The Router Element : Interface Reporting : Global Interface Report

Global Interface Report

The global interface report lists the signals flowing to or from the selected activity and their source/target activities ; these are considered the producers and consumers of the signals.

It also supports the analysis of activity interfaces based on functionality (usage of data). This interface analysis behavior is controlled by an Activity Interface Browser and Reports preference. When this “Functional’ interface is selected, the Global Interface Reports are based on functionality.

By default the tool displays the basic activity, which is the actual consumer/producer of the input/output signal as source/target. By setting the preference Show source/target in LCA chart to Yes, the user can choose to display the ancestor instance of the basic source/target activity in the Least Common Ancestor chart (of the source/target and the selected activity).

Two global interface reports are available.

The first report, called Global Interface Report (Activities), shows the data sorted by the source and sink activities names. An Activity Interface Browser supplies a graphical view of the Global Interface Report (Activities) to allow browsing and navigation through the charts hierarchy. To launch this browser, select Tools > Activity Interface Browser option. Then, you may select any of these options:

Show in Model for selected charts/elements
Show Interface for a selected activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second report, called Global Interface Report (Elements), shows the data sorted by signal name, as shown in the following figure.

Note: An Activity Interface Browser Reports preference, named View Interface Info Using External Pager, controls the dialog box in which the information is shown. When set to No, the tool shows the reports with the internal Info Viewer, as shown in the figures. When set to Yes, the tool shows the reports using the pager defined in the general preferences (Project > General Preferences).