AN 1006: Multi-Project Analysis with Exploration Dashboard

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Answers to Top FAQs 1. About This Application Note 2. Exploration Dashboard Multi-Project Analysis Tutorial Steps 3. Additional Exploration Dashboard Workflows 4. Analyzing Exploration Dashboard Reports 5. Document Revision History of AN 1006: Multi-Project Analysis with Exploration Dashboard
1. About This Application Note x
1.1. Tutorial Prerequisites 1.2. Example Design Setup
2. Exploration Dashboard Multi-Project Analysis Tutorial Steps x
2.1. Step 1: Create an Exploration Dashboard Workspace 2.2. Step 2: Add Projects to Exploration Dashboard 2.3. Step 3: Launch Connections and Compile the Projects 2.4. Step 4: Analyze Timing Summary Reports 2.5. Step 5: Analyze the Results of Report Timing 2.6. Step 6: Disconnecting Interactive Connections
3. Additional Exploration Dashboard Workflows x
3.1. Using Exploration Dashboard in Offline Mode 3.2. Using Exploration Dashboard in Batch Mode
3.1. Using Exploration Dashboard in Offline Mode x
3.1.1. Step 1: Enable Creation of Compilation Databases for Exploration Dashboard 3.1.2. Step 2: Create an Exploration Dashboard Workspace in Local Mode 3.1.3. Step 3: Import Generated Compilation Databases 3.1.4. Step 4: Analyzing Databases in Offline Mode
3.2. Using Exploration Dashboard in Batch Mode x
3.2.1. Step 1: Create an Exploration Dashboard Workspace in Local Mode 3.2.2. Step 2: Configure Maximum Connections 3.2.3. Step 3: Generate Default Analysis Reports in Batch Mode
4. Analyzing Exploration Dashboard Reports x
4.1. Report Design Closure Summary 4.2. Report Timing Summary 4.3. Report Fmax Summary 4.4. Report Timing 4.5. Report Retiming Recommendations 4.6. Report Register Spread 4.7. Report Hierarchy Placement 4.8. Report Asynchronous CDC 4.9. Report Design Assistant (Sign-off)
Answers to Top FAQs
1. About This Application Note
2. Exploration Dashboard Multi-Project Analysis Tutorial Steps
3. Additional Exploration Dashboard Workflows
4. Analyzing Exploration Dashboard Reports
5. Document Revision History of AN 1006: Multi-Project Analysis with Exploration Dashboard

2.2. Step 2: Add Projects to Exploration Dashboard

There are multiple methods of adding Quartus® Prime projects to the Exploration Dashboard for analysis, including adding projects from specific directories, and adding projects from Quartus® Prime project archive files (.qar).

Follow these steps to create a project group for this example:

  1. From the Tasks list, double-click Add Projects under Workspace Management.
    Figure 9. Add Projects Task


  2. In the Add projects to the workspace dialog box, select Add projects under a directory option. Other import methods are available.
    Figure 10. Add Projects to the Workspace


  3. In the Add Projects Under Directory dialog box, click the (...) button to specify the Quartus Prime project directory in the Path to directory field. (When adding under a directory, you want to pick the lowest parent directory that contains all the projects you want to find, not the directory that contains any individual project.)
  4. To create a new group ID for easy interaction with all the projects, and to dispatch all the work to each project to run in parallel, double-click the <<New group>> text in the ID column. Then, type All_Seeds to create the group. Finally, select the newly created All_Seeds group by checking the respective checkbox.
    Figure 11. Add Projects Under Directory


    Figure 12. All_Seeds Group


  5. In the Confirm Projects to Add from Directory dialog box, turn on the check boxes for the seed_1, seed_2, and seed_3 projects to add them to the recently created All_Seeds group. You can modify the predefined project ID of each project by double-clicking in the respective project ID and typing a new ID.
  6. Click OK to confirm the additions to your Exploration Dashboard workspace.
    Figure 13. Confirm Addition of Projects to Group


  7. In the Object Status panel, view the members of the All_Seeds group.
    Figure 14. Three Projects Combined Into Single All_Seeds Group


    Note: To define a new project group at any time, you can double-click Group Imported Projects on the Tasks list, then provide a new Group ID and specify the projects to include in the new group in the Create Project Group dialog box.
    Figure 15. Group Imported Projects


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