Tool Mentor: Creating a Use-Case Realization Report Using Rational SoDA

Purpose

This tool mentor describes how to use Rational SoDA to create a Use-Case Realization Report. SoDA automates the generation of the report so that it is created quickly and accurately. You can generate a Use-Case Realization Report with either the Microsoft® Word® or Adobe® FrameMaker® version of SoDA.

• Report: Use-Case Realization
• Artifact: Use-Case Realization

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Overview

This tool mentor is applicable when running Windows 2000, NT 4.0, or Windows XP, Solaris, or HP-UX.

To create a Use-Case Realization Report using SoDA, use the procedure for your version of the product:

• Use Rational SoDA/Word to generate a Use-Case Realization Report
• Use Rational SoDA/FrameMaker to generate a Use-Case Realization Report

Use Rational SoDA/Word to generate a Use-Case Realization Report

1. In a use-case diagram in Rational Rose, select the use case you want to document.
2. Click Report > SoDA Report.
3. When the list of available reports appears in SoDA, select Rational Unified Process Use-Case Realization Report. If this report is not on the list, cancel and make sure you have a use case selected in the diagram.
4. Click OK to generate the report.

Use Rational SoDA/FrameMaker to generate a Use-Case Realization Report

1. From the FrameMaker button-bar, click New. Double-click SoDA, then double-click RoseDomain and choose the RUPUseCaseRealizationReport.fmreport.
2. Edit the Connector and enter the name of the model, package, and use case.
3. Click File > Save As to save the template to a personal or project directory. You may want to change the name of the template to reflect the name of the use-case realization; for example, MaintainLoansReport.fm.
4. Click SoDA > Generate Document.
5. Review the generated document.

The next time you want to generate this same document, open the document and click SoDA > Generate Document.