You can render data inside master pages in Rational® Publishing Engine by
creating variables and assigning them attributes.
Before you begin
Create a master page:
- In the Outline view, right-click Master Pages and
select .
- Enter the name, description, orientation, and page size for the
master page.
- Click OK to save the changes.
Create a variable for the master page:
- In the Outline view, right-click Variables and
select .
- Enter the name, description, and default value.
- Select internal variable, so it does not
appear in the output.
- Click OK to save the changes.
See
Defining and assigning variables for more information.
About this task
You cannot add queries to a master page.
Procedure
- In the template editor, insert a
Container element.
- Right-click the container element and select .
- Click Add.
- Select a variable and click OK.
- In the Set Assignments for Current Element window,
click the Data Expression tab.
- Select an attribute to assign to the variable and click OK.
- Drag a
Paragraph element after
the container element.
- From the Outline view, select a master page and drag it
into the paragraph element.
- From the Palette view, drag a
Text element
into the paragraph element.
- From the Data Source Schema, drag the _value into
the text element.
- Save the changes.