Tests/Expressions/Plotting

Hi,

1) ADE-XL should be smart enough to use noise_ids from test_tr1 in noise_corner from test_tr1. Similarly for test_tr2.  

2) The test names are not displayed in the legend. However, when plotting output e.g noise_corner for both tests, 2 ViVA tabs should open named with the names of the 2 tests - test_tr1 and test_tr2. Is this not helpful?

You can also use the 'Trace Info assistant - select Window -> Assistants -> Trace Info in ViVA menu. The Test name is displayed under the Properties section.

Regards,

Dimitra

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. On 1) I agree, it seems ADE-XL is smart and picks the right expression name from the correct test.

On 2) what you wrote does not work. When I plot (using for example RMB and selecting an expression name), I only see it plotted for that test name. But I don't see it plotted for all tests. I tried RMB and selected Plot across Design Points but still it plots it only across corners or temperatures but for the same test name.

You suggestion on clicking through Trace Info Assistant is not very useful because I don't even see the expression plotted across different tests to begin with. I even tried to switch view to Detail - Transpose hoping to be able to select one column corresponding to the same expression across many tests but that didn't work either: same expression for different tests appear in different columns (so test names relate to columns not rows).

Br, fortne100worse

ADE-XL sees noise_corner (test_tr1) and noise_corner (test_tr2) as 2 different outputs even though the expressions are the same so it cannot plot the result across all tests - it plots it for the test of the selected output.

You can select both noise_corner (test_tr1) and noise_corner (test_tr2) (using Ctrl) in results tab and then RMB->Plot All or Plot. You should get 2 tabs in ViVA, each one named by each test name. Having that, you can also open Trace Info assistant - the test name of trace is displayed there.

Regards,

Dimitra

OK, I can now plot data for all tests. I sorted in Detail view on the expression name hence I can select and plot many of them. For each test I get one tab in a Viva window as you suggested. The Trace Info Assistant does not open up in the Assembler/Maestro/Explorer when the Viva window is docked. One needs to launch the Viva window independently and then the Trace Info Assistant can be opened.

While I can plot the data for many tests this way, the fact they appear on different tabs is cumbersome. I wonder now if one can plot them all in one tab (or Viva window) and see the test names as a column on the left side of the Viva window??

Regards,

fortune100worse

I thought you are using ADE-XL - this is what you mentioned in the beginning. Anyway, yes, I see the assistants are not available in the docked ViVA window in ADE Explorer/Assembler. The docked ViVA Graph window comes with most of ViVA funcitonality but there are features like assistants that have not been implemented. I guess the main reason is that there are already many things - ADE setup, results ,docked ViVA - all trying to fit in the ADE window. Adding the assistants, the size of the graphs would have to reduce more.  Thus it's much better to use the ViVA assistants when working in a separate ViVA window.

To answer your last question, there is not a direct way to plot results from different tests and have them all in one tab. What you could do is after plotting them in different  tabs you could copy one of them and paste it along with the other one. But you cannot get test name as column. You can contact the support team and ask them to file an enhancement request.

Regards,

Dimitra

Thanks anyway. I was using ADE-XL but since I needed Test Names to appear in Transpose view and that is apparently only possible with Assembler/Explorer, I had to switch.

As with copying traces from different tabs into one to have all in one Viva Window, yes I can do that but it becomes difficult and unmanageable when I have many traces form many tests.

At any case, thanks for your support and advises.

Kind regards,

fortune100worse