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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: K N on November 22, 2013, 12:58:06 am
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Hi
Can you help me generate a rtf report which has
1. Business process – model & its process narrative
2. Its sub-processes – model and its respective process narrative
I have tried almost all help demos on reporting…and I am not able to generate this.
I am attaching the link here to the sample eap file and the document that i want to generate out of EA.
1. This is the link to the document format i am trying to generate....i have inserted few comments in the document so that you have an idea what is needed where from EA
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21814326/test.docx
2. This is the link to the EAP file from which the above document needs to be generated.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21814326/test.EAP
Let me know if you need any more information.
Thanks
KN
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Hi KN,
First off I am no expert in RTF documents in EA.
But looking at your modelling structure and the RTF template, I can't see how EA will know how to include the set of elements with in your sub processes as there is so many levels.
A suggestion, try and package up your model a bit more:
Example:
Package Level 1 - Business Process View
Package Level 2 - Eligibility and Enrollment
Package Level 3 - Employee Management (Includes High Level Model)
Package Level 4 - Sub Processes (Detail Level Models)
Package Level 4 - Requirements (Detail Level Models)
This is how I model so I can control the versioning of my processes, etc... at a more granualar level.
Then generate the report from the Package Level 2.
Hope that helps.
Stoppy :D
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Hi KN,
with EA rtf master documents you can document arbitrary packages.
You find an example in the Example.eap.
Helmut
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Thank you Helmut & Stoppy :)
I will surely try both ways and see how it comes up..
Thanks
KN
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@Helmut - I tried the master rtf document but the thing if i include the first package in one of my model document it will take all the subpackages too ...right...in that case i would hv to structure my packages in a diff way...
let me know if i am wrong here...
@Stoppy - I structured the packages as you suggested. Only one thing - under the Requirements package I have couple of subpackages in which i hv list of requirements ...which are not getting displayed in the rtf...how to get them in the report????
Thanks
KN
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Hi KN,
you are right! The rtf generator always works on the package and it's subpackages.
Helmut
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You can try excluding the sub-pacakges using:
http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/10/reporting/includeorexcludeapackagef.html
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Hi KN,
@Stoppy - I structured the packages as you suggested. Only one thing - under the Requirements package I have couple of subpackages in which i hv list of requirements ...which are not getting displayed in the rtf...how to get them in the report????
So you are getting about 80% of the expected output?
If this is your packaging:
Package Level 1 - Business Process View
Package Level 2 - Eligibility and Enrollment
Package Level 3 - Employee Management (Includes High Level Model)
Package Level 4 - Sub Processes (Detail Level Models)
Package Level 4 - Requirements (Detail Level Models)
Package Level 5 - Requirements (Sub packages)
maybe move the packaging around to this:
Package Level 1 - Business Process View
Package Level 2 - Eligibility and Enrollment
Package Level 3 - Employee Management (Includes High Level Model)
Package Level 4 - Sub Processes (Detail Level Models)
Package Level 3 - Requirements (Detail Level Models)
Package Level 4 - Requirements (Sub packages)
Then generate the report from the Package Level 2.
Hope this helps.
Does anyone know if there is a package limit on RTF export?
Regards,
Stoppy?
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Hello everyone
sorry for the late reply.....was on vacation :)
@Stoppy - sure let me try the way you suggested.
@Helmut & @Dermot - its like i m there with what i want but not exactly there....so its just that i hv to play around with structuring the packages to get the right output....thts what i can think of right now....
Thanks
KN