Data source schema properties reference

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Open the Properties view in the Document Studio application and, from the Outline view, select a data source schema. The Properties view displays these available properties for any type of data source schema.

Type Value Description
Name String The title of the schema.
Description String The explanation of how the schema is used.
Type Generic XML, REST, REST v2, DOORS, DOORS Structure The schema type.
Configuration required none, uri, credentials, full, hidden Property that specifies which configurations are necessary for starting the document-style report generation.
Restriction: New feature icon The Configuration required property is available only in version 2 templates.
  • none: No configuration is required from the report generator. If a data source is not configured, no warnings display at run time.
  • uri: Only the data source is needed to be configured to generate the document-style report.
  • credentials: Only the credentials to authenticate with the data provider are required to generate the document-style report.
  • full: The data source must be configured and credentials must be given to generate the document-style report.
  • hidden: The data source does not display in the Launcher so that the template settings cannot be overridden.
The default value is uri.
Important: When only usernames are required for authentication and passwords are not required, do not use full or credentials

For more information about how usernames and passwords are stored, see Security considerations for IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing.
Schema URI File path The path to the data source resource. For Generic XML, the path is to an XML file. Example: http://server:port/path_to/dataSource.xml
Default URI File path The path to the data source resource. For Generic XML, the path is to an XML file. Example: http://server:port/path/to/dataSource.xml
Restriction: New feature icon The Default URI property is available only in version 2 templates.