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Diagnostics

Question: Can I select which diagnostics to run so I can define a quality standard for my department?

Answer: Yes. CA ERwin DMV allows the user to define (a) which diagnostics to run and (b) the severity level associated with each diagnostic. You must go to Tools, Preferences and in the Diagnostics Tab, click the Select Individual Diagnostics button. You can make the changes for a specific run or you can save them as a profile that can be associated with any model.

Question: Are there any user-defined diagnostics?

Answer: Yes. CA ERwin DMV provides some user-defined diagnostics. You must go to Tools, Preferences and in the Diagnostics Tab, click the Select Individual Diagnostics button. Then go to the Index and Constraint Diagnostics Tab. You may select the user-defined diagnostics you want and set the corresponding thresholds.

Question: Can I hide any diagnostics that I am not interested in?

Answer: Yes. Just right-click on the diagnostic that you want to hide and select Hide This Diagnostic. You cannot hide individual occurrences of the diagnostic, but you may hide the whole diagnostic.

Question: How can I see the diagnostics by severity instead of by category?

Answer: Right-click on the diagnostics tree and select Order by Severity. If you want to change back to diagnostics by category, right-click on the diagnostics tree and select Order by Category.

Question: Can I print the diagnostic reports?

Answer: Yes. You can print not only the diagnostic reports, but you can also print several other reports produced by CA ERwin DMV. Go to Reports and select what you want.