Introduction: Generate a report for a UML model

This tutorial shows you how to generate a report for a UML model.

You can use reports to organize and present information about models. The report design in this tutorial generates a report that provides a statistical summary of a model and its classes. The report design applies a transformation that simplifies the contents of the model before the report is generated.

This tutorial might require some optionally installable components. To ensure that you installed the appropriate optional components, see the System requirements list.

Learning objectives

This tutorial shows you how to perform the following tasks:

Import the report simplification transformation
Import a model from the Samples Gallery
Use the Generate Report command and the Reporting window to generate and view the report

In this tutorial, you generate a report in PDF format that includes a model summary and a class summary, but the tutorial also tells you how you can generate reports in HTML format and reports with other content.

This tutorial takes approximately 10 minutes to finish. If you explore other concepts related to this tutorial, it could take longer to complete.

Skill level

Beginner

Audience

This tutorial is intended for all users who want to create reports about models.

System requirements

To complete this tutorial, you must have the following components installed:

Extensibility features
Adobe^® Acrobat^® Reader

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with basic UML modeling functions and how to use Eclipse perspectives and views.

Lessons in this tutorial

Lesson 1: Import the simplification transformation
This lesson shows you how to import the transformation plug-ins that simplify the UML model when the report is generated. It also shows you how to open a new instance of Eclipse to process the extension points that the imported plug-ins define.
Lesson 2: Import and set up the model
Before you can generate a report, you must import the model.
Lesson 3: Generate and display the report
This lesson shows you how to generate and display a report for the selected model.