You can view the data from a data source in the Document
Specification view as a reference when you are designing your document
specification.
Before you begin
Save the document specification before previewing the data.
About this task
- If you are using Rational® Tau as
a data source, the data cannot be previewed.
- If you are using Rational DOORS® as a data source, the default
baseline and view are used to retrieve the data.
Procedure
- Configure a data source.
- Right-click the data source and select Preview
Data. The URI entered for the URI property
is used to retrieve the data. If there is no value entered for the URI property,
the URI entered for the default URI property
is used to retrieve the data. If neither property has a value entered,
you must enter a Root URL in the Data preview window.
- Optional: In the Data Preview window,
enter or edit the Root URL to a data source
query.
- Click Preview.
- If necessary, enter the credentials to authenticate
with the data source including the user name and password and click OK. In the Result field, the data displays in XML format.
- Optional: Click Save and
choose a location to save the data in an XML file.
- Click Close.