IBM Installation Manager 1.6.1 required
Load balancing configuration options
To balance your document generation jobs across multiple application server nodes, you can use the default setting where each Document generation component accesses its own Monitor and Control component. As an alternative, you can also set up multiple Document generation components to access a single Monitor and Control component. For more information, see Load balancing topologies.
Document generation localization override
Users can set the language for their locale when generating document generation jobs, which the Web Services application can override, if necessary. For more information, see the -Dcom.ibm.rational.rpe.remote.ignorelanguage flag in Remote flags reference for the Web Services application.
XML driver improvements
The XML driver is the core of the data input module of Rational Publishing Engine. All of the other input drivers use the XML driver to process the data they retrieve from data providers. The XML driver changes improve the performance of all document generations and how paged data is retrieved. Rational Publishing Engine no longer reads ahead to the next page of data as the current page is processed.
Rational DOORS® version can be set by using Rational Publishing Engine flags
You can specify values for the -Dcom.ibm.rational.rpe.doors.home and -Dcom.ibm.rational.rpe.doors.data flags to provide your Rational DOORS version to Rational Publishing Engine.
In past versions of Rational Publishing Engine, Rational Publishing Engine used REG.EXE to determine the Rational DOORS version that was being used, which was a time-consuming process and in some environments, could not be performed because Rational Publishing Engine could not access the necessary system commands.
For more information, see the -Dcom.ibm.rational.rpe.doors.home and -Dcom.ibm.rational.rpe.doors.data flags in Runtime and formatting flags reference for the client or Web Services applications.
Simplification of saving Central management template and document specification changes
When you load a template or document specification from the Central Management component and make changes to it, when you save the file, you are prompted to upload the changes back to the Central Management component. For more information about using assets in the Central management component, see Using assets from the Central Management component.
Relative paths in imported templates
When you specify an imported template to be dynamically referenced by its host template, you are prompted to choose whether to use a relative path to the imported template. For more information about importing templates, see Importing a template.
Additional files included in the exported archive
Referenced artifacts such as style sheets, snippets, JavaScript, and included files are saved in the archive in addition to the template and document specification. For more information, see Creating archives.
Template version selection
You can select the template version when you enter metadata for the new template instead of receiving a separate prompt for the version. For more information about template versions, see Version compatibility.
Add a type cast to any segment of a query
In Rational Publishing Engine 1.2 and earlier, the cast can be applied only to the last segment of the query. This restriction is no longer required. For more information about using type casting, see Type casting.
Script compiling improvements
JavaScript files are now evaluated before the document generation begins. If the same script is called more than one time in a template, it only has to be retrieved once, which improves the speed of the generation.
Authentication for configuring data sources
Authentication drop-down selections can be made anywhere a data source is specified.
Tables can be rendered in all outputs as XHTML tables are rendered.
Document generation options
You can choose whether to immediately generate or preview a document without configuring anything or to step through the wizard to set the configurations before previewing or generating a document. For all of these options, you can access them through the Document Specification menu or the icons in the toolbar. For more information, see Generating a document.
Rational DOORS instance selection options
When you are selecting a Rational DOORS instance to configure a Rational DOORS data source, you can select a different instance type for run time. For more information, see Connecting to the Rational DOORS data source.
Document generation localization
Users can set the language for their locale when generating remote document generation jobs, instead of using the locale of the server the document generation is performed on. The Web Services application can override these user settings, if necessary. For more information, see the -Duser.country and -Duser.language flags in Runtime and formatting flags reference for the client or Web Services applications.
Internet Explorer 10 support