New and Improved LabVIEW Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit Now in BETA

[David_Staab]

I had the same problem, FWIW. The link is nondescript, and I'm pretty sure the registration form says you'll get an email when you're approved.

[Todd_Lesher]

I've always wondered why I can't right-click a VI name in the trace (after stopping) and say "hide this VI". Or now, also have the option to "Exclude this VI" from subsequent traces.

[David_Staab]

What is the "Highlight" column for? I've only ever seen it say "Object".

[reidl]

For certain DETT trace events, we are not able to highlight the object that caused the event on the block diagram, so double-clicking that event will only open the VI that it is in.  See below:

[reidl]

Everyone, if you applied for the beta and didn't get an email, we apologize.  There was a problem with the database.  You should all be approved and can access the link from ni.com/beta.

[mavimi]

I'd like the possibility to type in regular expressions in the search bar.

Also it would be nice that every match of what you typed in in the search bar is highlighted as you type. Not the entire line, just the searchterm.

Maybe also an option so it automatically jumps to the first match, when you type, if there is no match currently visible.

[Jifan]

Regular expression is considered hard to use. Especially in this quick search situation. Probably a wildcard support is enough. What is the situation that you can not solve by using wildcard?

[David_Staab]

If you do a wildcard instead, can you provide '?' in addition to '*'? I can't provide a specific situation for needing complex searches, but artificially limiting the search feature seems like it could come back to bite us. This is an expert tool, after all.

[mavimi]

Admitted: wildcard would probably suffice for most situations, also the situation that made me wish for regex search. I was searching for an error code and remembered just the first three and last three digits - and in regex you would type something like "107\d+388". Of course I would have found it with a wildcard search also.

But the thing is, I've found regex is just like a swiss army knife. When you have it in your pocket - you often dont need it, but when you forget to take it along - you always find yourself in a situation that calls for your swiss army knife.

http://xkcd.com/208/

[David_Staab]

I'd just like to reiterate that being able to permanently (either in my DETT_filter.ini or in an application configuration menu) customize the table layout is a critical usability feature for me. I need to get rid of unused columns so I have as much space as possible dedicated to the ones I do use, and so that there's less "garbage" cluttering up the table when I search through it for information.

Specifically, I never use the "Event", "Thread ID", "CPU ID", "Highlight" columns, and sometimes I put enough information in my trace detail string to remove the "VI" column, too.