Template Management Pane

1. On the MagicDraw main menu, click Tools > Report Wizard. The Report Wizard dialog will open.

2. Click . The New Template dialog will open.

   

   Creating a new template in the New Template dialog.

    

3. Enter the template name and description.
4. Click to select the location of the new template.
5. Select the template file location and click .
6. Click . The template file will be created in the Select Template pane.
    

The template file is created in the Select Template pane.

1. In the Report Wizard dialog, select a template and click . The Edit Template dialog will appear.

    

   

   Editing a template in the Edit Template dialog.

    

2. Edit the template name, description, category, and locate the template file’s location.
3. Click .

1. In the Report Wizard dialog, select a template and click . The Confirm delete dialog will appear.
2. Click to delete the selected template from the template list, or click  to cancel the operation.

The Confirm delete dialog

1. In the Report Wizard dialog, select a template and click . The Clone Template dialog will appear.

   

   Cloning a template in the Clone Template dialog

2. Enter the name and description. The name of the cloned template should begin with Copy of (name of template).

3. Click  to clone the template.

1. Select a template in the Report Wizard dialog.
2. Click  to make a copy of the selected template and add it to the project’s files, so anyone with access to the project can generate a report.

The steps to attach a template to a project file.

The new template will be created and displayed in the Report Wizard dialog and the Containment tree.

Result of attaching a template in the Report Wizard dialog.

Result of attaching a template in the Containment tree.

You can right-click the attached template in the Containment tree, and select Generate Report{attached template name} to open the Report Wizard dialog.

Opening the Report Wizard dialog via attached template in the Containment tree.

The Report Wizard template selection dialog

1. Select an attached template in the Report Wizard dialog.
2. Click  to extract the attached template to the local report template folder.
3. If the template already exists in the local report template folder, a confirmation dialog will be displayed.
   

   

   The confirmation dialog when you extract a template.

   
   
   
4. Click  to extract the template. The attached template will be extracted to a local template.

A local template in the Report wizard's template selection pane.

1. In the Report Wizard dialog, click . The Select Location dialog will appear.

   

   Selecting the location to import a template.

    

2. Select a Report Wizard template with the filename extension *.mrzip and click . The following Message dialog will open.

   
   

   The Message dialog of a successful import.

1. In the Report Wizard dialog, select a template and click . The Select Location dialog will open.

   

   Selecting a location to export the template.

    

2. Select a directory or folder location in which you want to export the template.

3. Type the filename and click . The Message dialog will open.

4. Click .
   
   
   The Message dialog of successful export.

• In the Report Wizard dialog, select a template and click . The template file will open in the default editor.

1. Select a template in the Report Wizard dialog and click . The Template Variable dialog will open.

2. Click . The New Variable dialog will appear.

   

   Creating a new variable in the New Variable dialog.

    

3. Enter the variable name (no space between characters) and description.

4. Select an owner for this new variable from the Owner drop-down list (optional).

5. Click . You will see the newly-created variable’s name and value in the Variable pane.

6. In the Template Variables dialog, click .

You can modify a variable value in either the Template Variable dialog or Variable value dialog.

How to modify a value in the Template Variable dialog

1. Select a template in the Report Wizard dialog, and click Variable to open the Template Variable dialog.

2. Double-click the Variable value column and modify the value in the column.

   

   Editing a variable value in the Template Variable dialog.

1. Double-click the Variable value column in the Variable pane in the Template Variable dialog, and click the  button. The Variable value dialog will open.

   

   Editing a variable value in the Variable value dialog.

   
   

2. To modify the variable value, you can enter the value of a report variable either in plain text or HTML by selecting the HTML check box in the Variable Value dialog.

   
   

   Entering a report variable value in HTML.

    

3. Click . 
4. When you finish modifying variables and their values in the Template Variable dialog, click either  to confirm the changes or  to discard them.

1. Select a variable in the Template Variable dialog and click . The Question dialog will appear prompting you to confirm before deleting the selected variable.

2. Click  to delete the selected variable.

   

   Deleting a variable

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