Setting Up Project to Generate Metrics

About Polyspace Metrics

Polyspace Metrics is a Web-based tool for software development managers, quality assurance engineers, and software developers, which allows you to do the following in software projects:

• Evaluate software quality metrics

• Monitor the variation of code metrics, coding rule violations, and run-time checks through the lifecycle of a project

• View defect numbers, run-time reliability of the software, review progress, and the status of the code with respect to software quality objectives.

For information on using Polyspace Metrics, see Software Quality with Polyspace Metrics.

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Enabling Polyspace Metrics

Before you can use Polyspace Metrics, you must run a Polyspace verification with the -code-metrics option enabled. This option enables a metrics computation engine that evaluates metrics for your code, and stores these metrics in a results repository.

To enable code metrics:

1. In the Configuration pane of the Project Manager perspective, select the All Settings tab.

2. Expand the General node.

3. Select the Add to results repository check box.

4. Select the Calculate code metrics check box.

   

   The software generates Polyspace Metrics for the next verification.

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Specifying Automatic Verification

You can configure verifications to start automatically and periodically, for example, at a specific time every night. At the end of each verification, the software stores results in the repository and updates the project metrics. You can also configure the software to send you an email at the end of the verification.

For more information, see Specifying Automatic Verification.

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Setting up Project to Automatically Test Orange Code (C Only)

Configuring Polyspace Project Using Visual Studio Project Information