You can upload a BOM file from one or more selected builds of a selected
project. The BOM file is exported from project and build data.
Note: Only
BOMs exported using this tool can be used with reports. The XML files from
the .bomexport command cannot be used for reporting.
To export and upload a BOM XML file:
- Run a project that exports a BOM file.
- Click on the Datasource selection in the navigator
on the left.
- Select Use BOM data, then specify the data to use:
- Name of exported file: enter the file name
to use.
- Project: select a project from the list.
Your selection drives the choices in the next step. .
- Select builds to report on: click to select
a build. Ctrl-click to select multiple builds.
- Choose a destination: click a folder in
Public or My XML Files.
- Choose whether to configure a data source from the XML file immediately:
- Click Upload Only if you want only to upload the
file.
- Click Configure to configure a data source from
the XML file now.
If you choose to configure a data source now, do the following in the Configure
a new Data Source panel:
- Datasource Name: type a name for the data source.
- Select elements from the XML file to use as data in the data source. Select
an element, then click > to move it to the table on
the right. Click < to move elements out of the table.
- Configure data fields in the data source. For each row, enter a name for
each Column and select its data Type.
- Click Done.
The data source is saved. You can access it to create a report in the Quick
Reports Wizard at the Fields step. When you choose
a report type, it appears in the list under the Custom heading.
Standard reports appear first in the list, under the Build Forge heading.