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Report Template
« on: January 16, 2008, 06:18:50 am »
Is it possible for me to create my own report template in EA. The template would include some diagrams, some headings and some content the user would need to fill in (before or after the report was generated by EA, which is needed to create the diagrams).

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Re: Report Template
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2008, 06:34:50 am »
Hi kath,

Yes, it is possible for you to create your own report template in EA. At least it is in RTF reports. It takes somewhat more work to do this in HTML.

For many of the terms I use, search the EA help. Once you have an idea of what to look for the task becomes much less daunting.

For RTF reports you must start with a copy of one of the stock reports. You create the copy and give it a name of your choosing, then make customizations.

You can create and include bookmarks, but this might not get the desired effect of your user-fillable fields. [I'm not saying this won't work, only that I don't know off hand if you can do this.] However, you could likely create something like a text element someplace and copy its contents. I'm sure you can find a way.

For HTML reports, do a search of the forum, going back a couple of months or so. You should find a reference to how this can be done, and a some step-by-step hints.

One weakness in the current reporting engine is that some filters are pretty limited. Most of the time you'll get what you want, but sometimes you just cannot. [Overall the functionality is pretty good, but if you need certain specific things you will be disappointed. I just want you to know in advance.] For example, there is no way to filter constraints to get only the preconditions, or postconditions, etc. This would mean that you cannot have a report that provides a set of preconditions, then an element (a use case, say) with constant conditions, then the postconditions. If you run into one of these, search the forum to see if anyone has run into it before, and make a feature request if you think you really need it.

HTH, David
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Re: Report Template
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2008, 06:37:35 am »
Fabulous. Thanks very much. I'll get started ...