Dynamic Documents a handy feature

Since one of the latest versions of EA, it's been possible to define dynamic documents. This is a window where you can specify which document to display (based on an RTF template). This allows users to view the relevant content of a specific entity type or stereotype in an attractive format.

However, for developers, it offers the ability to define different reports for the user, thus displaying only relevant data in a report depending on the entity type. This can be an attractive display for users, especially if you use EA Lite as a reader. An additional advantage is that you can introduce a brand identity to the generated documents as well as to the screens.

The examples below are from the IDEA repository and show two different views based on the entity type.

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Defining these dynamic documents is done using a script with a relatively simple setup. For each relevant type/stereotype, you can link a template to a type and/or stereotype using the following structure:

type:stereotype:template name. There's also a default option. See the example screen below.

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Please see if this has added value in your context. If you would like support with the setup, please feel free to contact me.