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.