Central Management component settings reference

Review this list of property and preference settings that are available to configure for the users who connect to the remote services.
Note: If the Override user value option is selected for the setting in the Central Management component administrative user interface, the user cannot change the setting for their applications from the selections the Central Management component administrator chose.
Table 1. Central Management component runtime metadata properties. In the tree structure, expand predefined > docspec > metadata and for Filter by asset type, select All or Settings.
Property Value Description
Data formatting mixed, source, or template Controls how Rational® Publishing Engine formats rich data from the data source:
  • Mixed: Mixes source and template formatting.
  • Source: Discards template formatting and preserves data source formatting only.
  • Template: Discards source formatting and preserves template formatting only.
Missing data text <data attribute not found> or a String Placeholder text used by Rational Publishing Engine when a data attribute is not found in the data source. You can use the default or customize your own text.
Date pattern YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-DD-MM The format in which dates are to be rendered in the output.
Time pattern HH:MM:SS, HH:MM The format in which times are to be rendered in the output.
dateTime pattern YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, YYYY-DD-MM HH:MM:SS, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM, YYYY-DD-MM HH:MM The format in which combination dates and times are to be rendered in the output.
Output locale cs, en, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, pt_BR, ru, zh_CN, es, zh_TW The output locale to be used for default date formats if the locale must be different from the system locale.
  • Czech (cs)
  • English (en)
  • French (fr)
  • German (de)
  • Hungarian (hu)
  • Italian (it)
  • Japanese (ja)
  • Korean (ko)
  • Polish (pl)
  • Portuguese (pt_BR)
  • Russian (ru)
  • Simplified Chinese (zh_CN)
  • Spanish (es)
  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) (zh_TW)
Image max width Number The maximum width in pixels of each image in the output documents.
Image max height Number The maximum height in pixels of each image in the output documents.
OLEs as static images true, false Controls how Rational Publishing Engine handles Rational DOORS® OLEs:
  • True: OLEs reach the output as static images
  • False: OLEs are preserved in the output. You can use this option for Microsoft Word output only.
Clean referenced files true, false When set to true, the reference files stored in the ref folder, which contain Rational DOORS OLEs, are deleted at the end of the document generation and are not included in the Microsoft Word documents. The size of the Microsoft Word document is smaller when this property is set to true.
Ignore data source configuration errors true, false When set to true, all errors generated from issues with the data source configuration element are ignored. When set to false, you are prompted to correct the errors.
Non Unicode fonts font_name For Rational DOORS data sources, you can specify fonts that are sent to Rational DOORS when data is being extracted. You can list more than one font name by separating them with commas.
Stop on pre-command failure true, false Specifies whether the document generation process is to be ended if the pre-command fails.
Pre-command String The pre-command prepares the data before the publishing the document specification.
Post command String The post-command allows you to execute commands after publishing the document specification.
Table 2. Central Management component engine preferences.

In the tree structure, expand predefined > preferences > engine and for Filter by asset type, select All or Settings.

Preference Value Description
Remote generation true, false When set to true, this property transfers document generation to a server. When set to false, documents generate locally.
Remote engine location URL When Remote generation is set to true, this property designates the server on which to generate the document.
Preview query limit Number The number of data entries that display when you preview the output of a template.
Core debug mode true, false When set to true, additional document generation details display in the log files, such as how a specific element was transformed.
Monitor and control location URL When Remote generation is set to true, this property designates the server on which the document generation details display for an administrator to monitor.

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