CAST Universal Analyzer Framework on Documentation - V2

CAST Universal Analyser Framework - Information - How to check if UA extension metamodel is correctly loaded in central and local database

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose

This page provides a way to check if the custom UA profile has been loaded correctly in Central or Local Database.

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅
8.1.x	✅
8.0.x	✅
7.3.x	✅
7.2.x	✅
7.0.x	✅

Applicable RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	✅
CSS2	✅
Microsoft SQL Server	✅
CSS1	✅

Details

If UA extension is correctly loaded in central & local database can be checked by running below query:

CAST Universal Analyzer Framework - Information - Description Of Universal Analyzer Language Package

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose

The Universal Analyzer language package for a given XXX Universal Analyzer language usually contains:

xxxMetaModel.xml
xxxLanguagePattern.xml
xxxInformationTracking.xml
A set of image icons

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.0.x	✅
7.3.x	✅
7.2.x	✅
7.0.x	✅

Details

xxxMetaModel.xml

This file is the metamodel that describes objects defined in the language, the categories and the properties. More detail about this file can be found in the Universal Analyzer Framework Admin Guide.

CAST Universal Analyzer Framework - Information - How to check if a customer metamodel has been fully loaded into the KB or CB

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose

This page will help you to check if a customer meta model has been fully loaded into the KB/CB:

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.0.x	✅
7.2.x	✅
7.0.x	✅

Details

To check if a customer metamodel has been fully loaded into the KB/CB:

Validate and save the customer Universal Analyzer profile on the analysis machine
Launch CAST Server Manger
Create a Knowledge Base/Central Base
Use the Load metamodel from disk option

CAST Universal Analyzer Framework - Information - How to find which version of COE UA Config pack has been installed

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose

This page describes the methods to find out the version of COE UA Config pack, installed on CAST bases.

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅

Applicable RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	✅
Microsoft SQL Server	✅
CSS2	✅
CSS3	✅

Details

By running query:

Run the below query on either Management, Knowledge or Central Database

select * from sys_package_version where lower(package_name) like '%<technology_in_lower_case>%'

Query Result Example

select * from sys_package_version where lower(package_name) like '%shell%'
 
Package_name ; version
"DIAGCORE_UA_COE_SHELL";"1.0.5.1030"
"ADG_METRIC_TREE_UA_COE_SHELL";"1.0.5.1030"
"/com.castsoftware.shell";"1.0.5"
 
In this example you can see that the package of Shell installed is 1.0.5

By verifying log:

CAST Universal Analyzer Framework - Information - Loading a Universal Analyzer profile in to the CAST Knowledge Base

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose

Use the following instructions to validate and load a Universal Analyzer profile in to the CAST Knowledge Base:

Each customer UA package must be validated and saved using the CAST UA Assistant tool (UAAssistant.exe). Refer to the UA Assistant on-line Help for more details.
Once the package has been validated and saved, launch CAST Server Manager (ServMan.exe)
Select the appropriate CAST Knowledge Base > Right click > Choose Load MetaModel from Disk

Applicable in CAST Version

CAST Universal Analyzer Framework - Information - Modifying the default KSH metamodel for use in the AD Dashboard

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose

The KSH profile located under ‘<CAST_INSTALLATION_FOLDER>\configuration\Languages’ does not contain any diagnostics that can be computed by CAST ADGAdmin. This profile can only be used to run an analysis. If you need to see the KSH module in the AD Dashboard with diagnostic(s) and metric(s) results, you need to use the already existing package available for Shell -CAST AIP Extensions > CAST AIP Extensions Documentation > CAST AIP Extensions > For Shell or customize the KSHMetaModel.xml file as described in the chapter How to handle a language for the AD Dashboard located in the Universal Analyzer Framework Admin Guide.