slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder Class

Namespace: slreportgen.report
Superclasses: slreportgen.report.Reporter

System task and block execution order reporter

Since R2020b

Description

Use an object of the slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder class to report the tasks of a model or nonvirtual subsystem and the blocks in each task, sorted by execution order. By default, an ExecutionOrder reporter generates:

• A table of task names and properties

• A list of the blocks in each task

Conditionally executed blocks, such as subsystems triggered by a function call or an If block, are not displayed in the block execution order list. Instead, these blocks are displayed in a Conditional Execution table that follows the block execution order list. The table lists the conditionally executed blocks and the blocks that trigger their execution.

Use the ExecutionOrder reporter properties to filter the reported content and customize the content formatting.

Note

To use an slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder reporter in a report, you must create the report using the slreportgen.report.Report class or subclass. An ExecutionOrder reporter does not generate content if it is added to an slreportgen.report.Report object that has the CompileModelBeforeReporting set to false.

The slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder class is a handle class.

Class Attributes

HandleCompatible

true

For information on class attributes, see Class Attributes.

Creation

Description

reporter = slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder creates an empty ExecutionOrder reporter object based on the default template. You must specify a model or subsystem for which to report the execution order by setting the Object property. Use other properties to specify report options.

reporter = slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder(system) creates an ExecutionOrder reporter and sets the Object property to the specified model or subsystem.

reporter = slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder(Name=Value) sets the reporter properties using name-value arguments. You can specify multiple name-value arguments in any order.

Properties

Object — Model or nonvirtual subsystem block to report

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar | handle | slreportgen.finder.DiagramResult object | slreportgen.finder.BlockResult

Model or nonvirtual subsystem block to report, specified as one of these types of values:

• Character vector or string scalar containing the path of the model or subsystem

• Handle to the model or subsystem

• An slreportgen.finder.BlockResult object

• An slreportgen.finder.DiagramResult object

If you set the Object property to a subsystem reference, the generated report includes a message stating that it cannot determine the execution order for the diagram.

Specifying a BlockResult or DiagramResult that represents an unloaded model or a virtual subsystem results in an error.

ShowTaskDetails — Whether to include a task details table

true (default) | false

Whether to include a task details table, specified as true or false. If ShowTaskDetails is true, the reporter generates a table that displays names and properties of tasks in the specified system.

Data Types: logical

ShowBlockExecutionOrder — Whether to include block execution order lists

true (default) | false

Whether to include block execution order lists, specified as true or false. If ShowBlockEecutionOrder is true, the reporter includes a list of blocks, sorted in order of execution, for each task in the system. Conditionally executed blocks, such as subsystems triggered by a function call or If block, are not displayed in the execution order list. Instead, these blocks are displayed in a Conditional Execution table that follows the block execution order list. The table lists the conditionally executed blocks and the blocks that trigger their execution.

Data Types: logical

ShowBlockDiagrams — Whether to include block diagrams of block execution order

false (default) | true

Whether to include block diagrams of block execution order, specified as true or false. When you set ShowBlockDiagrams to true, the reporter includes a diagram that displays the block execution order for each task. If the ShowBlockExecutionOrder property is also true, the reporter displays the diagram before the block execution order.

This property requires the model or subsystem to be visible. The system opens when it is loaded into memory and the ShowBlockDiagrams property is set to true.

Data Types: logical

TaskProperties — Properties to report for task

["Order" "Name" "Type" "Trigger" "TaskID" "SourceBlock"] (default) | string array | cell array of character vectors

Properties to report for each system task, specified as a string array or cell array of character vectors. By default, all properties are included. Valid properties are:

• Order — Place of the task in the task execution order at each time step. For Asynchronous and Constant tasks, this property is reported as N/A.

• Name — Name of the task.

• Type — Type of the task, for example, Periodic, Aperiodic, Asynchronous, or Constant.

• Trigger — Rate at which periodic tasks execute or the list of times at which aperiodic tasks execute.

• TaskID — Task index in the specified system.

• SourceBlock — Block that defines the task.

Example: ["Order" "Name" "Type" "Trigger" "TaskID" "SourceBlock"]

Example: {'Order' 'Name' 'Type'}

ShowEmptyColumns — Whether to show empty columns in task details table

false (default) | true

Whether to show empty columns in the task details table, specified as true or false. If ShowEmptyColumns is true, the task details table includes columns that do not have any data.

Data Types: logical

ShowBlockType — Whether to show the block type in execution order lists

true (default) | false

Whether to show the type of each block in the block execution order lists, specified as true or false. If ShowBlocktype is true, the reporter includes the type of each block next to the block name in the execution order lists.

Data Types: logical

ShowHiddenBlocks — Whether to show blocks created at compile time

true (default) | false

Whether to show blocks created at compile time, specified as true or false. If ShowHiddenBlocks is true, the reporter includes blocks that Simulink^® inserts when the model is compiled. If ShowHiddenBlocks is false, the reporter includes only user-added blocks.

Data Types: logical

IncludeSubsystemBlocks — Whether to reference block lists of nonvirtual subsystems

true (default) | false

Whether to reference block lists of nonvirtual subsystems, specified as true or false. If IncludeSubsystemBlocks is true, the reporter includes references to nonvirtual subsystem blocks. The SubsystemBlocksDisplayPolicy property determines how the nonvirtual subsystem blocks are referenced.

Data Types: logical

SubsystemBlocksDisplayPolicy — Policy for referencing execution order lists of blocks in nonvirtual subsystems

"Link" (default) | "NestedList"

Policy for referencing execution order lists of blocks that are in nonvirtual subsystems, specified as one of these string scalars or character vectors:

• "Link" — (default) A link to a separate block execution order list for the subsystem is inserted next to the subsystem name. The link works only if the report generation program that includes this reporter also includes a separate ExecutionOrder reporter for the subsystem. For each task that includes the subsystem in a multitasking model, the link goes to the block execution order list for the corresponding task reported by the subsystem ExecutionOrder reporter. No link is inserted for MATLAB Function block subsystems.

• "NestedList" — Subsystem blocks are displayed as a nested list.

TaskFilterFcn — System tasks to filter

[] (default) | function handle | string scalar | character vector

System tasks to filter, specified as a function handle, string scalar, or character vector. If TaskFilterFcn is empty, the report includes all system tasks.

If you specify a function handle, the associated function must:

• Take these arguments:

  • taskName — Name of the task.

  • taskType — Type of the task.

  • trigger — Sample time or hit times of the task. If you specify the hit times for an aperiodic task as an expression, the trigger is a string that contains the expression to evaluate.

  • sourceBlock— Block that defines the task.

• Return true to filter the specified task from the report, or false to include the task in the report.

For example, see Filter Tasks by Using Function Handles.

If you specify a string scalar or a character vector, it must contain an expression. The expression:

• Can use the variables taskName, taskType, trigger, and sourceBlock

• Must set the variable isFiltered to true to filter the specified task from the report, or false to include the task in the report

For example, see Filter Tasks by Using String Scalars.

TableReporter — Formatter for task details table

mlreportgen.report.BaseTable object

Formatter for the task details table, specified as an mlreportgen.report.BaseTable object. The default value of this property is a BaseTable object with the TableStyleName property set to the ExecutionOrderTable style, which is defined in the default template for an ExecutionOrder reporter. To customize the appearance of the table, modify the properties of the default BaseTable object or replace the object with your own BaseTable object. If you add content to the Title property of the BaseTable object, the content appears in front of the table title in the generated report.

DiagramReporter — Formatter for block execution order diagrams

mlreportgen.report.Diagram object

Diagram reporter to format the block execution order diagrams, specified as an slreportgen.report.Diagram reporter.

ListFormatter — Formatter for block execution order lists

mlreportgen.dom.OrderedList object | mlreportgen.dom.UnorderedList object

Formatter for the block execution order lists, specified as an mlreportgen.dom.OrderedList object or mlreportgen.dom.UnorderedList object. The OrderedList or UnorderedList object must not contain list items.

The default value of this property is an OrderedList object with the StyleName property set to the ExecutionOrderList style, which is defined in the default template for an ExecutionOrder reporter. To customize the appearance of the list, modify the properties of the default OrderedList object or replace the object with a your own OrderedList or UnorderedList object.

TemplateSrc — Source of template for this reporter

character vector | string scalar | reporter or report | DOM document or document part

Source of the template for this reporter, specified in one of these ways:

• Character vector or string scalar that specifies the path of the file that contains the template for this reporter

• Reporter or report whose template this reporter uses or whose template library contains the template for this reporter

• Document Object Model (DOM) document or document part whose template this reporter uses or whose template library contains the template for this reporter

The specified template must be the same type as the report to which you append this reporter. For example, for a Microsoft^® Word report, TemplateSrc must be a Word reporter template. If the TemplateSrc property is empty, this reporter uses the default reporter template for the output type of the report.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

TemplateName — Name of template for this reporter

character vector | string scalar

Name of the template for this reporter, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The template for this reporter must be in the template library of the template specified by the TemplateSrc property of this reporter.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

Data Types: char | string

LinkTarget — Hyperlink target for this reporter

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar | mlreportgen.dom.LinkTarget object

Hyperlink target for this reporter, specified as a character vector or string scalar that specifies the link target ID, or an mlreportgen.dom.LinkTarget object. A character vector or string scalar value converts to a LinkTarget object. The link target immediately precedes the content of this reporter in the output report.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

Methods

Public Methods

slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder.createTemplate	Create execution order reporter template
slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder.customizeReporter	Create custom execution order reporter class
slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder.getClassFolder	Get location of execution order reporter class definition file
copy	Create copy of a Simulink reporter object and make deep copies of certain property values
getImpl	Get implementation of reporter

Examples

Report System Tasks and Task Blocks in Execution Order

For each block diagram or virtual subsystem of the vdp model, report the system tasks and the blocks in each task, in execution order.

Open the model.

model_name = "vdp";
load_system(model_name); 

Create a report.

rpt = slreportgen.report.Report("ExecutionOrder_example","pdf");

Create a finder to find all of the diagrams in the model.

finder = slreportgen.finder.DiagramFinder(model_name);

Create a Diagrams chapter.

ch = mlreportgen.report.Chapter("Diagrams");

For each diagram that is a block diagram or a nonvirtual subsystem, report the system tasks and blocks in execution order, using the default values of the slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder reporter properties.

while hasNext(finder)
    result = next(finder);
    if (strcmpi(result.Type,"Simulink.SubSystem") && strcmpi( ...
            get_param(result.Object,"IsSubsystemVirtual"),"off")) || ...
            strcmpi(result.Type,"Simulink.BlockDiagram")
        sect = mlreportgen.report.Section(result.Name);
        append(sect,result);

        rptr = slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder(result);

        append(sect,rptr);
        append(ch,sect);
    end
end

Append the chapter to the report.

append(rpt,ch);

Close and view the report.

close(rpt);
rptview(rpt);
close_system(model_name)

Filter Tasks by Using Function Handles

This example shows how to report periodic tasks by specifying the TaskFilterFcn property as a function handle.

Open the model.

model_name = "vdp";
load_system(model_name);

Create a report.

rpt = slreportgen.report.Report("ExecutionOrder_example","html");

Create a finder to find the diagrams in the model.

finder = slreportgen.finder.DiagramFinder(model_name);

Create a Diagrams chapter.

ch = mlreportgen.report.Chapter("Diagrams");

For each diagram that is a block diagram or a nonvirtual subsystem, report the system tasks and blocks in execution order. Specify the TaskFilterFcn property as a function handle named filterFcnHandle that filters tasks that are not periodic.

while hasNext(finder)
    result = next(finder);
    if (strcmpi(result.Type,"Simulink.SubSystem") && strcmpi( ...
            get_param(result.Object,"IsSubsystemVirtual"),"off")) || ...
            strcmpi(result.Type,"Simulink.BlockDiagram")
        sect = mlreportgen.report.Section(result.Name);
        append(sect,result);

        rptr = slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder(result);
        filterFcnHandle = @(taskName,taskType,trigger,sourceBlock) ...
            ~strcmpi(taskType,"Periodic");
        rptr.TaskFilterFcn = filterFcnHandle;

        append(sect,rptr);
        append(ch,sect);
    end
end

Append the chapter to the report.

append(rpt,ch);

Close and view the report.

close(rpt);
rptview(rpt);
close_system(model_name)

Filter Tasks by Using String Scalars

This example shows how to report periodic tasks by specifying the TaskFilterFcn property as a string.

Open the model.

model_name = "vdp";
load_system(model_name);

Create a report.

rpt = slreportgen.report.Report("ExecutionOrder_example","html");

Create a finder to find the diagrams in the model.

finder = slreportgen.finder.DiagramFinder(model_name);

Create a Diagrams chapter.

ch = mlreportgen.report.Chapter("Diagrams");

For each diagram that is a block diagram or a nonvirtual subsystem, report the system tasks and blocks in execution order. Specify the TaskFilterFcn property as a string that filters tasks that are not periodic. The string must contain an expression that sets the value of a variable named isFiltered.

while hasNext(finder)
    result = next(finder);
    if (strcmpi(result.Type,"Simulink.SubSystem") && strcmpi( ...
            get_param(result.Object,"IsSubsystemVirtual"),"off")) || ...
            strcmpi(result.Type,"Simulink.BlockDiagram")
        sect = mlreportgen.report.Section(result.Name);
        append(sect,result);

        rptr = slreportgen.report.ExecutionOrder(result);
        filterStr = "isFiltered = ~strcmpi(taskType, ""Periodic"");";
        rptr.TaskFilterFcn = filterStr;

        append(sect,rptr);
        append(ch,sect);
    end
end

Append the chapter to the report.

append(rpt,ch);

Close and view the report.

close(rpt);
rptview(rpt);
close_system(model_name)

Version History

Introduced in R2020b