Report Generation
CATIA Magic Training Courses
Course Overview
Pre-requisite
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Programming/Coding background REQUIRED. This course will not teach anyone how to be a programmer. 
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Prerequisite courses on UML, SysML, or UPDM/UAF used our tool prior to this class. 
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Comfortable with CATIA Magic, Cameo/MagicDraw and basic features. 
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This course will teach fundamental concepts of report generation (Report Wizard). 
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Covers Velocity Template Language (VTL), select extensions, and general concepts required to understand report generation. 
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Includes a hands-on practical exercise after each module, followed by a course final Lab. 
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This course is intended for students with strong programming background that are already knowledgeable about the tool and the domain that is modeled (UML, SysML, or UPDM / UAF, etc.). 
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
Day 1
Module 01 - Introduction to Report Generation (the Report Wizard)
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What is a report 
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Velocity Templates and Report Wizard 
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Presentation of the UI and overview of the kinds of example reports that come with the tool. 
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Demo using the report wizard windows to export an existing demo report. 
Module 02 – Introduction to Velocity Template Language (VTL)
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Understand the Velocity Template Language 
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Basic concepts of Templating 
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Basic Constructs 
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Comments 
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References 
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Directives 
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Generating Warnings and exceptions 
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Accessing the Model 
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Best Practices 
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Lab 
Module 03 – MagicDraw’s Implementation of VTL
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Extensions to VTL 
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Helper Tools 
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Dissecting MagicDraw Specification 
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Logging to the console 
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Lab 
Module 04 – Reporting and Metamodels
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Metamodel basics 
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Examples of MOF and UML Specifications 
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Beyond the Metamodel 
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Stereotypes 
Day 2
Module 05 - Macros Development
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Why use macros 
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How to Use Macros 
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Recursion 
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Labs 
Module 06 – Working with Tables
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Tabular Export Background 
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Accessing all Elements contained on a diagram 
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Dynamic Row Creation 
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Dynamic Column Creation 
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Issues with tables 
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Labs 
Module 07 – Excel and Power Point
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How to export data into Excel 
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How to export data into PowerPoint 
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#forpage directive 
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2 labs 
Module 08 – Built-in Templates
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Model Difference Report 
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Oracle DDL, Code Engineerin 
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Other Templates 
Module 09 – Report Diagram
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Overview of Report diagrams 
Day 3
Module 10 - Report Patterns
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About Patterns 
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Pattern: Filter-based Section 
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Pattern: Tables to Select Report Content 
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Pattern: ReoportWizard Selected Elements 
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Pattern: Smart Package for Report Content Data 
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Pattern: Report Model 
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Pattern: Use Tables to Drive Reports 
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Pattern: Preprocess complex data 
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Pattern: Reading Writing JSON 
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Anti-pattern: Monolithic Template 
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Anti-pattern: Too Many Macros 
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Anti-pattern: Hard-coded references 
Module 11 – Template Development Process
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Documentation Useful for Template Development 
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Template Development Process 
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Reviewing the Target Template 
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What is in the Model? 
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What is the Model’s Metadata? 
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Using VTL and model API to write the data 
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Cameo Collaborator Custom Templates 
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Template Development Best Practices 
Module 12 - Intro to Collaborator
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Overview of Collaborator (note this is only an intro and not a tutorial 
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