Getting started with generating reports

The following topics provide important information to review before you publish documents with Rational® Publishing Engine.

Overview

You can read the following topics before you generate reports.

Conceptual help topic on document specifications. Document specifications
Conceptual help topic on understanding the document specification properties. Document specification properties reference
Conceptual help topic. Managing synchronization

Getting started

The following diagram shows the basic workflow for generating documents using Rational Publishing Engine.

Figure 1. Task flow for report generators. Click any area of the diagram to see more information.
Image map for getting started with generating reports Creating a document specification Adding templates to a document specification Connecting to a data source Specifying output properties Generating a document

The following topics guide you through the tasks for generating reports.

Task help topic on creating a template. Configuring the client applications for remote publishing
Task help topic. Preprocessing and postprocessing of output
Task help topic. Specifying the authentication type for a data source in a document specification
Task help topic. Configuring runtime and formatting flags for the client applications

Samples, tutorials, and videos

Multimedia link Introduction to Rational Publishing Engine 1.2 for beginners
Multimedia link Rational Publishing Engine Playlist on YouTube
Tutorials link developerWorks® Community Tutorials and Scenarios

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