Output generation with a build manifest
You can use a build manifest to partially automate the generation of output from a map.
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well.A writer or information architect configures these build manifests for a map ahead of time in IXIA CCMS Desktop. These build manifest are then available for users to select when they generate outputs from the map.
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Types of output to generate (PDF, HTML, xHTML, etc.)
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Languages to generate for each output type
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User parameters that must be applied
Advantages of a build manifest
A build manifest can list many outputs. This saves users from generating each output individually for different combinations of output type, language, and conditional profiling attributes.
For example, a map contains documentation that requires three different output types in three different target languages from the English source.
Output type |
Target languages |
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Spanish (es-sp) |
HTML |
French (fr-fr) |
xHTML |
Japanese (ja-jp) |
This example requires a total of nine outputs, one for each output type and for each of the three languages. Without a build manifest, you must generate nine different outputs from the map and select the parameters each time. With a build manifest, you select the related options in the build manifest to generate all nine different map outputs.