2.8.2. Use Validation Tools to Verify the PRT Configuration

About this task

You can use either or both of the available validation tools to make sure that your PRT Configuration is free of errors.

  • Tracker PRTV Utility
  • CIMPLICITY Status Log

Tracker PRTV Utility

Now you can validate your PRT configuration.

Procedure

  1. Do the following.
    A Make sure that CIMPTRACK is running.
    B
    1. Click the Dynamic Configuration button.
    A Logon dialog box will open.
    1. Enter ADMINISTRATOR; Click OK.
    C Select Tools>Command Prompt on the Workbench menu bar.

    The Command window opens in the CIMPTRACK directory.

  2. Click the Dynamic Configuration button.
    A Logon dialog box will open.
  3. Enter ADMINISTRATOR; Click OK.
  4. Do the following.
    Action Entry Description
    A Type prtv trkerror.txt
    • prtv runs the PRT Validation utility, which writes any errors to a file named trkerror.txt.
    • You can enter any name for the error text file.
    B Press Enter.
    • The PRTV Configuration Utility checks each of the PRT files and alerts you if the Tracker configuration has errors as follows.
    Configuration verification report generated in file trkerror.txt. CIMPTRACK has errors!
    C Type notepad trkerror.txt. Notepad, a text editor, will open trkerror.txt

    Result: The result depends on whether or not the PRTV Validation tool found errors.

    Errors were found A trkerror.txt file opens in Notepad listing the errors.
    No errors were found
    • A line in the Command Prompt window will report that
    No errors were detected in Production Tracking configuration.
    • trkerror.txt is located in the project root and can be opened at any time.
  5. Exit the Command window.

    CIMPLICITY Status Log

    The CIMPLICITY Status Log errors include any errors reported when you used the PRTV utility.

  6. Click the Status Log button on the CIMPLICITY Workbench to open the Status Log.
  7. Double-click an error line if there are errors.

Results

A Detail dialog box will display the information in an easy-to-read format.