You configure the reportable shape to specify which attributes
and link types are available to external reporting applications, such
as Rational Insight.
Before you begin
Before you can configure the reportable shape, you must map
attributes and link types in the
Attribute and Link Mapping window
on the
Attributes and
Links tabs.
Note: Attribute
DXL is not available for attribute mapping or for inclusion in the
reportable shape.
About this task
IBM® Rational® DOORS® can
contain a huge amount of data; some data is active and some is not.
External reporting applications, such as Rational Insight, can be
overloaded with data that is not applicable to current activity. To
ensure acceptable reporting scope and system performance, you can
use the working set to limit available projects, folders, and modules.
You can use the reportable shape to specify which attributes and link
types are available for reports.
For the reportable shape, you
can specify two types of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) for attributes:
- URIs for requirement attributes that are associated with objects
in modules.
- URIs for attributes that are associated with requirement collections
at the module level.
You can specify link types that are available for reports by
selecting URIs for link modules. These link modules provide link relationship
data for objects in available modules.
Procedure
To configure the reportable shape:
- In theIBM Rational DOORS client,
click . The Attribute and Linking
Mapping window opens.
- Click the Reportable Shape tab.
- At the Requirements tab in the Reportable
Shape page, select attribute and link types to make them
available to the reporting application.
- At the Requirement Collections tab
in the Reportable Shape page, select module attributes
to make them available to the reporting application.
- Click OK to save the reportable
shape.
What to do next
If you edit the reportable shape, you must run a full load
ETL package rather than an incremental (delta) load in Rational Insight
to reflect the changes in the shape.