The TIAS menus

The File pull-down menu

The File menu lets you close the current window. To close the current window, select Close.

The View pull-down menu

The View menu lists defined views. Depending on the view definition, the view causes a certain selection of problems to be displayed in the current problem overview.

To select a view, click on one of the selections. When you select an item in the View menu, a box appears next to it, showing that it is selected.

You can select more than one view. The views you select determine which problems appear in the current problem overview window.

See How to create or change view definitions.

The Style pull-down menu

The style menu lets you determine how you see the list of problems in the Problem Overview list.

The List by Time style is the default for the Problem Overview window. When you select List by Time, the Problem Overview menu lists problems in order of creation time.

If you select Group by Severity, problems are grouped in four boxes. The boxes indicate the problem's severity. The top box is for most severe problems, and the bottom box is for least severe problems.

See The TIAS Problem Overview window.

The Sound pull-down menu

The sound menu lets you enable warning sounds to alert you to changes to the TIAS overview.

Sounds are available to alert you to the following changes.

begin indicates that a new problem instance has arrived
update indicates that the window has been updated
end indicates that a problem instance has been removed from the list

You can enable a sound from the menu by clicking on it.

Click on the sound again to disable it.

The Analysis pull-down menu

The Analysis menu lets you select problem instances from the Problem Overview window and get more information about them.

You can select a problem from the list by clicking on it.

To select all the problems in the window, choose Select All from the menu.
To un-select all the problems that are selected, choose Unselect All from the menu.
To see a text explanation of a problem, select it from the list and choose Definition from the menu. A definition box appears, which shows the definition of the problem.
To see a detailed log of the events that produced the problem, select Log from the menu. A window appears displaying the problem's log information.
To see a suggestion as to what to do about a problem, select Recommendation from the menu. A window appears displaying a suggestion for dealing with the problem.

See How to view logs.

The Definitions pull-down menu

The definitions menu lets you create or change views, problems, and event filters.

When you select View from the menu, the View Definition box appears. This is the starting point to add, change, or delete a view. See How to create or change view definitions.
When you select Problems from the menu, the Problems Definition box appears. This is the starting point to add, change, or delete a problem. See How to create or change problem definitions.
When you select Event Filter from the menu, the Event Filter Definition box appears. This is the starting point to add, change, or delete an event filter. See How to create or change event filter definitions.

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begin	indicates that a new problem instance has arrived
update	indicates that the window has been updated
end	indicates that a problem instance has been removed from the list