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TrackandMonitortheStateofSoftwareDevelopmentProjectsHandilyUsingCAApplicationLifecycleConductorReporting

VaughnMarshall

DevOps:APIManagementandApplicationDevelopment

CATechnologiesDirector,ProductManagementMFX46E

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Abstract

LearnhowyoucanleveragetheCAApplication Lifecyle Conductor (CAALC)

built-in reportdesigner tovalidateprojectmilestoneanddeliverydateprojections

byexposingtrackedenterprisedata. Inthissession you willlearnhowyoucan

build interactive customreportsanddashboards orextendexistingones toreveal

datathathighlightsprogressandidentifies roadblockswithinandamongthe

toolsetthatcomprisesyourapplication lifecycle. Wewilldemonstratehowdata

canbepulledfromtheinternalALCdatabase,aswellashowdatacanbepulled

directly fromconnectedsystemsviaALCconnectorsandjoined tocreateintegrated

viewsofworkgoingonacrosstheenterprise. Byconclusion ofthissession, youwill

learnhowtoachieve"OneView"ofyourSoftwareDevelopmentLifecyclefrom

changeinception toimplementationthroughALCreportingcapabilities.

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Agenda

REPORTADMINISTRATION

REPORTDATASOURCES

REPORTCREATIONWALK-THROUGH

REPORTEDITING

REPORTINTERACTIVITY

CAALCREPORTDATABASE

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ReportAdministration

§ ReportsareallrunusingtheBIRTreportingengine

§ Reporteditingisacombinationof2differentactivities:– Creating/EditingtheBIRTreportdesignfile– UploadingtotheDBagainstareportdefinition(eitherneworexisting)

§ Actualeditingofdesignfilestakesplaceinthe“BIRTReportDesign”perspective– FulldocumentationandtutorialsondesigningreportswithBIRTare

availableonlineandinthehelpfilesdistributedwithdesigner

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ReportDataSources

§ Whencodingdesignfiles,youcanincorporatedatafromanynumberofsources– Flattextfiles,JDBCdatabases,XMLfiles,WebServices,etc.

§ Datacanbejoinedbetween2differentdatasources

§ ForDBbackeddatasources,atypicalsourceisaJDBCdatabaseconnection– TheproblemisthatconnectiondetailsfortheJDBCdatabaseare

codedintothedesignfile

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TheCAALCDataSource

§ ThatmeansifyouwanttousereportsgenericallyacrossCAALCinstances,youhavetoupdatetheconnectiondetailsforallthereports

§ ThisproblemissolvedbyusingacustomODAcalledthe“CAALCDataSource”– Thisdatasourceconnectsreporttothedatabaseviatheserverthe

clienthasconfigured– Connectiondetailsarenotneededinreportdesignfilesandthey

areportableacrossinstances

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ReportEditing

§ Reporteditinggenerallyconsistsof– DefiningoneormoreDataSources(CAALCDataSource)– DefiningoneormoreDataSets(Queries)– DraggingandDroppingFieldsfromtheDataSetsintothereportpage

usingvariouscontrols:§ Labels,Lists,Tables,Charts,etc.

– Formattingeverything

§ Otheradvancedfeaturesoffered:– Scriptingreports,Master-Detailreports,JoiningDataSets,Interactivity

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ReportInteractivity

§ InteractivityisachievedusingJavaScriptfunctionsinHTMLelementsinthereport– ExposedfunctionsinthereportcontainercaninteractwithALC

§ AvailableFunctionsare:– openItemById:opensadetailItemviewintheclient– setSelectedObject:controlswhatcontextisdisplayedwithrightclick– executeRule:executesaworkflowwhencalled(canbetiedtoan

HTMLlinkorbutton)– canbeusedtoachievedrilldownbyrunninganotherreport

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PublishingReportChanges

§ Onceyouhaveareportdesignfilecreated,youcanuploaditagainstareportdefinitionbackintheCAALCAdministratorperspective

§ TomakenewreportsavailableoutsidetheAdmin,youmustpublishitagainstanApplication

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CAALCDatabaseStructure

§ CAALCdatabasetablesfordynamicfieldsarenotstoredina“flat”tablestructure– Goodforappoperations,notsogoodforintuitivereporting

§ Tomakethistaskeasier,viewsareautomaticallymaintainedforeachItemType

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CAALCDatabaseStructure

§ Threeflavorsofeachview:– RPT_<ITEMTYPE>_<ID>:Theitemtypewithflattenedfieldsforforeign

keysNOTexpandedandUTCdatesleftinUTC– RPT_<ITEMTYPE>_<ID>_EXP:Sameasabovebutwithforeignkeys

expandedandUTCdatestranslated– RPT_<ITEMTYPE>_<ID>_FULL:Sameasabovebutwithmulti-value

fieldsexpandedsothereareduplicaterowsforeachvalueintheMVtable

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CAALCDatabaseStructure

§ Otherhandyviews:– SYS_RELATIONSHIP:“directionless”viewofITEM_RELATIONSHIP– SYS_RELATIONSHIP_TYPE:usedtojoinabovetoexpandthe

relationshiptypenamewithadirectionlessview– SYS_ORG_ENTRY:usedtojointoPerson/Groupfieldswithoutworrying

aboutwhethertheentryispersonorgroup

ReportCreationWalk-through

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