Report Customization with Report Composer

Report composer is a report development tool which enables designers to design and construct complete model reports in quick. Besides developing a report with build-in templates, you can also create templates for defining your own way in building report. For example, write a template to loop through all model elements and print their names to report. In this tutorial, we will create a template to print out the name and documentation of shapes in a use case diagram.

January 25, 2011
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Create a new project. Click on the Project button on toolbar, and select New... from the drop down menu.
In the New Project dialog box, enter Sample as project name. Click Create Blank Project to create the project.
Create a new use case diagram via the Diagram Navigator. Right click on Use Case Diagram and select New Use Case Diagram from the popup menu.
Enter Simple Use Case Diagram for the name of diagram.
Draw a simple diagram like this:
Enter the documentation for the use cases. Select the Book Leisure Facility use case.
Open the Documentation pane. (You can open it by pressing the short cut key Ctrl-Shift-U)
Enter the documentation: Book leisure facilities through the computerized booking network.
Enter the documentation for use case Enroll Leisure Activity: Enroll into recreation and sports activities. Monthly programme booklets are available at district offices.
Enter the documentation for use case Register as Member: Register as a member. Member can enjoy recreation and sports facilities for free.
Let's create a new report with report composer. Right click on Report in Diagram Navigator and select New Report from the popup menu.
Select the use case diagram in Diagram Navigator.
Open the Property Pane. (You can open it by pressing the short cut key Ctrl-Shift-P)
Drag the Use Case Diagram template out of the Property Pane.
Drop it to the report.
We want to create a table of use cases, with their documentation.
Right click on the Children template and select Duplicate... from the popup menu.
Rename the new template file to Children_doc.xml, change the ID and name to Children (with doc). Click OK.
Change the column header from Type to Documentation, and change the property to query from modelType to documentation. Click OK.
Drag the Children (with doc) template out of the Property Pane.
Drop it to the report, under the image of use case diagram. The report should now look like:
Click on the Export button at the top right corner of report composer. Select Word Report... from the popup menu.
In the Export dialog box, specify the output path and click Export.

Here is the exported Word report:

Report Customization with Report Composer

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