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Rational Publishing Engine 1.2.1

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Abstract

IBM Rational Publishing Engine 1.2.1 has been made generally available and contains new features as well as fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.

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Table of Contents
Sections Description

The Change history section provides an overview on what is new in this release with a description of any new functions or enhancements when applicable.

This section provides information related to the impact of this release to allow you to assess how your environment may be affected.

This section provides important information to review prior to the installation of this release.

This section provides the direct link to obtain the download package for installation in your environment.

This section provides the installation instructions necessary to apply this release into your environment.

The Known side effects section contains a link to the known problems (open defects) identified at the time of this release.

Supporting Documentation
Document Description

Click to review the detailed system requirements information for a complete list of hardware requirements, supported operating systems, prerequisites and optional supported software, with component-level details and operating system restrictions.

The information center provides you with user assistance for the product. You can view, browse, and search online information related to the product. You can also visit IBM Product information page to browse for additional information centers.

Click to review a complete list of the defects (APARs) resolved in this release including a list of resolved defects for the entire version family.

Prerequisites

Click the link to the prerequisite applications necessary to install below.


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Installation Instructions

Click the links to the installation instructions below:


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How critical is this fix?

Impact Assessment
Impact Description

This is a service release of Rational Publishing Engine 1.2. It contains new features as well as fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.

Test Results

Definitions

Regression: An error in the Maintenance Delivery Vehicle (MDV) that produces incorrect or unexpected behavior causing a supported feature to stop functioning as designed.
This includes:

  • Coding errors that cause a regression
  • Documentation or packaging problems that cause a regression
  • Errors reported in a new function delivered in a MDV that cause a regression

Incomplete: An error in the MDV has not regressed, but does not work as designed.
This includes:

  • Fixed APARs which did not solve the original problem but did not break anything new
  • APARs reporting documentation errors, such as readme errors, that cause problems applying an MDV but do not lead to a regression


Notes:
  • Regression and incomplete APARs are considered fix-in-error or MDV-in-error
  • Definitions above apply only to valid APARs that result in product fixes (APARs returned as working-as-designed are not assessed for being fix-in-error)
  • Issues in major releases due to new functionality do not apply in this definition

There are no known issues to report.

Problems Solved

Click the Fix List link in the table of contents above to review a list of the problems solved in this release.

Known Side Effects

The following client reported defects were not resolved in this release:

There are no known defects to report.

Issue:

When you generate a document where the specification contains more tables than paragraphs or lists, performance might degrade. To improve performance, use the native filter and sort rather than the Rational Publishing Engine filter and sort, and avoid multiple passes over the same data.

  • The document generation process may not be effective if the document specification contains more tables than paragraphs or lists.
  • It is preferred to replace scripted sorts and filters wherever possible by native sorts or filters.
  • Ensure that multiple passes over data are avoided.

Additional known problems are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base. As problems are discovered and resolved, the IBM Support team updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.

Click to launch a customized query of the live Support knowledge base: Known problems for Rational Publishing Engine.

Change History

What's new

For information about the new features and enhancements in Rational Publishing Engine 1.2.1, see What's New in Rational Publishing Engine 1.2.1.

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Product Synonym

Rational Publishing Engine

Problems (APARS) fixed
PM84666;PM87355;PM88351;PM88351;PM88551;PM89410;PM89525;PM89737;PM89813;PM90085;PM90187;PM90341;PM90341;PM90447;PM90634;PM91271;PM91429;PM91505;PM91562;PM94254;PM94259;PM95148;PM96222;PM96656;PM97611;PM97613;PM98063;PM98851

Document Information

Modified date:
20 July 2018

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swg24035528