Data List and Statistics Views

The Data List and Statistics views are designed for simple runtime debugging of component ports.

  1. To open the Data List view, right-click a port of a started component. Port Context Menu

  2. From the context menu, select Data List.

    The Data List view is opened: Data List View

  3. Select the preferred capture type:

    • Number of Samples: Select a sample size
    • Indefinitely: Collect until the user stops the process.
  4. Select the Number of Dimensions of the sample data:

    • Real
    • Complex
    • any positive integer number of dimensions
  5. Click Start Acquire.

    After all desired samples have been acquired and displayed in the Data List table, two additional options are displayed:

    • Save
    • Chart
  6. To open a wizard and write the data to a Midas BLUE file or a binary file, click Save.

  7. To open the Statistics view, which features a histogram and basic statistics of the sample data, click Chart: Statistics View

  8. There are two ways to change the dimensions displayed in the Statistics view:

    • In the Data List view, click the column headers.
    • In the Statistics view, from the View menu, select Settings. This opens the Chart Options dialog. In the Chart Options dialog, change the categories displayed in the chart: Statistics View Chart Options Dialog

      The chart and basic statistics refresh with each new collection of data in the Data List view.