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User Guides for CCMS Desktop for 5.2
User Guides for CCMS Desktop for 5.2
  • CCMS Desktop User Guide
  • CCMS Desktop Dynamic Release Management User Guide
  • User FAQs
  • Notices
Index
  1. Home
  2. CCMS Desktop User Guide
  3. Using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop features

    This section provides information and instructions about how to use IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop functionality to perform other actions with the objects in the CMS.

  4. Working with BIRT Reports

    You can perform data-mining operations on the Content Store for use with the report-generating capabilities of the BIRT Report Designer.

  5. Overview of the BIRT report process

    BIRT report production begins in the DITA Perspective with a TEXTML query and finishes in the Report Design Perspective.

  • CCMS Desktop User Guide
    • Introduction

      IXIASOFT CCMS is a documentation solution that combines the mechanics of an extensible environment, a powerful Content Management System (CMS), and the elegant modularity of DITA.

    • Overview of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop

      This section provides a brief explanation of what DITA is and an overview of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop interface.

    • Getting Started

      This section provides a starting point for working with IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.

    • Working with DITA

      This section provides information and instructions about how to author content using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.

    • Using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop features

      This section provides information and instructions about how to use IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop functionality to perform other actions with the objects in the CMS.

      • Using the Documents view

        The Document view gives you several document tracking functionalities, such as identifying recently used documents or frequently used documents.

      • Viewing where documents are used

        The Dependencies view displays the relationships that a specific document has with other DITA documents in your system.

      • Assigning work to others

        Work can be assigned to different sets of users at different points in the document development cycle.

      • Adding labels to objects

        Labels let you apply additional information to any object in the repository.

      • Creating snapshots

        You can capture then contents of a map at a particular point in time using the snapshot feature.

      • Branching a map

        Branching lets you create a new, editable version of a previously published map.

      • Using the Build Manifest feature

        This section describes how to use the Build Manifest feature.

      • Creating a taxonomy

        You can create taxonomies that reflect the structure of the information contained in your documents.

      • Managing projects

        The project management feature lets coordinators handle project-wide tasks that may involve multiple deliverables.

      • Creating and generating reports

        You can create and generate reports.

      • Working with BIRT Reports

        You can perform data-mining operations on the Content Store for use with the report-generating capabilities of the BIRT Report Designer.

        • Install the BIRT feature

          Use this procedure to install the open-source reporting tools.

        • Preparing data for use with the BIRT Report Designer

          Before you can begin to create a BIRT report, you need to prepare your data in the DITA Perspective.

        • Overview of the BIRT report process

          BIRT report production begins in the DITA Perspective with a TEXTML query and finishes in the Report Design Perspective.

        • The Data Set Definition dialog

          The Data Set Definition dialog lets you create complex XML-based queries without having to go in and edit the code by hand.

        • Create the data set definition

          A data set definition sets up the criteria that produce your data source.

        • Modify a data set definition

          You can modify existing data set definitions and save them under another name.

        • Create the IXIASOFT CCMS data source

          After you create the data set definition, you use it to generate the IXIASOFT CCMS data source.

        • Create a new BIRT project

          BIRT reports must be stored in a project folder.

        • Create a new BIRT report

          This procedure describes how to create a new report within your BIRT project folder.

        • Obtain data source directory location

          This procedure gives you a quick way of obtaining the full path of the IXIASOFT CCMS data source for use within the Report Design Perspective.

        • Create a new BIRT data source

          Once you have created a report design, you connect it with the data source you want to use.

        • Create a new BIRT data set

          After you create your BIRT data source, you select the data set columns that you want to use in the current report.

        • BIRT example one: generating a report

          This example illustrates the entire process of generating a BIRT report.

        • BIRT example two: using stamp information

          This example uses information from the Authored Stamp to compare the review rates of different writers.

    • Localizing documents

      Localization is the process of translating content and adapting it for use in another language.

    • Glossary
    • Shortcut keys

      Shortcut keys let you perform many routine actions with just two or three keystrokes.

    • Copyright notice
    • Technical support

      IXIASOFT Customer Support staff are available to answer your questions. We welcome your comments.

Overview of the BIRT report process

BIRT report production begins in the DITA Perspective with a TEXTML query and finishes in the Report Design Perspective.

  1. Create the data set definition
  2. Create the IXIASOFT CCMS data source
  3. Create a new BIRT project
  4. Create a new BIRT report
  5. Create a new BIRT data source
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