This page provides the detailed information on all the processes and steps that take place after an analysis of Flex application is launched. It will give details about the information that is written in the logs that are generated for Analysis.

For 8.0.x : CAST Management Studio - Help > Configuration > Preferences > CAST General

For official documentation 8.0.x : CMS - Run analysis only

In this page, the different logs lines corresponding to the Run Universal Analyzer are listed with functional and technical explanation of the logs that it generates.

If you want to know more about Run Analyzer task related to other technologies, please:

CAST-MS.log

Section of CAST-MS Management Studio log file dealing with FLEX analyzer. Get the location at CAST Logs location.

This section provides the information about the type of analyzer being used based on the technology which is being analyzed in the application. It provides the details about the command line for running universal analyzer, connection profile and also provides the path of the Analysis Log for more details about the analysis of a single Analysis Unit.

INF: 2016-07-08 09:11:35:  starting Task Run Universal Analyzer "Flex_FLEX_13720"

Specifying the option -RUN_AU ,the following command line launch analysis unit by retrieving the ID of the Analysis Unit inside the JobSettings.xml. "scott_13706-20160815005807.castlog" present the log file of the command line (see option -LOG), this command line can be run from CMD after delivering the application. 

INF: 2016-07-08 09:11:35:  C:\Program Files\CAST\8.0/anarun.exe -CONNECT_PROFILE('localhost:2280 on CastStorageService.cb801_logs_ua_asd_local') -RUN_AU(1151,1153,'C:\logs\LTSAandLISA\LISA\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc\Scr13720\JobSettings.xml') -MANAGED(1151) -SESSION_ID(1153) -LOG('C:\logs\analysis\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc\Flex_FLEX_13720-20160708091135.castlog',TRUNCATE) -LARGESTORAGE('C:\logs\LTSAandLISA','C:\logs\LTSAandLISA','f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720') -LOGIN(,CASTCORP\ASD,) -APP(-NOGUI) -FINAL_UPDATE -NOPROGRESS -EXIT
INF: 2016-07-08 09:11:53:  About to run JOB_UNIVERSAL_ANALYZER job 'Flex_FLEX_13720'.
INF: 2016-07-08 09:12:24:   Execution date=2016/07/08 07:12
INF: 2016-07-08 09:12:24:   Execution duration=0 days, 00 hours, 00 mins, 31 secs
INF: 2016-07-08 09:12:24:   Execution result=success
INF: 2016-07-08 09:12:26:  Loading ini file: C:\Users\ASD\AppData\Local\Temp\CAST\CAST\8.0\AMRunResult1153.INI
INF: 2016-07-08 09:12:26:  Loading ini file: C:\Users\ASD\AppData\Local\Temp\CAST\CAST\8.0\AMRunResult1153.INI
INF: 2016-07-08 09:12:26:  Task message: No Task message
INF: 2016-07-08 09:12:26:  Log file: C:\logs\analysis\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc\Flex_FLEX_13720-20160708091135.castlog
INF: 2016-07-08 09:12:26:  ending Task Run Universal Analyzer "Flex_FLEX_13720"

My Package_Flex_[AUID]-[DateTime].castlog

This section provides information on the environment in which analysis is about to run,the location of LISA ,LTSA,LSA folder and the local/knowledge base being used for analysis.

Timestamp Level Topic Body Who Error Number Runtime File Line Module Source Line Source Column Runtime Context Source
2016-07-08 09:11:45.203 Information INTERNAL ; Body 64-bit environment 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:45.203 Information INTERNAL ; Body LISA folder: C:\logs\LTSAandLISA 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:45.203 Information INTERNAL ; Body LTSA folder: C:\logs\LTSAandLISA 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:45.203 Information INTERNAL ; Body LSA relative folder: f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:46.344 Information INTERNAL ; Body Using Knowledge Base on schema cb801_logs_ua_asd_local. 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:47.063 Information INTERNAL ; Body Registering extension com.castsoftware.egl 1.0.2. 0 ; 0 0 0 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:47.156 Information INTERNAL ; Body Registering extension com.castsoftware.flex 1.0.2. 0 ; 0 0 0 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:47.156 Information INTERNAL ; Body Registering extension com.castsoftware.fortran 1.0.1. 0 ; 0 0 0 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:47.156 Information INTERNAL ; Body Registering extension <all users dir> 8.0.0. 0 ; 0 0 0 0 0

This section provides information that environment information has been taken into account , metamodel is loaded and analysis is about to start.

2016-07-08 09:11:50.751 Information MODULMSG ; Body Loading meta model from repository . . . 0 ; 0 0 0 AMT 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.627 Information MODULMSG ; Body Meta model loaded. 0 ; 0 0 0 AMT 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.627 Information INTERNAL ; Body RunAnalysis started 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0

This section shows all the configuration messages. All the options configured in CAST- MS like the extensions included in analysis,column of indicator area,tabular length,any custom environment profiles ,source file path,include file path, etc that are required to run a perfect analysis are shown in the log message during the beginning.

2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Analysis Unit description : 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Name : Flex_FLEX 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Universal language 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Extensions used in jobSettings : *.as;*.mxml 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Name : FLEX 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Description : FLEX 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Sources 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body File Path : C:\CASTMS\Deploy_ua\Flex\Flex 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Permission : Include 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Universal language 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Extensions used in jobSettings : *.as;*.mxml 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Name : FLEX 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Description : FLEX 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Extensions used in jobSettings : *.for;*.FOR;*.inc;*.INC;*.pfo;*.PFO;*.f;*.F;*.f03;*.F03;*.f90;*.F90;*.f77;*F77;*.h 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Name : Fortran 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Description : Fortran 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Extensions used in jobSettings : *.egl;*.egldd;*.eglbld;*.project 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Name : EGL 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Description : EGL 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body Number of Instances : 200000 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Body SESSION CONTEXT details:
1151 ; 1153 = "Flex"."Flex_FLEX_13720" 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 1 ; Job execution 0 ; 0 0 0 anarun 0 0

This section shows that the analysis step has started.

2016-07-08 09:11:53.987 Information INTERNAL ; Job execution About to run JOB_UNIVERSAL_ANALYZER job 'Flex_FLEX_13720'. 0 ; 0 0 0 Common 0 0
2016-07-08 09:11:55.065 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution Total physical memory: 2047 MB. 0 ; 0 0 0 AMT 0 0

This section shows the number of external link components loaded (the client server components being loaded) and validation results and the files that are being analyzed.

2016-07-08 09:11:57.222 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution External link component has loaded 0 objects 0 ; 0 0 0 anarun 0 0

This section shows the files that are being processed during the analysis.

 2016-07-08 09:12:06.600 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution File processed : 'C:\logs\LTSAandLISA\LISA\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720\Flex_FLEX_13720\2356329538_FLEX\asdir\CustomPreloader.as' 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0 C:\logs\LTSAandLISA\LISA\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720\Flex_FLEX_13720\2356329538_FLEX\asdir\CustomPreloader.as
2016-07-08 09:12:06.600 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution External link component has loaded 0 objects 0 ; 0 0 0 anarun 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:06.600 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution External link component has loaded 0 objects 0 ; 0 0 0 anarun 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:06.600 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution External link component has loaded 0 objects 0 ; 0 0 0 anarun 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:06.600 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution External link component has loaded 0 objects 0 ; 0 0 0 anarun 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:06.600 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution External link component has loaded 0 objects 0 ; 0 0 0 anarun 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:06.600 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution Starting processing of file 'C:\logs\LTSAandLISA\LISA\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720\Flex_FLEX_13720\2356329538_FLEX\Home.mxml' 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0 C:\logs\LTSAandLISA\LISA\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720\Flex_FLEX_13720\2356329538_FLEX\Home.mxml
2016-07-08 09:12:06.600 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution File processed : 'C:\logs\LTSAandLISA\LISA\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720\Flex_FLEX_13720\2356329538_FLEX\Home.mxml' 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0 C:\logs\LTSAandLISA\LISA\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720\Flex_FLEX_13720\2356329538_FLEX\Home.mxml
2016-07-08 09:12:06.600 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution Starting processing of file 'C:\logs\LTSAandLISA\LISA\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720\Flex_FLEX_13720\2356329538_FLEX\Home.as' 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0 C:\logs\LTSAandLISA\LISA\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720\Flex_FLEX_13720\2356329538_FLEX\Home.as
2016-07-08 09:12:06.959 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution File processed : 'C:\logs\LTSAandLISA\LISA\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720\Flex_FLEX_13720\2356329538_FLEX\Home.as' 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0 C:\logs\LTSAandLISA\LISA\f1854fa63277461e9fe87bc0be089fcc/Scr13720\Flex_FLEX_13720\2356329538_FLEX\Home.as

The Flex configuration included in the extension uses external plugins. During the analysis, he plugin throw errors the warning "UA Plugin : No property (......) found in meta model for Flex..." . No action required for the remediation. The analyzer is telling you that not all the properties are considered to be injected into the Analysis Service.

 2016-07-08 09:12:14.321 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.style.CopyrightMissing) found in meta model for sourceFile 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:14.321 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.performance.AvoidUsingMathRound) found in meta model for FLEX_variable 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:14.321 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.performance.AvoidUsingMathRound) found in meta model for FLEX_function 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:14.321 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.performance.AvoidUsingMathRound) found in meta model for FLEX_class 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:14.321 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.performance.AvoidUsingMathRound) found in meta model for FLEX_package 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:14.321 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.performance.AvoidUsingMathRound) found in meta model for sourceFile 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:14.321 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.performance.AvoidUsingMathFloor) found in meta model for FLEX_variable 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:14.321 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.performance.AvoidUsingMathFloor) found in meta model for FLEX_function 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:14.321 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.performance.AvoidUsingMathFloor) found in meta model for FLEX_class 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:14.321 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.performance.AvoidUsingMathFloor) found in meta model for FLEX_package 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:14.321 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.performance.AvoidUsingMathFloor) found in meta model for sourceFile 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:15.946 Warning MODULMSG ; Job execution UA Plugin : No property (adobe.ac.pmd.rules.style.CopyrightMissing) found in meta model for sourceFile 0 ; 0 0 0 UA 0 0

External links processing

2016-07-08 09:12:07.725 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution Starting External Link processing 0 ; 0 0 0 AMT 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:08.928 Information MODULMSG ; Job execution Ending External Link processing 0 ; 0 0 0 AMT 0 0

 This section indicate that analysis process compares the results in the Knowledge base

2016-07-08 09:12:16.306 MODULMSG ; Job execution Comparing objects on server . . . 0 ; 0 0 0 AMT 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:21.338 MODULMSG ; Job execution Comparison completed. 0 ; 0 0 0 AMT 0 0

This section indicate that analysis process flushes the results in the Knowledge base

2016-07-08 09:12:21.338 MODULMSG ; Job execution Merging objects on server . . . 0 ; 0 0 0 AMT 0 0
2016-07-08 09:12:23.542 MODULMSG ; Job execution Merge completed. 0 ; 0 0 0 AMT 0 0

This section shows shows the execution date and time,the time taken for the entire analysis to get completed,the number of fatal errors/errors/warnings/information messages.

CAST_MainTask_SummaryLog_<DateTime>.txt