Extracting Rational DOORS data with DXL security settings

You can extract data from Rational® DOORS® running in secure mode. When running in secure mode, Rational DOORS limits DXL access. If the trusted DXL is not defined in Rational DOORS, no additional tasks need to be performed in Rational Publishing Engine. If the trusted DXL setting is defined, you must configure Rational Publishing Engine to work with Rational DOORS.

About this task

About the trusted DXL location:

Procedure

  1. In your Rational DOORS installation, locate the paths to the Add-ins and Batch files directories:
    1. Open Rational DOORS.
    2. Right-click DOORS Database and click Properties.
    3. In the Properties window, select DXL Securities.
    4. Note the path values for the Add-ins path and Batch files path fields.
  2. Copy the %RPE_HOME%\source directory.
  3. Paste the source directory into the Rational DOORS add-ins directory. Because Rational Publishing Engine references the included files using relative paths, the Rational DOORS DXL runtime can retrieve them. The folder structure must be preserved. The source directory cannot be renamed.
  4. Paste the source directory into the Rational DOORS batch files directory. The folder structure must be preserved. The source folder cannot be renamed.
  5. Define the RPE_DXLLOCATION variable to point to the Batch files path. Rational Publishing Engine uses this location as the startup location for the DXLs instead of the default RPE_HOME.
    Note: Specify a full UNC path for the trusted DXL location. Paths using mapped drive names cannot be used as they are user-specific drives and might not be available to all users.

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