Report components

Components extract information from workspaces and insert that information into reports. Components are copies of information in PDF or RTF format.

Most of the displays of workspace information have corresponding report components. The following displays do not have corresponding components:

Most components extract information from one view. The following components are available:
Table 1. Rational Focal Point components
Context Name Description
Display                       fp:attrstat1d Statistics for one attribute
fp:attrstat2d Statistics for two attributes
fp:choicehistory1 Choice history: changes over time
fp:choicehistory2 Choice history: number of changes
fp:choicehistory3 Choice history: time or value
fp:choicehistory4 Choice history: history graph
fp:table The attribute values of all elements in table format
fp:traceability A traceability matrix for two views
fp:tree All elements and their attribute values in a tree structure
fp:whatsnew A list of new features
fp:gantt A Gantt chart
fp:baselinediff The difference between two baselines
Review   fp:actionlist An action list
fp:review Information about all the completed review work except for the action list
Prioritize     fp:pwcconsistency A list of triples and consistency values
fp:pwclist All completed comparisons
fp:pwcoverview An overview of the comparisons for one criterion and all members, or for all criteria and one member
Plan         fp:planreleases The release overview
fp:planreleasevalues Criteria fulfillment
fp:planrequirements The release and resource for each requirement
fp:planresources The resource allocation levels
fp:planworkloads The resource allocation for each release
Visualize     fp:cells Displays two or more fp:chart tags in a table
fp:chart A chart that displays priorities for one or more criteria and one or more members
fp:prioritylist Priorities in a table instead of in a chart

Common attributes

The following attribute is common for most of the components:
Table 2. Common attribute
Name Description Default value
descr A description of the tag and is optional. The description is displayed when the report type is created or edited or when the report is generated. This attribute has no exceptions. descr="" (no description)

Common tags

The following tags are common for most components.
Table 3. Common tags
Name Description Default value
showviewdef Includes the definition of the view that is used in the report. This tag has no exceptions. false
showviewname Includes the name of the view that is used view in the report. This tag has no exceptions. false

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