padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards Class

Namespace: padv.builtin.task
Superclasses: padv.Task

Task for checking modeling standards with Model Advisor

Description

This class requires CI/CD Automation for Simulink Check.

The padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards class provides a task that can check your models for modeling conditions and configuration settings that cause inaccurate or inefficient simulation of the system that the model represents by using the Model Advisor app. Running model standards checking can also help you verify compliance with industry standards and guidelines.

You can add the task to your process model by using the method addTask. After you add the task to your process model, you can run the task from the Process Advisor app or by using the function runprocess. You can configure this task to specify which model standards the task runs. For example, you can specify a Model Advisor configuration file or list of check identifiers to include in the Model Advisor analysis. If you do not specify which model standards to run, the task runs a subset of high-integrity systems checks by default.

To view the source code for this built-in task, in the MATLAB^® Command Window, enter:

open padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards

The padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards class is a handle class.

Creation

Description

task = padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards() creates a task for checking modeling standards using Model Advisor.

task = padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards(Name=Value) sets certain properties using one or more name-value arguments. For example, task = padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards(Name = "MyModelAdvisorTask") creates a task with the specified name.

You can use this syntax to set property values for InputQueries, Name, IterationQuery, InputDependencyQuery, Licenses, LaunchToolAction, and LaunchToolText.

The padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards class also has other properties, but you cannot set those properties during task creation.

Properties

The RunModelStandards class inherits properties from padv.Task. The properties listed in Specialized Inherited Properties are padv.Task properties that the RunModelStandards task overrides.

The task also has properties for specifying Model Advisor Options for running Model Advisor checks by using ModelAdvisor.run.

Specialized Inherited Properties

Name — Unique identifier for task in process

"padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards" (default) | string

Unique identifier for task in process, specified as a string.

Example: "MyModelAdvisorTask"

Data Types: string

Title — Human-readable name that appears in Process Advisor app

"Check Modeling Standards" (default) | string

Human-readable name that appears in Process Advisor app, specified as a string.

Example: "My Model Advisor Task"

Data Types: string

DescriptionText — Task description

"This task uses the Model Advisor to check your models for modeling conditions and configuration settings." (default) | string

Task description, specified as a string.

When you point to a task in Process Advisor and click the information icon, the tooltip shows the task description.

Example: "This task uses the Model Advisor to check your models for modeling conditions and configuration settings."

Data Types: string

DescriptionCSH — Path to task documentation

path to RunModelStandards documentation (default) | string

Path to task documentation, specified as a string.

When you point to a task in Process Advisor, click the ellipsis (...), and click Help, Process Advisor opens the task documentation.

Example: fullfile(pwd,"taskHelpFiles","myTaskDocumentation.pdf")

Data Types: string

RequiredIterationArtifactType — Artifact type that task can run on

"sl_model_file" (default) | ...

Type of artifact, specified as one or more of the values listed in this table. To specify multiple values, use an array.

Category	Artifact Type	Description
MATLAB	"m_class"	MATLAB class
	"m_file"	MATLAB file
	"m_func"	MATLAB function
	"m_method"	MATLAB class method
	"m_property"	MATLAB class property
Model Advisor	"ma_config_file"	Model Advisor configuration file
	"ma_justification_file"	Model Advisor justification file
Process Advisor	"padv_dep_artifacts"	Related artifacts that current artifact depends on
	"padv_output_file"	Process Advisor output file
Project	"project"	Current project file
Requirements	"mwreq_file"	Requirement file (since R2024b)
	"mwreq_item"	Requirement (since R2024b)
	"sl_req"	Requirement (for R2024a and earlier)
	"sl_req_file"	Requirement file (for R2024a and earlier)
	"sl_req_table"	Requirements Table
Stateflow®	"sf_chart"	Stateflow chart
	"sf_graphical_fcn"	Stateflow graphical function
	"sf_group"	Stateflow group
	"sf_state"	Stateflow state
	"sf_state_transition_chart"	Stateflow state transition chart
	"sf_truth_table"	Stateflow truth table
Simulink®	"sl_block_diagram"	Block diagram
	"sl_data_dictionary_file"	Data dictionary file
	"sl_embedded_matlab_fcn"	MATLAB function
	"sl_block_diagram"	Block diagram
	"sl_library_file"	Library file
	"sl_model_file"	Simulink model file
	"sl_protected_model_file"	Protected Simulink model file
	"sl_subsystem"	Subsystem
	"sl_subsystem_file"	Subsystem file
System Composer™	"zc_block_diagram"	System Composer architecture
	"zc_component"	System Composer architecture component
	"zc_file"	System Composer architecture file
Tests	"harness_info_file"	Harness info file
	"sl_harness_block_diagram"	Harness block diagram
	"sl_harness_file"	Test harness file
	"sl_test_case"	Simulink Test™ case
	"sl_test_case_result"	Simulink Test case result
	"sl_test_file"	Simulink Test file
	"sl_test_iteration"	Simulink Test iteration
	"sl_test_iteration_result"	Simulink Test iteration result
	"sl_test_report_file"	Simulink Test result report
	"sl_test_result_file"	Simulink Test result file
	"sl_test_resultset"	Simulink Test result set
	"sl_test_seq"	Test Sequence
	"sl_test_suite"	Simulink Test suite
	"sl_test_suite_result"	Simulink Test suite result

Example: "sl_model_file"

Example: ["sl_model_file "zc_file"]

IterationQuery — Find artifacts that task iterates over

padv.builtin.query.FindModels (default) | padv.Query object | name of padv.Query object

Query that finds the artifacts that the task iterates over, specified as a padv.Query object or the name of a padv.Query object. When you specify IterationQuery, the task runs one time for each artifact returned by the query. In the Process Advisor app, the artifacts returned by IterationQuery appear under task title.

For more information about task iterations, see Overview of Process Model.

InputDependencyQuery — Finds artifact dependencies for task inputs

padv.Query object | name of padv.Query object

Query that finds artifact dependencies for task inputs, specified as a padv.Query object or the name of a padv.Query object.

The build system runs the query specified by InputDependencyQuery to find the dependencies for the task inputs, since those dependencies can impact if task results are up-to-date.

For more information about task inputs, see Overview of Process Model.

Example: padv.builtin.query.GetDependentArtifacts

LaunchToolAction — Function that launches tool

@launchToolAction (default) | function handle

Function that launches a tool, specified as the function handle.

When you point to a task in the Process Advisor app, you can click the ellipsis (...) to see more options. For built-in tasks, you have the option to launch a tool associated with the task.

For the task RunModelStandards, you can launch the Model Advisor app.

Data Types: function_handle

LaunchToolText — Description of action that LaunchToolAction property performs

"Open Model Advisor" (default) | string

Description of the action that the LaunchToolAction property performs, specified as a string.

Data Types: string

InputQueries — Inputs to task

padv.Query object | name of padv.Query object | array of padv.Query objects

Inputs to the task, specified as:

• a padv.Query object

• the name of padv.Query object

• an array of padv.Query objects

• an array of names of padv.Query objects

By default, the task RunModelStandards gets the current model that the task is iterating over by using the built-in query padv.builtin.query.GetIterationArtifact.

OutputDirectory — Location for standard task outputs

fullfile('$DEFAULTOUTPUTDIR$','$ITERATIONARTIFACT$','model_standards') (default) | string

Location for standard task outputs, specified as a string.

The built-in tasks use tokens, like $DEFAULTOUTPUTDIR$, as placeholders for dynamic path resolution during run-time. For more information, see Dynamically Resolve Paths with Tokens.

Data Types: string

Model Advisor Options

CheckIDList — List of unique identifiers for Model Advisor checks

missing (default) | string

List of unique identifiers for Model Advisor checks, specified as string.

Note

If you specify CheckIDList and add a Model Advisor configuration file as an input for the task, the task runs Model Advisor using the Model Advisor configuration file and ignores the list of check IDs.

Example: ["mathworks.jmaab.db_0032","mathworks.jmaab.jc_0281"]

Data Types: string

DisplayResults — Report display setting for Model Advisor

"Summary" (default) | "Details" | "None"

Report display setting for Model Advisor, specified as either:

• "Summary" — Display summary of the system results in the Command Window

• "Details" — Display a summary of the system results and the pass and fail results for each check on each system

• "None" — Do not display information in the Command Window

Example: "Details"

ExtensiveAnalysis — Extensive analysis setting for Model Advisor

"on" (default) | "off"

Extensive analysis setting for Model Advisor, specified as either:

• "off" — Model Advisor only runs checks in your configuration that do not trigger extensive analysis

• "on" — Model Advisor runs each check in your Model Advisor configuration file, including checks that trigger extensive analysis with tools like Simulink Design Verifier™

Example: "off"

Force — Delete existing Model Advisor reports without prompts

"on" (default) | "off"

Delete existing Model Advisor reports without prompts, specified as either:

• "off" — Prompt you before removing existing modeladvisor/system folders.

• "on" — Automatically removes existing modeladvisor/system folders

Example: "off"

ParallelMode — Parallel execution setting for Model Advisor

"off" (default) | "on"

Parallel execution setting for Model Advisor, specified as either:

• "off" — Model Advisor does not run in parallel.

• "on" — If you have a Parallel Computing Toolbox™ license and a multicore machine, Model Advisor can run on multiple systems in parallel. When you specify ParallelMode as "on", MATLAB automatically creates a parallel pool.

Example: "on"

ReportFormat — Format of generated report

"html" (default) | "docx"

Format of the generated report, specified as either:

• "html" — HTML format

• "docx" — Microsoft^® Word document format

Example: "docx"

ReportName — Prefix for Model Advisor report file name

"$ITERATIONARTIFACT$_ModelAdvisor" (default) | string

Prefix for the Model Advisor report file name, specified as a string. By default, an underscore and the model name, "_modelName", are appended to the report file name.

The built-in tasks use tokens, like $ITERATIONARTIFACT$, as placeholders for dynamic path resolution during run-time. For more information, see Dynamically Resolve Paths with Tokens.

Data Types: string

ReportPath — Folder for generated report

fullfile('$DEFAULTOUTPUTDIR$', '$ITERATIONARTIFACT$', 'model_standards') (default) | string

Folder for the generated report, specified as a string.

Data Types: string

ShowExclusions — Exclusion display setting for report

"on" (default) | "off"

Exclusion display setting for the report, specified as either:

• "off" — Report does not list Model Advisor check exclusions

• "on" — Report lists Model Advisor check exclusions

Example: "off"

TempDir — Temporary working folder for Model Advisor

"off" (default) | "on"

Temporary working folder for Model Advisor, specified as either:

• "off" — Run Model Advisor in the current working folder

• "on" — Run Model Advisor from a temporary working folder. You can use this to avoid concurrency issues when running using a parallel pool.

Example: "on"

Methods

Specialized Public Methods

This class overrides the following inherited methods.

run	Check modeling standards using Model Advisor Note You do not need to manually invoke this method. When you run a task using the Process Advisor app or the runprocess function, the build system automatically invokes the run method for the task. The run method inside this built-in task runs on a task object obj with task input input and returns a task result taskResult. The task result is a padv.TaskResult object that can store the pass, fail, and error information. If you inherit from this built-in task, make sure to use the same method signature inside your custom task. function taskResult = run(obj, input) ... end
dryRun	Dry run the task to validate task inputs and generate representative task outputs without actually running the task. The dryRun method inside this built-in task runs on a task object obj with task input input and returns a task result taskResult. The task result is a padv.TaskResult object that can store the pass, fail, and error information. If you inherit from this class, make sure to use the same method signature inside your custom task. function taskResult = dryRun(obj, input) ... end For more information, see Dry Run Tasks to Test Process Model.
launchToolAction	Launch the Model Advisor app. Process Advisor uses this method when you open the tool associated with a task.

Examples

Add Model Advisor Task to Process

Add a task that can check modeling standards using Model Advisor.

Open the process model for your project. If you do not have a process model, open the Process Advisor app to automatically create a process model.

In the process model file, add the RunModelStandards task to your process model by using the addTask method. By default, the RunModelStandards task runs a subset of high-integrity systems checks.

maTask = pm.addTask(padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards);

You can reconfigure the task behavior by using the task properties. For example, to specify a different location for the Model Advisor report:

% Change Report path
maTask.ReportPath = fullfile(...
    "$DEFAULTOUTPUTDIR$","$ITERATIONARTIFACT$","model_standards_results");

Specify Model Advisor Configuration File

By default, the RunModelStandards task runs a subset of high-integrity checks. If you want the task to run the Model Advisor checks specified by the Model Advisor configuration file, you can add the configuration file as an input to the task.

In the process model, you find the Model Advisor configuration file by using the built-in query padv.builtin.query.FindFileWithAddress and then specify that query as the input query by using the addInputQueries function. For example, suppose you have a Model Advisor configuration file called sampleChecks.json in a folder called tools:

maTask = pm.addTask(padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards);

% Specify which Model Advisor configuration to run
maTask.addInputQueries(padv.builtin.query.FindFileWithAddress( ...
    Type = "ma_config_file",...
    Path = fullfile("tools","sampleChecks.json")));

In this code for addInputQueries:

• The first argument, "ma_config_file", specifies that the file is a Model Advisor configuration file.

• The second argument specifies the path to the Model Advisor configuration file. In this example, the configuration file is a file, sampleChecks.json, in the tools folder in the project.

Note

If you provide both a list of check IDs (CheckIDList) and a Model Advisor configuration file for the task, the task runs Model Advisor using the Model Advisor configuration file and ignores the list of check IDs.

Specify Model Advisor Justification File

Starting in R2023a, if you want the RunModelStandards task to use your Model Advisor justification files when checking modeling standards, you can reconfigure the task to add the justification files as inputs.

In your process model, add the built-in query padv.builtin.query.FindMAJustificationFileForModel as an input query for the task and specify the folder, JustificationFolder, that contains the justification files. For example, if your justification files are in the directory Justifications/ModelAdvisor relative to your project root, add those justification files as inputs to the task by using the function addInputQueries.

maTask = pm.addTask(padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards());

% Find and use justification files
maTask.addInputQueries(...
    padv.builtin.query.FindMAJustificationFileForModel(...
    JustificationFolder=fullfile("Justifications","ModelAdvisor")));

The justification file appears as an input in the I/O column in Process Advisor.

Create and Configure Multiple Instances of Model Advisor Task

You can add multiple instances of a task to your process model to run different task configurations. For example, you can have one instance of the built-in task padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards that runs a specific Model Advisor configuration for a subset of models and another Model Advisor configuration for other models.

In your process model, to create multiple instances of a task, you need to specify unique values for the Name properties of each task instance. By default, the task name is the name of the task class.

% Tasks need unique names
maTaskA = pm.addTask(padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards(...
    Name = "maTaskA"));
maTaskB = pm.addTask(padv.builtin.task.RunModelStandards(...
    Name = "maTaskB"));

If you need to reconfigure the tasks, you can specify values for the other task properties. For example, you can specify which models the task runs on, which Model Advisor configuration file the task uses, and where the reports generate.

% Can specify unique title for task that appears in Process Advisor
maTaskA.Title = "Check Modeling Standards - A";
maTaskB.Title = "Check Modeling Standards - B";

% Can specify different Model Advisor configurations
maTaskA.addInputQueries(padv.builtin.query.FindFileWithAddress( ...
    Type="ma_config_file", Path=fullfile("configs","configA.json")));
maTaskB.addInputQueries(padv.builtin.query.FindFileWithAddress( ...
    Type="ma_config_file", Path=fullfile("configs","configB.json")));

% Can run on different sets of models
maTaskA.IterationQuery = padv.builtin.query.FindModels(...
    IncludePath = "control");
maTaskB.IterationQuery = padv.builtin.query.FindModelsWithLabel(...
    "ProjectLabelCategory","ProjectLabel");

% Specify unique locations for Model Advisor reports
maTaskA.ReportPath = fullfile( ...
    defaultResultPath,"model_standards_A_results");
maTaskB.ReportPath = fullfile( ...
    defaultResultPath,"model_standards_B_results");