Getting element values to a template
You can access the value of an element, and include it in a report in Report Wizard.
How to get a value from a modeling tool element to a template
- First you need to know the element type and attributes. Open the Specification dialog to see the type and attributes (Figure 1).
The Specification dialog showing the element type on the title bar and the attributes in the properties specification table Open Microsoft Word and type, for example:
#foreach ($class in $Class) Name: $class.name Owner: $class.owner.name Visibility: $class.visibility Is Abstract: $class.isAbstract #end
The example above shows that $Class is an array that contains all the Class elements in a Selected Element Scope (see Report Wizard user guide for more information). $class is the individual Class element inside the array. To access the value of a property in $class, type: $class followed by "." and the attribute's name (".name", ".visibility", and ".isAbstract" are the names of the $class attribute). The syntax for accessing the attribute value can be represented by: $[Referenced object].[Attribute's name].
When you generate the output of the template for a project with a single Class element, the result will be shown as follows:
Name: Customer Owner: com Visibility: public Is Abstract: false