Keyword File Interdependencies and Status |
 
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Keyword File Interdependencies and Status |
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The primary advantage of the project structure approach is that it displays the hierarchy within the entire project, so that the keyword file interdependencies are readily evident at a glance. In the sample project environment shown in the Sample Project Environment, the far offset file is currently selected (shown highlighted in blue), and the lower portion of the File View shows a list of the dynamic regular wave analyses which restart from it.
Another powerful feature of the project structure is that it provides you with an indication of the status of all the analyses in the project, which is does via the icons (such as 
) which are attached to the file names. This allows you to see at a glance which ones have completed successfully, and which (if any) require further attention. There are numerous icons or symbols used for this purpose, and their significance is discussed in more detail in File View. For information though, the significance of the symbols in the Sample Project Environment is as follows:
•The initial static analysis has completed successfully ()
•The far offset analysis completed successfully, but the keyword file for the initial static preceding it has since been modified, so the results are now obsolete and potentially misleading (
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•The far 8s regular wave analysis failed to complete successfully (
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•The remaining analyses have not yet been run (
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The designation of files as obsolete is particularly helpful in terms of project Quality Assurance.