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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Test Plan Production for practical use

« on: August 23, 2006, 06:37:13 am »

I agree with Graham that specifying the order is not easy to configure.

Also, it seems to me the output order is not always consistent with the order you specified in the RTF templates dialog, especially when having checked the flag "Document contained elements" in a diagram (the included elements are never sorted, whatever the options you choose: order elements by name, etc..).

Actually I made a test plan template just as Graham but it was not easy is not yet fully satisfying.

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General Board / Re: "Testing Report..." and rtf template

« on: August 23, 2006, 06:18:44 am »

There is not indeed, as far as I know.

However, I don't see why you want to change the default template since there are ways to provide your own.  Is it that you want to prevent others to use the bad template ?

In any case, concerning the templates "Testing plan" and "Test results review", look in the directory Systems\EA\DocTemplates.   There are xml files, including an RTF uuencoded representation of the template.

I didn't try but what I would if needed is write a template and export it via menu "Tools->Export reference data", choosing "Templates- RTF style" and copy paste the exported data into the config file.

tell me if that helped (?)

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General Board / Re: "Testing Report..." and rtf template

« on: August 23, 2006, 02:54:27 am »

There is indeed.

There are two alternatives:
* in the screen below, click the button "manage templates" and when asked, copy the testing template
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/EAUserGuide/index.html?rtftemplatesdialog.htm
* the more tricky solution, used if you want to have only the items in a diagram is described hereunder :


1/ You have to draw a diagram including
* each use case you want, each one having its tests defined using the test view (menu view->testing)
* the test cases you want to include in your test documentation

2/ double-click in an empty place on the diagram to open the diagram properties and check the flag "Document each element contained in a RTF"

3/ Make a template (same procedure as the manage template procedure desribed above)
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/EAUserGuide/index.html?rtftemplatesdialog.htm
The trick here is that when defining the template you have to check the "package element" in the RTF style editor.

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General Board / Re: "Testing Report..." and rtf template

« on: August 02, 2006, 05:17:26 am »

Try
- Menu View->Resources to show the tab pane if you don't have it yet
- Under "Linked document Templates", right-click to show the context menu and choose "Create a template".
- In the dialog box you have a combo box "Copy from.." with the test plan in the list.  Select that one
- the Editor opens and you can modify the template

R -

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General Board / Nested packages numbering in RTF

« on: September 15, 2006, 01:17:42 am »

 Hello,

How do you use the list overrides in order to nest packages in a RTF (with numbering).

As an example, I would be much satisfied with Cheesy
1. Package
    1.1. SubPackage
    1.1.1.Use Case1
     1.1.1.1 Requirement1

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General Board / list override - RTF editor

« on: September 08, 2006, 01:33:06 am »

Hello,

This is the second time I post this question

I am trying to nest packages in a RTF doc.   These are the levels I want to generate:
1 - packages and subpackages
2 - use cases
3 - requirements

As an example, I would be much satisfied with
1. Package
    1.1. SubPackage
         1.1.1.Use Case1
               1.1.1.1 Requirement1

So I tried the list overrides.

My result until now is like this.  Each time you have a subpackage, the RTF generator puts the code "{Element.Name}" without replacement and starts at the first level again :    

1. Package
1.1. {Element.Name}
1.1.1. {ElemRequirement.Name}
1. SubPackage
1.1. UC384 Search Access Right
1.1.1. BR172 At a given time, on a given access point, the responsibility type of an ARP Company may be either FER, BER, BFR, SBFR or SER.

Does someone now how to work with this ?  It seems to be possible when looking at the result generated by a basic template provided under EA (although it does not have numbering).

My definition in the RTF generator looks like this:
package >
1. {Pkg.Name}
element >
1.1 {Element.Name}
requirement >
1.1.1 {ElemRequirement.Name}
< requirement
child elements >
< child elements
< element
child packages >
< child packages
< package


   

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General Board / Re: Test Plan production from EA (EA 6.1)

« on: August 23, 2006, 06:21:44 am »

I agree it is not easy  

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General Board / Re: Test Plan production from EA (EA 6.1)

« on: August 23, 2006, 03:05:33 am »

I include at the end of this post the answer I've just given in another post of you.

If you want to produce a test plan, there are several issues you are faced to:
* the customization of the template style and element types - please see the included post hereunder concerning that question
* the effective included elements.  All in a tree (then it is easy) or just selected elements (then draw a diagram containing them and follow the procedure described in the included post hereunder).
* the order.  
- If you generate a RTF based on a tree, then the order is specified by
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/EAUserGuide/index.html?rtftemplatesdialog.htm
- If you generate a RTF based on the elements included in a diagram (using the flag "document contained elements in a RTF"), then the order in EA6.1 is the order in which you inserted the elements in the document and specifying the order in the RTF template editor has no effect  (which is a bug to me because if you specify these elements to be inserted by name, then they should be).

R -

----Included referenced post-------------------------------------------------
There are two alternatives:
* in the screen below, click the button "manage templates" and when asked, copy the testing template
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/EAUserGuide/index.html?rtftemplatesdialog .htm
* the more tricky solution, used if you want to have only the items in a diagram is described hereunder :


1/ You have to draw a diagram including  
* each use case you want, each one having its tests defined using the test view (menu view->testing)
* the test cases you want to include in your test documentation

2/ double-click in an empty place on the diagram to open the diagram properties and check the flag "Document each element contained in a RTF"

3/ Make a template (same procedure as the manage template procedure desribed above)
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/EAUserGuide/index.html?rtftemplatesdialog .htm
The trick here is that when defining the template you have to check the "package element" in the RTF style editor.

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General Board / Re: RTF indent

« on: August 04, 2006, 08:12:52 am »

If you have an RTF template I could import to look at how it works.....

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General Board / RTF indent

« on: August 04, 2006, 08:12:06 am »

Hello

Does someone know if it is possible to indent headings in a generated RTF file ?     Following the tree structure in the project browser.


Like
1. Package
1.1  Subpackage
1.1.1 SubSubpackage
1.1.1.1 Use case 1
1.1.1.2 Use Case 2
etc..

What I got until now is
1. package
2. Subpackage
3. SubSubpackage
4. Use Case 1
5. Use Case 2

Thanks

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General Board / Re: RTF template display options

« on: August 02, 2006, 08:36:01 am »

Actually a 4rth option is to run a search with "Search List" = extended and specify the conditions on it, then print the RTF result
R -

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General Board / Re: RTF template display options

« on: August 02, 2006, 06:49:43 am »

If I understand clerly, what you want is to have conditions on the inclusion of elements in your RTF.

The alternatives are:
- Filter on properties of the element: in the generator or the RTF editor, as you mentioned, specify the status, package phase or a date for creation/modification.  

- Filter on the type of element (requirement, change, etc..): also in the generator or the rtf editor "exclude details for..."

- Create a diagram and open the properties of that diagram in order to include the elements of that diagram (even if they are not in the package you are generating from).   Then you are almost completely free.

You already found the 2 first items.  I suggest you try the 3rd one, generate these diagrams with the template you need and integrate all these in a master document.

R -

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General Board / Re: Copy to clipboard

« on: August 02, 2006, 08:38:46 am »

Ctrl-C or menu Edit->Copy will do it ?

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General Board / Re: "Issues" Objects Don't Show Up?

« on: August 02, 2006, 06:25:00 am »

Model Issues are not the same as "Issues" objects you take from the toolbox on the left side.

Since you talk of drag & drop, I think you speak of the Issues object of the toolbox, which doesn't appear in the model issues.

Clear?

R -

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General Board / RTF include diagram elements - childs?

« on: August 02, 2006, 05:12:47 am »

Hello,

* I have a package containing only 1 diagram.  
* The diagram references _requirements_ located in other packages
* In the diagram properties, I checked "Document each contained element in RTF
* I generate a RTF using the template below
* I get it all nice (see RTF output below the used template)

But on each requirement, I added changes (View->Maintenance->Element Changes) and I would like to include them in the generated document.

Problem is that the RTF elements are included via the diagram.  So in the RTF sections hierarchy, if I check "Change" under "Package Element" or under "Element" the change I want is not included (because it is the change of the Diagram->Element->Package Element->Requirement and not just a change under my package).

Hope you got it :-)

Any work-around ?

----------------------------------------------------------
package >
package element >
model document >
< model document
< package element
diagram >
element >
{Element.Name}
Package{Element.ParentPackage}Introduced in release{Element.Version}
Status{Element.Status}
Description{Element.Notes}
HistoryLast updated in release {Element.Phase}

< element.
< diagram
child packages >
< child packages
< package
----------------------------------------------------------

RTF OUTPUT
----------------------------------------------------------
BR020 In case of a FER or a BER, only the one playing the BFR role can nominate and only the variable part is subject to nomination
PackageBalanceIntroduced in release1.0
STATUSProposed
DESCRIPTION
HISTORYLast updated in release 9.1

BR094 A FER or a BER cannot be specified for an Injection Access Right, only for an Offtake Access Right.
PackageBalanceIntroduced in release1.0
STATUSProposed
DESCRIPTION
HISTORYLast updated in release 9.1
-------------------------------------------------------------