You can access the value of an element, and include it in a report in Report Wizard.
How to
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
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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:
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#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:
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Name: Customer
Owner: com
Visibility: public
Is Abstract: false
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Glossary
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Array An array is a container object that holds a fixed number of values of a single type. The length of an array is established when the array is created. After it is created, its length is fixed.
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Attribute Attribute defines values that can be attached to instances of the class or interface. For example, an attribute of a class represents the characteristics of the class.
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Class Class is the concrete realization of EncapsulatedClassifier and BehavioredClassifier. The purpose of a class is to specify a classification of objects, and to specify the Features that characterize the structure and behavior of those objects.
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Element Element is a constituent of a model. Every element has the inherent capability of owning other elements. When an element is removed from a model, all its ownedElements are also removed from the model. The abstract syntax for each kind of element specifies what other kind of elements it may own. Every element in a model must be owned by exactly one other element of that model, with the exception of the top-level Packages of the model.
More information about working with values in Report Wizard
To learn more about working with values in Report Wizard, visit the following pages:
