Logbook


The Logbook is a Diagnostic Profiler utility that provides you with the capability to record notes related to specific projects and candidates. This utility is useful for maintaining a log of activities associated with use of the Diagnostic Profiler.

To access the Logbook:
 
1. Logbooks are tied to projects and candidates. You should first load the specific project and candidate that you wish to make notes for.

2. Click on the Logbook pushbutton at the lower portion of the Diagnostic Profiler screen. The Logbook will appear.
 
Reports


Reports can be generated on many aspects of the overall process. The reports menu is accessible from the main Diagnostic Profiler screen, by pressing on the Reports pushbutton, and also from individual tools, from the Menu Bar.
Report topic areas generally follow the process of the Diagnostic Profiler, and include: Logbook Reports, Import Design Reports, Specify Tests and Repairs Reports, Testability Analysis Reports, Generate Run-Time Reports and Diagnostics V&V Reports.

To access a report, select the desired report topic by pressing on the appropriate tabs. Available reports are listed in the list box by the title of the report. Highlight the desired report title, and press the View pushbutton at the left side of the reports menu. After a few moments, the reports display box will appear. From this display box, you can:

- scroll through the report to view contents
- search forward and backward for text strings
- change font type, bold, italics and underline selected text
- save the report in either Rich Text Format (RTF) or ASCII format.
- print the report

Some reports are dynamically configurable so that you can specify what pieces of information you would like displayed in that report.  This not only gives you more control over your reports, but also allows you to create summary or highly detailed reports.  If a report is configurable, the "Options ..." button will be enabled.  Highlight the desired report title and press the "Options ..." button.  A pop-up window will display all the information options for the selected report.  Check the information options on and off by clicking on the them.  Then click the "Done" button to save the report information options.  Once you have set the information options of a report, they will remain set until you change them again by clicking the "Options ..." button.  It is a good practice to check the report information options each time before viewing a report to ensure the appropriate information is displayed.

For more information on Testability Analysis reports see Generating Testability Analysis Reports.

Quick Start


Two forms of a "Quick Start" is available to familiarize you with the user interface and basic operations of the Diagnostic Profiler.

The first version is an automated screen show that steps through the user interface, each tools use and functions. The screen show is available from the "Quick Start" button on the main Profiler screen.
 
The second is a walk-through in which you are stepped through actual use of the tools, and you use almost every tool to develop and exercise a run-time diagnostic knowledge base. This Quick Start session takes about forty-five minutes and will introduce you to the Import Design, Test Specification, Testability Analysis and Run-Time Linkages functions of the Diagnostic Profiler. Finally, the run-time DKB generated will be simulated in a run-time environment.
 
For the most comprehensive start-up for a new user, we recommend that you view the Quick Start screen show, and then follow through the sample operations provided.

Help


The Diagnostic Profiler has an extensive on-line help system. The help system uses the standard conventions for Windows 95 / Windows NT help systems and user interface. To get context sensitive help, click on the Help pushbutton from the current screen you are working in. Additionally an index of help is available to help you search for help topics.