Previewing the data from the Document Specification view

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.

For more information about how user names and passwords are stored, see Security considerations for IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Configure a data source.
  2. 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.
  3. Optional: In the Data Preview window, enter or edit the Root URL to a data source query.
  4. Click Preview.
  5. 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.
  6. Optional: Click Save and choose a location to save the data in an XML file.
  7. Click Close.

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