Rational Publishing Engine automates documentation generation from Rational products and select third-party applications, helping you generate documents for daily use, formal reviews, contractual obligations, and compliance with standards. With Rational Publishing Engine, you spend less time creating documents and keeping them up to date.
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For more information about hardware and software requirements for Rational Publishing Engine, you can generate the system requirements for Rational Publishing Engine from this page: http://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/softwareReqsForProduct.html.
For information about downloading Rational Publishing Engine, see the Download document.
You can purchase or renew licenses from the IBM License Key Center.
For a detailed list of problems (APARs) solved in this release, see the Fix list for Rational Publishing Engine.
Enable HTTPS for the web app
Log into the rpews application fails if already logged into the rpeng application on WebSphere Application Server
For WebSphere Application Server: If you log into the 2.0 web app and then also log into the 1.x remote service applications, you may receive an Error 403 AuthorizationFailed error. You must log out of the 2.0 web app, and then you can successfully log in to the 1.x remote services applications.Use a server name for DGAAS_URL
If an administrator has set the DGAAS_URL runtime variable to an IP address and that address changes, they may not be able to access the web app. To work around this problem, administrators can set the OVERRIDE_DGAAS_URL system variable or Java property to the new server name. Then restart the server. To avoid this problem, use a server name for the DGAAS_URL variable instead of an IP address.PDF limitations
Generation of PDF documents might take longer than in version 2.0.
Bidi limitations
Version | Microsoft Office 2003-2010 | Microsoft Office 2013 |
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1.3 | Full support | Not supported |
2.1 | Some use cases might not produce correct results if the generated report is opened with MS Office 2003-2010. For example, a combination of document direction value (ltr, rtl) and text content direction value (ltr, rtl, auto) in various elements of the report such as table of contents, chapter title, paragraph. | Full support |
Bidi PDF limitations
Bidi support is unavailable for generated PDF documents. To work around this problem, you can generate a Word document using Rational Publishing Engine and then convert the document to PDF using Microsoft Word.
Additional known problems are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base. As problems are discovered and resolved, the IBM Support team updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.
To launch a customized query of the live Support knowledge base, use this link: Known problems for Rational Publishing Engine.