Viewing Metric Results
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You can view the obtained Metrics results in the Metrics pane. To open the Metrics pane, see the Metrics Pane topic.
In the Metrics pane, you can sort and filter Metrics results and navigate to the source code.
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To sort Metrics results by the column
- In the Metrics Results table in the Metrics pane, select the tabbed page showing the Metrics results that interest you.
- In the selected page, click the column to select it.
- Click the column header to change the sorting order by this column.
To filter Metrics results
- Rows in the Metrics Results table display the elements (namespaces, classes) that were analyzed. You can filter the displayed Metrics results to improve the meaningfulness of the results report. You can use the following toolbar buttons to show and hide rows of different types of elements:
Show Namespaces—Shows Metrics results for namespaces.
Show Classes—Shows Metrics results for classes.
Show Methods—Shows Metrics results for methods.
Show Children—Shows Metrics results for descendant classes.
To update Metrics results
- To update or refresh the Metrics Results table, use the following Tool Palette buttons:
Refresh—Recalculates the results that are currently displayed.
Restart—Opens the QA Metric dialog box to define the new metrics settings and to start a new Metrics analysis.
- Rows in the Metrics Results table display the elements (namespaces, classes) that were analyzed. Select the row that is of interest to you.
- Right-click and choose Open on the context menu to navigate directly to the selected element in the source code.
To view the metric description
- Columns in the Metrics Results table display the values of the estimated metrics. Select the column that corresponds to the metric of interest to you.
- Right-click and choose Show Description on the context menu.