TestStand Deployment Utility Log Viewer

[Al.B]

Note: In TestStand 2014, the deployment utility includes a tree log view.  This tool is intended for deployment logs created in TestStand 2013 and previous.

Overview

The TestStand Deployment Utility Log Viewer allows you to view the results of a TestStand deployment in an organized tree view. The viewer provides the following features:

• Displays all paths mentioned in each error and warning
• Checks whether the file paths are valid files on disk, and whether LabVIEW VIs contain any errors
• Optionally filters out VIs that ship in the default LabVIEW libraries (vi.lib, instr.lib, and user.lib)
• Allows you to quickly open LabVIEW VIs, and browse to the location of any file path

The viewer can be used with LabVIEW 2009 and later.

Getting Started

To use the TestStand Deployment Utility Log Viewer, follow these steps:

1. extract all files inthe attached zip archive
2. Open "Deployment Utility Log Viewer.vi" in the version of LabVIEW you used to build your deployment. The viewer is intended to be run on the machine you are using to build the deployment, so the file information provided is accurate.
3. The Viewer prompts you to import a log file.  You can open the file from disk, or paste the log contents directly.
4. Click OK to begin processing the log.

Viewer Settings

You can configure the viewer using the following options:

Display Options

• Show Only Missing and Broken Files - When selected, the tree only displays file paths which are either not found on disk, or are detected to be broken VIs
• Check for Broken VIs - When enabled, the viewer opens each VI listed in the log and checks if the VI is broken.  the Broken VI and Error Loading File icons indicate the state of each VI.  Note: this process can take a long time if you are loading many VIs, or VIs with a large number of dependencies.
• Reload Selected VIs - select one or more VIs in the log tree, then click this button to reload the selected VIs.  THis is useful if you have changed the VIs since enabling the Check for Broken VIs option

Excluded Directories

• Exclude vi.lib/user.lib/instr.lib - when selected, the viewer does not display VIs in these locations.  The viewer determines the location of these directories using the Base LabVIEW Directory.
• Base LabVIEW Directory - Use this field to specify the LabVIEW directory of the version that was active when the deployment log file was created. It is recommended that you execute the viewer in the LabVIEW version that was active when the deployment log file was created.

[~jiggawax~]

Al,

Where is this in TS 2014?  Is it just built into the TSDU?  Is that what we are seeing already?

Thanks,

[Al.B]

This tool is intended for viewing logs in TestStand 2013 and earlier, before the log improvements feature was implemented in TestStand Deployment Utility.  It isn't the same as the log view in TestStand 2014, but it is similar in that it displays the messages in a tree view.