In Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Virtuoso ADE Assembler, it’s not unusual to see a large number of records in the Outputs Setup and Results tabs. At times, the number of records is so high that it is difficult to focus on a relevant set of rows or columns. In such scenarios, you may want to customize these tabs to show selected rows or columns, rearrange them in a specific order, or search for some specific values. The good news is that ADE Explorer and ADE Assembler already provide features to make such customization possible.
Let's explore how you can use these features that help in controlling the display of rows and columns on these tabs.
Use Column Filters to View Filtered Data
Both Outputs Setup and Results tabs contain filters that are displayed on top of each column. In a column filter, you can specify the search keywords for the values to be displayed in that column. All the rows that meet the given search criterion are displayed in the table.
Here’s a list of tasks that you can perform with filters:
- Combine filters to form a search criterion by applying them in multiple columns.
- Customize the search criterion by using the context-sensitive menu commands of a filter. For example, you can make a filter case-sensitive or look for values with the given prefix.
- Apply multiple filters in a single column, as shown below.
- Save the frequently used filters with a specific name in the cellview. The Named Filters toolbar shows all the saved filters.
- Hide filters if you do not want to view the filtered data.
- Specify the number of rows for which the filters should be visible by default by setting the outputSetupFilteringNumOutputThreshold environment variable. Note that this variable can have different values for ADE Explorer and ADE Assembler.
Configure the Columns to be Shown
Show only those columns that you are interested in viewing and hide the rest. You can do this by clicking the Configure what is shown in this table drop-down list available on the toolbar. Just select the columns names you want to show.
Add Custom (User-Defined) Columns
If you have special notes or comments for measurements or their specifications, and you want to save them for quick reference, you can add a user-defined column. You can do this by using the Add column command in the context-sensitive menu of any column name. The user-defined columns are visible in both Outputs Setup and Results panes, and are saved in the cellview.
Do try these time-saving and useful features to enhance your experience!
For more information about using filters, you can view the Filtering Data on the Outputs Setup and Results Panes video on Cadence Online Support.
Click the video link now or visit Cadence Online Support and search for the video under Video Library.
Note: If you don’t have a Cadence Online Support account, you can play this video (mp4) natively in Cadence Help when you are using Virtuoso IC6.1.7/ ICADV12.3 (ISR5 or later). In the Cadence Help Virtuoso Documentation Library, look for the video title under Video Demos.
Related Resources
Virtuoso ADE Explorer User Guide
Virtuoso ADE Assembler User Guide
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