September 16th Introducing Reporting Central: Modular CMS for Docgen
Thursday October 2nd Advanced Hints, Tips & Tricks for RPE and Friends
October TBA End-to-end Docgen with RPE, AXG, RC & Web
Publisher
October TBA Generating documents across the SDLC
NEW
2014!
JUST
OUT!
Global E-Business Solution Group
- ISV based in Sweden & Romania, est. 1999
- Architects & developers of IBM RPE
- “Reporting Made Simple”
- “Better Document Generation”
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Schedule
I II
Template
Building
RPE Key
Concepts
Recap &
Q&A
III
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Part I
RPE Key Concepts
Recipe
9 Part I – RPE Key Concepts
one or more
Steps
Architecture of RPE
one or more
Ingredients
Fridge Kitchen Table
fetch
Egg
Milk Butter
cook
Pancake
Crepe Omelette
Document
Specification
10 Part I – RPE Key Concepts
one or more
Document
Template
Architecture of RPE
one or more
Data Source
Schema
Data Document Generator Output
Word
PDF HTML
XSL-FO
XML
DOORS REST
publish fetch
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Document Studio
For creating templates
• IDE for building
document generation
templates
• Intuitive drag and drop
interface
• Visualize data sources,
iterate, extract &
manipulate content.
Part I – RPE Key Concepts
Palette
Data Source Schema
Editor
Console
Outline
Properties
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XYZ…
Launcher
For publishings docs
• Add one or more
templates
• Configure output
settings
• Associate data sources
schemas with concrete
data sources
Part I – RPE Key Concepts
Document
Specification
Properties
Console
© 2014 GEBS Unison SRL.
Part II
Template Building
Demo
Solutions Architect at GEBS with technical oversight for
all document generation products, services and solutions.
Dan Ani
“ ” Original RPE
Developer
Consultant &
Trainer
Passionate
Technologist
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Agenda
1. Planning the template.
2. Use Document Studio component to create the template.
3. Import DOORS schema.
4. Use template elements to build the content.
5. Create a front cover using static data.
6. Use queries to instruct what data will be extracted.
7. Implement template logic using conditions.
8. Formatting template elements.
9. Publish Document
Part II – Template Building
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Prerequisites
1. IBM RPE – Document Studio component (v1.2+)
2. IBM RPE – Launcher component (v1.2+)
3. IBM Rational DOORS v9.5+
4. Microsoft Word 2013
Part II – Template Building
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Template development process
Part II – Template Building
Source: RPE Help Manual
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Part III
Recap and Q&A
Data RPE Output
Word
PDF HTML
XSL-FO
XML
DOORS REST
publish fetch Document
Specification
Document
Template
Data Source
Schema
drag!
drag!
drag!
Services
• Education (onsite, class or web)
• Template development
• Complex multi-source reporting
• Legacy migrations
• Third-party tool integrations
• Proof of concept & pilots
Products
• IBM Rational Publishing Engine
• Web Publisher
• Excel Converter
• Powerpoint Converter
• Lifecycle Reporting Connector
• Anychart for FocalPoint
4th
Sept
16th
Sept
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Thank You! Questions & Answers.
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