Document Options

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Publish > Model Reports > Report Builder > Generate Documentation > Options

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Publish > Model Reports > Templates : select a particular template > (toolbar icon)

Packages by

Click on the drop down arrow in the first field and select to organize Packages in the generated documentation by Name, Tree Order, Modified Date or Created Date.

Click on the drop down arrow in the second field and select to list the Packages in either Ascending or Descending order.

Elements by

Click on the drop down arrow in the first field and select to organize elements in the generated documentation by Name, Tree Order, Modified Date or Created Date.

Click on the drop down arrow in the second field and select to list the elements in either Ascending or Descending order.

Diagrams by

Click on the drop down arrow in the first field and select to organize diagrams in the generated documentation by Name, Tree Order, Modified Date or Created Date.

Click on the drop down arrow in the second field and select to list the diagrams in either Ascending or Descending order.

Hide 'note-less' elements

Select this checkbox to exclude all elements without notes from the documentation.

Propagate Package Filters

Select this option to apply a top-level Package filter to all child templates and fragments, overriding any filters set on those child templates.

Hide 'note-less' connectors

Select this checkbox to exclude all connectors without notes from the documentation.

Hide <Anonymous> elements

Select this checkbox to hide anonymous elements in the documentation.

Disable large OLE file support

Select this checkbox to disable support for large Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) files.

Use style defined in template for notes

Select this checkbox to override the character formatting specified in your 'Notes' fields with the formatting set for the field in the template.

Insert page breaks when generating a Master Document

Select this checkbox to insert a page break after each Model Document in a Report Package.

Include child elements even if the parent element is filtered out

Select this checkbox to document all child elements that are not otherwise filtered out by the restrictions, even if the parent elements are filtered out.

Indent Linked Document Headings

Select this checkbox to adjust the heading levels of any Linked Document included in the report so that they match the heading levels of the report. The adjustment is made on the assumption that the first heading level in the Linked Document starts at 1.

Hide Diagram Borders

Select this checkbox to hide the diagram frame on all diagrams included in the generated document.

When selected, this option overrides the 'On Saved Images' checkbox on the 'Start > Desktop > Preferences > Diagrams' page.

Hide non-printable objects

Defaults to selected to hide all objects that have been flagged as non-printable, in any diagrams in the report. Objects are flagged as non-printable through the element context menu on a diagram.

To show the non-printable objects in this report, deselect the checkbox.

Show status colors

Select this checkbox to display the status colors of each object in any diagrams in the report, regardless of the settings of the 'Show status colors on diagrams' option on the 'Objects' page of the 'Preferences' dialog.

Convert Element hyperlinks to Help hyperlinks

Select this checkbox to covert hyperlinks in the element Notes to hyperlinks between document sections, when the document is generated using the template.

No bookmarks

Select this checkbox to prevent document bookmarks from being inserted into the generated document.

Skip root package

Select this checkbox to exclude the parent Package from the documentation and include only the child Packages.

Diagram Format

Click on the drop-down arrow and select the diagram format for the images included within the documentation; either Metafile or Bitmap.

Adjust Heading Levels

Click on the drop-down arrow and select the lowest heading level that can be generated for nested sub-Packages in the document

The Document Generator reproduces heading levels down to the value you set; for example, if you have four nested levels of sub-Packages and you set this field to:

• Heading 2, all sub-Packages in the report are documented under level 2 headings
• Heading 4, the first level of sub-Packages are documented under level 2 headings, the next level under level 3 headings, and the remainder all under level 4 headings
• Heading 6, the first level of sub-Packages are documented under level 2 headings, the next level under level 3 headings, the next under level 4 headings, and the next under level 5 headings; if you added further levels of sub-Package they would all be documented under level 6 headings

The field defaults to Heading 9 to accommodate the maximum number of levels of nested sub-Packages.

Switch generator

Click on this button to switch from this 'Generate Documentation' dialog (the Enhanced Template Driven Generator) to the 'Rich Text Format Report' dialog (Legacy Generator).

This button is not available if you displayed the dialog from the Diagram List, Package Browser or Model Search.

Only include objects

Filter elements according to the date they were created or last modified. In the:

• First field, click on the drop-down arrow and select the value 'Modified' or 'Created'
• Second field, click on the drop-down arrow and select the value 'After' or 'Before'
• Third field, select the checkbox, click on the drop-down arrow and select the appropriate date

Where Package Phase

Filter elements according to the value of the Package 'Phase' field.

In the first field click on the drop-down arrow and select the qualifier, and in the second field type the required phase (or leave the default value 'All').

With element status

Filter elements according to status.

In the first field, click on the drop-down arrow and select the qualifier ('like', 'not like', 'in', 'not in') and in the second field type the value to be used.

Values should be enclosed in quotes; for example:

     "Proposed".

If you type more than one value, separate them with a comma; for example:

     "Proposed", "Implemented"

Connector Direction

Click on the drop-down arrow and select the connector direction to include only connectors having that direction.

If you select 'Both', the connector is documented twice; once for the source element and once for the target.

For the remaining two values, the connector is documented only for the source or target element, as appropriate.

Except where Query excludes Package

This option excludes the selected Package or a child Package from the report, where that Package is specifically identified by a Custom SQL Query or a Custom Script.

Click on the appropriate radio button for the type of query and:

• If you have selected 'Custom SQL', type the query into the window beneath the radio buttons
• If you have selected 'Custom Script', a new field displays; click on the drop-down arrow and select the script, then type the entry point of the Script into the window beneath the radio buttons