Automate DIAdem Reports With SystemLink TDM Modules

Save engineering time and deliver results faster by automating DIAdem reports with SystemLink™ TDM Modules.

This document explains how to set up the SystemLink TDM DataFinder and the SystemLink TDM Analysis Server to automate DIAdem reports, so that all your acquired data gets reported and your engineers are freed from repetitive and tedious manual reporting activities. This keeps your organization’s stakeholders up to date on the testing process and allows your engineers to focus on improving your products.

1. In SystemLink, create a DataFinder Instance.
   • This will point SystemLink to the location of the data files that will be used as input data for the reports. These data files will be also indexed.
2. If you are using a custom file format and a DataPlugin is necessary to interpret the data, follow these additional steps:
   1. Click in the gear next to the newly created DataFinder Instance and click Manage, or simply double click the instance.
   2. Select the DataPlugins tab.
   3. Enable any preinstalled DataPlugin necessary to read the input files.
   4. Then, move to the Index tab and select Reset Index >> Entire index to re-index all the files contained in the Search Areas using the DataPlugins you just enabled.
3. Create an Analysis Automation Procedure (ANP) in DIAdem, which you will upload to SystemLink. The ANP must be configured to look at a DataFinder Instance to query for data to analyze.
   • An ANP allows you to perform recurring analyses on data files and export the result as a report file (most commonly *.PDF).
   • Note: Remember to add the report layout (*.TDR) to the ANP and reference it in your script. This can be done by using the CurrentScriptPath DIAdem variable concatenated with the file name of the report layout file. Refer to the Report Data section of the Interactively Visualize, Analyze, and Report Data with DIAdem article for an overview on how to create reports in DIAdem.
4. Upload the ANP to SystemLink.
5. Add tasks for the ANP in SystemLink to define whether the report will be generated manually (by pressing a single button), on a scheduled basis, or every time new data files are indexed in a Search Area of the DataFinder Instance.

After completing the above steps you will have automated the process of generating reports. The periodicity of the generation will depend on the type of task created in the step 5.