Different req. profiles for different sections

[Dina O’Donnell]

Hi we are trying to create a report with two requirement tables but printed with two different profiles. The challenge we are facing is that there are multiple sections in the report and we want eaDocX to print the functional requirement table twice but with different table columns for each of the times. Is there a way to do this for different sections in the same report but the same requirement type?

Thank you!

[eadocX Support]

…and you can!
…but it takes a little more thinking.

The first requirement of eaDocX is to keep things simple. That’s why there is one Profile for each type, and that applies throughout the document. We have found that this satisfies the majority of requirements.

In the exceptional cases where it doesn’t, there is the option of Element Reports.
This is a report, which prints a list of elements in its own Section (according to various criteria) and which can have its own Profile. So an Element Report can print in tables or inline, have different data printed, and use different conditional formatting or table styles.

So it can be different.

On a style note, I don’t doubt that your requirement is real, but pity the poor reader, who sees, say, Requirements presented in one way in one part of the document, then in another way elsewhere. So I suggest using this feature with care. Maybe choose to use similar colors in the two places, to ‘nudge’ the reader that these are just variations of the same thing.
Just a thought….

[Dina O’Donnell]

This is very helpful – we will give the Element Reports function a try. Thank you very much!

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