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Basic Features

Training Course

January 2008

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Contents
1 ANALYZER ................................................................................................5
1.1 INTRODUCING ANALYZER ..................................................................................... 5
1.2 LEARNING ABOUT ANALYZER ................................................................................. 6
1.3 USE THE ONLINE HELP ........................................................................................ 6
1.3.1 The context-sensitive attribute reference help ............................................ 7
1.4 CUSTOMER SUPPORT .......................................................................................... 7
1.4.1 Getting started with MyActix .................................................................... 7
1.4.2 Case life cycle ........................................................................................ 8
1.4.3 Actix support hours ................................................................................ 8
1.4.4 More information .................................................................................... 8

2 STARTING YOUR SOLUTION ............................................................................9


2.1 CHOOSING AN ENGINEERING PROCESS..................................................................... 9

3 CONFIGURING YOUR SOLUTION ..................................................................... 11


3.1 CONFIGURING NETWORK INFORMATION .................................................................. 11
3.1.1 Obtain site data in tabular format ........................................................... 11
3.1.2 Import cell site data for the first time ..................................................... 11
3.1.3 Set a network information file ................................................................ 15
3.2 MODIFYING EVENT DETECTION THRESHOLD VALUES .................................................... 15
3.3 CONFIGURING DATA AGGREGATION ....................................................................... 16
3.3.1 Message filtering at load time ................................................................ 16
3.3.2 Binning methods .................................................................................. 16
3.4 CONFIGURING MAP VIEWS .................................................................................. 17
3.4.1 Set up map backgrounds and layers ....................................................... 17
3.4.2 Change the Label properties of a map layer ............................................. 19
3.4.3 Change the Display Properties of a map layer .......................................... 21
3.4.4 Show Lines to Cells on a map ................................................................ 21
3.4.5 Change the size of cell site sectors ......................................................... 22

4 BASIC DATA ANALYSIS ................................................................................ 24


4.1 THE ANALYZER INTERFACE ................................................................................. 24
4.2 MANAGING DATA ............................................................................................ 24
4.2.1 Load data files ..................................................................................... 25
4.2.2 Find and use data in the Attribute Explorer .............................................. 25
4.2.3 Delete data files ................................................................................... 27
4.3 SELECTING ANALYSIS OPTIONS ............................................................................ 28
4.4 VIEWING SUMMARY DATA ................................................................................... 29
4.4.1 Solution reports ................................................................................... 29
4.4.2 The Message Browser ........................................................................... 31
4.4.3 The Protocol Stack Browser ................................................................... 32
4.5 VIEWING ATTRIBUTE DATA ................................................................................. 33
4.5.1 View data in a Map ............................................................................... 33
4.5.2 Replay the data .................................................................................... 34
4.5.3 View data in a Form .............................................................................. 35
4.5.4 View data in a Chart ............................................................................. 37
4.5.5 View data in a Table ............................................................................. 39
4.5.6 View data in a Workbook ....................................................................... 39

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4.5.7 About synchronized data windows .......................................................... 40

5 INTEGRATING REVERSE/FORWARD LINK DATA..................................................... 41

6 CREATING AND USING QUERIES ..................................................................... 42


6.1 CREATE A FILTER ............................................................................................ 42
6.2 FILTER THE DATA ............................................................................................ 43

7 GENERATING NEW REPORTS ......................................................................... 44

8 LOADING LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA ................................................................ 46


8.1 CREATING A NEW REPOSITORY ............................................................................ 48
8.2 OPENING A REPOSITORY ................................................................................... 49
8.3 LOADING DATA INTO A REPOSITORY ...................................................................... 49
8.4 DISPLAYING A LIST OF FILES LOADED INTO THE REPOSITORY ......................................... 51
8.5 CLOSING A REPOSITORY.................................................................................... 51
8.6 DELETING A REPOSITORY................................................................................... 51
8.7 USING THE REPOSITORY TEMPLATE WIZARD ............................................................ 52

9 PRINTING DATA........................................................................................ 53

10 SAVING YOUR PREFERRED LAYOUT ............................................................... 54

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1 Analyzer
1.1 Introducing Analyzer
Actix Solutions, a series of tools for post-processing cellular network data, running under
Microsoft Windows on a PC, are designed to address applications such as:

Network performance optimization

Feature testing

Service validation

Problem diagnosis and analysis

Network bench-marking

Competitive analysis
Analyzer can load network performance data from many different sources:

These data sources could include field-test equipment and switch call traces, and could be
from a one-off test, or part of a planned series of samples to build up an image of overall
network performance.
Once the data is loaded, a variety of analysis tools and displays provide a clear view of
network performance for engineers, technicians or operations management staff.

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1.2 Learning about Analyzer


Release notes are provided with each Analyzer software release. You can also find online
help and attribute help available from the application. These should help you to get started
and answer any initial questions you may have.

1.3 Use the online help


You can start the online help from the Help menu, by selecting the Contents option.

The following features of the online help will assist you in finding an answer to your
problem.

The Contents tab displays the help


topics in an ordered, collapsible view.
Double-click on a desired topic to view
it.

The Index tab lets you find any index


entries that match a word or part of the
word you are looking for. As you type,
the list of matching topics changes.
Select the desired topic and click
Display to view it.

The Search tab lets you type in the


word or words to search for, and then
click List Topics. All matching topics are
then listed.
Select the desired topic and click
Display to view it.

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If you need to refer to a help topic


often, you may want to add it to your
'favorites' list.
Click on the Favorites tab, and click Add
to add the displayed topic to the list.
Select a topic from the list and click
Display to view it.

1.3.1 The context-sensitive attribute reference help


From the Help menu, select Show Context Help. As you select an attribute in the
Workspace Explorer, related extra information is displayed in the help window.

As Actix is committed to provide rapid support for new file


formats, this reference help may not be up to date. If there
are particular attributes you would like to see in the help
but are not currently documented, please contact MyActix.

1.4 Customer Support


Actix is committed to providing the excellent professional support its customers would
expect from a market-leading company. Our engineers, based in the UK, USA and
Singapore, are contactable by email or by telephone, enabling Actix to provide worldwide
support for its customers, regardless of location.

1.4.1 Getting started with MyActix


Following installation, you can register at www.myactix.com. The MyActix portal provides a
personalized interface to the Actix Support Service and many other useful resources
including product downloads. It is the preferred method of accessing the Actix Support
Service.

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You can use MyActix to report new cases, monitor progress and submit requested
information. You will be sent an email on days when any of your support cases have been
updated.
When reporting a case, please include as much information as possible, including a
description of the problem, any screenshots of error messages, and any small sample files
that have a problem, so we can investigate the reported problems faster.
All users within a customer of Actix products are encouraged to register, and any user can
submit a case. All cases submitted by users at the same customer are visible to each
other. A customer cannot see other customers cases.
Help is available on how to use MyActix when you log on. There is an RSS feed available to
keep up to date with new resources being posted to the portal.
It is also possible to access the Actix Support Service by other means such as email and
telephone, but these methods are not preferred. It is more efficient and effective to submit
a case via www.myactix.com to provide all necessary information to recreate the
Customers case which can then be investigated.

1.4.2 Case life cycle


Once an issue has been received by the Support Desk and logged onto the system, it is
considered open until a solution has been implemented to the mutual satisfaction of both
Actix and yourself. At this point, the issue can be considered closed. However, if no
response within 2 weeks is received from the Customer to requests to progress the
resolution of a case, then the case will be closed. The Customer will normally be sent email
reminders that a case needs attention. A closed case can be re-opened upon request.

1.4.3 Actix support hours


www.myactix.com is available 24 hours a day apart from occasional essential
maintenance. The Actix Support Service is provided on a regional basis and engineers will
be working on your case during the local business hours of 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to
Friday excluding local public holidays.

1.4.4 More information


Full details on Actix Support are available in the Actix SLA document.

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2 Starting your solution


You can start Analyzer from your Windows Start menu, either directly from the Actix
Software icon:

or from the Actix, Actix Software menu option:

After a short pause you will see the Actix loading screen.

2.1 Choosing an Engineering Process


After starting Analyzer, choose how you want to proceed by selecting an engineering
process.

If you only have one engineering process on your license,


you will bypass this screen and go straight to the entry
screen for that process.

Most engineering processes guide you through a series of predefined analyses and reports
that encapsulate sophisticated radio engineering decision-making knowledge; however,
Analyzer Classic lets you use Analyzer in free analysis mode that is, you can use
Analyzers comprehensive set of data-analysis tools to investigate any message or
attribute of interest within your logged data.

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This guide is concerned with how to use these tools, on the principle that once you
understand how these tools work, the use of the other engineering processes will appear
very straightforward.
Checking the box at the bottom of the screen also lets you bypass this screen and go
straight to your selected engineering process. If in future you want to display this screen,
from the File menu select Start New Engineering Process.

Your selected engineering process will not work correctly


until you have configured your solution.

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3 Configuring your solution


3.1 Configuring network information
The Network Explorer is a tool available from the Cells menu that allows you to import
network elements from delimited text files, possibly exported from a planning tool. This
data is then stored in a text file called cellrefs.txt. You can also use the Network Explorer
to browse and edit loaded network information. This section describes how to import
delimited data.

3.1.1 Obtain site data in tabular format


In order to import cell site data from your own network, you will need to obtain a delimited
text file containing the data listed for the appropriate technology in the Cell site
parameters chapter on page 67.
The data may come from a network database or a planning tool configuration file. As long
as the data is in a tabular format with one row for each sector, your Actix Solution will be
able to import the data.

If you manually create a cellrefs file, you must have this as


the first line:

;#NetworkData datafile

If you import the file using the Network Explorer, this line
is added automatically.

3.1.2 Import cell site data for the first time


Once you have obtained your cell site database in tab-delimited format, you are ready to
open the Network Explorer and import the site information.
To import the data
An example of initial network data in a text file is shown below, and could have been
produced from a planning tool:

1 From the Cells menu, select Network Explorer.

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The Network Explorer display consists of two panels. The left panel contains a tree view of
the network element data. The right panel shows details about relevant parameters for the
current selection.

2 On the toolbar, select Import, then Import From New Template to open the Import
dialog.
Select the appropriate export data file from your planning tool and click Open to display
the Custom Import Wizard.
The Import Settings page of the Custom Import Wizard is now displayed:

3 Give the Template a meaningful Template Name ('UMTS example' in this example).
4 Check the appropriate Delimiter that separates the data from the file into different
columns.
For example, under Delimiters, check the Tab box. Under General Settings, for Ignore
header rows enter 1. For Array (list) Separator enter ;. If your file has more than one
header or uses a different array list separator, set these options accordingly.
If you choose the wrong delimiter, you will see the effect in the Data Preview window at
the bottom of the dialog.
5 In most cases, the default information under General Settings and Coordinate
Information will apply. If your file has more than one header or uses a different array list

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separator (the character used to separate the array values under the 'Neighbors' column in
the example for step 1), adjust these settings as necessary.
6 Click Next.
The Column Settings page of the Custom Import Wizard is now displayed. This allows you
to associate a network parameter with a column of data in the text file.

Note that each of the field names has an associated icon:

Key fields You must select a field type for this field, but you cannot set a
default value.
These must be either bound to a particular type or have a default
Required fields
value set.

Other fields Binding particular field types or setting default values is not
strictly necessary for this field.
7 Open up the Site node. Click on the adjacent field under Column and select the
parameter name from your site database that corresponds to the Site_Name parameter.
Repeat for each of the fields in the Site node.
8 Open the Cell node. Click in the Column field next to Sector_ID. Select the
parameter name from your site database that corresponds to the Sector_ID parameter.

You can enter a default value that takes effect if the actual
value is unknown. For example, all Beamwidths could be
set to 65 degrees.

9 Repeat for each of the fields in the Cell node. A description of each of these
parameters and their use is given in the appropriate technology table in the Cell site
parameters chapter .
10 Click Finish when all the columns have been assigned. The new cell information will
be added at the bottom of the existing list in the Network Element editor.

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When the cellrefs file is updated, you should use the


template you have created on the new file so that you do
not have to repeat work you have already done, including
the column-by-column parameter assignment.

11 Inspect the cell data in the Network Explorer by expanding the


All_<tech>_Site_Elements folder in the left-hand pane of the Network Explorer.
12 Double-click on any site name in the right hand pane. The Name, ID, latitude and
longitude of the site will appear, as well as a folder containing <tech> Cell Elements. Drill
into the <tech> Cell Elements folder and examine the values corresponding to each sector.
13 To keep the formatted site information, click Save.
14 Close the Network Explorer window by clicking the 'X' at the upper right hand
corner.
15 The window shown below is now displayed. Click Yes to overwrite the old settings
('No' would append this information to your existing network data):

16 After closing the Network Explorer, view a new map by selecting View, Display New
Map.

17 If cell icons do not appear on the map, right click on the map and select Zoom, Go
to Layer, <tech>_Site to zoom the map to the appropriate location.

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18 Set the cells to be labeled by an appropriate parameter for the technology (for
example, SC for UMTS).

3.1.3 Set a network information file


1 From the Tools menu, select Preferences to open the Preferences dialog:

2 Click on File Location to select the text file containing network element data. This
file must be in the Actix 'cellrefs' format. The information from this cellrefs file takes effect
from the next time a new workspace is created.

Note that you can set up an automatic cellrefs import if


your network data is liable to change frequently (see the
online help for details).

3 Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.


You will now see a message saying that the new file will take effect with the next
workspace created or loaded.
You may now want to close and restart your Actix Solution for the change to take effect.

3.2 Modifying event detection threshold values


You can modify threshold values for event detection using the Tools menu Display
Thresholds command. To modify the value, simply click on the associated number and type
in the new value.
In the example below, a threshold is available for too many servers. This threshold applies
when four or more pilots are within a certain range of the best server. In other words, if
the threshold is set to 3 dB, an event will appear on the map every time four or more
pilots are within 3 dB of the best server (Uu_ActiveSet_EcNo_0).

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3.3 Configuring data aggregation


3.3.1 Message filtering at load time
By default, your Actix Solution filters out statistically unimportant message information to
shorten load times and increase the number of files that can be loaded at the same time.
To load all messages in the data
1 Within your Actix Solution, from the Tools menu, select Preferences to open the
Preferences dialog.
2 Under the heading Load Speed Default, select Load All.
3 Click OK to accept the changes.

3.3.2 Binning methods


In order to provide a reasonably small number of data points from both a computing and
an analysis perspective, Actix Solutions aggregate logged data into groups called bins.
The aggregation method used to create one bin from many data points depends on the
type of parameter. For example, measurement parameters, such as UTRA_CarrierRSSI and
UetransmittedPower, are binned by averaging all component measurements into one data
point. For network state parameters, such as Scrambling codes, a bin is given the most
frequently occurring value (the mode) among the component measurements. Events, such
as dropped calls and handovers, are binned by the number of events occurring within the
component measurements.
There are four methods for determining how to divide data into bins: message binning,
time binning, distance binning, and location binning.
Time-based binning combines data in the time domain using a user specified duration for
the bin.

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The diagram above looks at a one-second bin. The speed of travel during logging will affect
how many log files you see in a certain area.
Distance binning combines data into bins corresponding to the distance traveled by the
test mobile.

This mode is commonly used for drive-test analyses when viewing on a map to ensure plot
points are evenly spaced.
Message binning - If the number of messages to be averaged is set to 1, each message is
placed into its own bin with the net result of no averaging of the data. Note that message
binning should be usually only set to 1.
Location binning is like overlaying a spatial grid on top of the data with a user-definable
granularity. This can be used when examining several drive files crossing over the same
geographic area. This method is often used for superstreams (see the online help for more
information).

All points in this box will be


binned together to produce
one plotted point.

To change the binning method


1 Within your Actix Solution, from the Tools menu, select Preferences to open the
Preferences dialog.
2 Under the heading Binning, select the appropriate Binning Mode. A typical setting
for viewing drive test data would be to select Time binning, with Time (ms) set to 1000.
3 Click OK to accept the changes.

3.4 Configuring map views


3.4.1 Set up map backgrounds and layers
This section shows you how to load MapInfo tabular (.tab) data to present data analyses
on map backdrops.
1 Create a new map by selecting View, Display New Map.
2 Drag a data attribute from the Attribute Explorer into the map window.
3 Click the Layers button to open the Layer Control dialog.

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All layers in the map from top to bottom, with


the top layer currently selected

Create, delete
or export layers

Change the properties of Change the order of the


the currently selected layer currently selected layer

Making a checkmark in a layer's box determines the following:

if the layer is visible

if objects on it can be selected

if the layer can be annotated (to 'lock' the Annotations layer from having
any further annotations added, click on the box again to clear it)
4 In the Layers box, click Add to open the Open Layer dialog.
5 Select one or more MapInfo Map (.tab) files.
MapInfo layers are named according to the geographic location of the data (for example,
the abbreviated US state name and/or county name), and by the type of data contained in
the file. Here are some of the common abbreviations used for MapInfo data types:
Suffix Layer Type
Y1 RtHwy010_Top
Y2 RtHwy010_Bot
X1 IntShld010
X2 IntShld1040
Pc Cultural Points
Pn Natural Points
Pm Municipal Points
R Railroads
H Highways
S Streets
Wr Water (rivers)
Wb Water (bodies of water)
Lm Landmarks

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Cb City Boundary
Mc Minor Civic Division
Cy County

6 Click Open to show the .tab file in the layer list.

The top of the layer list represents the uppermost layer in this map window.
7 Click Up and Down to move 'examplemap' to the bottom and 'Annotations' to the
top.
8 Click Close and return to the map view.
In a new Actix installation, the map location defaults to 0longitude, 0latitude, so you will need
to arrange the map view to display the new map.
9 Pan the map viewing area by right-clicking in the map area, then choosing Zoom,
Go to Layer and selecting the new map layer.
10 Use the Zoom and Pan controls to arrange the map as required. To zoom in to an
area, click Zoom In, then click and drag a rectangle around the area of interest.

3.4.2 Change the Label properties of a map layer


1 From the map window, click the Layers button to open the Layer Control dialog.
2 Select a particular layer.
3 Click the Labels button to open the Label Properties dialog:

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To use Do this

Data Field Select the data field to be displayed as the label.

Formatted Field Set the formatted field to use as the label displayed,
depending on the layer selected in the Layer Control dialog.

Show Check the box to show labels on the map (which are
otherwise hidden this is recommended to improve map load
times).

Allow overlapped text Check the box to allow labels to overlap.

Hide adjacent duplicate Uncheck the box to allow the same text to appear for
text adjacent data points.

Display within range Check the box to display labels only within the maximum and
minimum zoom levels. A zoom level is the width of the map
area displayed, in the current map units.

Min Zoom Set the lowest zoom level at which labels will be displayed.

Max Zoom Set the highest zoom level at which labels will be displayed.

Max # of labels Set the maximum number of labels that can be shown on the
map.

Label Style Set the font style for the label.

Position Select the position of the label relative to the data point.

Label X/Y offset (points) Set the offset of the label in the X or Y direction. The offset is
measured in points (as used for fonts).

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To use Do this

Label Style Defines the appearance of the label text in terms of color,
font, size and other effects.

3.4.3 Change the Display Properties of a map layer


For some detailed layerslike the Street layersyou can control at what degree of
magnification they become visible. This helps to minimize map clutter.
1 From the map window, click the Layers button to open the Layer Control dialog.
2 Select a particular layer.
3 Click Display to open the Display Properties dialog.

4 Check Display within Zoom range and enter '0' for Min Zoom and '10' for Max
Zoom.

3.4.4 Show Lines to Cells on a map


1 From the map window, click the Layers button to open the Layer Control dialog.
2 Select the appropriate cells layer.
3 Click Lines to open the Lines Configuration dialog.

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4 Set the Lines draw mode to 'Selection'.


5 Set Color lines with to the following attribute:

Technology Attribute

CDMA PN_1stBestEcIo

GSM ServBCCH

iDEN Channel

IS_136 FACCH_CurChannel

UMTS Uu_ActiveSet_SC
6 Check that the Disable box is empty, and click OK, then Yes.
7 Click OK to close the Layer Control dialog.
8 Zoom In on data points near a cell site, and use Select to pick a data point.
A solid line is drawn to the serving cell site, with dotted lines drawn to neighboring cells.

If 'All datapoints' was selected in the Lines Configuration dialog, you would not need to
select a data pointall data points would have a line to their neighbor cells. This can be
useful in some situations.

3.4.5 Change the size of cell site sectors


To display network information on a map window, you must have your cellrefs network
information selected (using Tools, Preferences) before you can import it. You can use the
Network Explorer to view and edit the cellrefs file.
You may want to change the size of cell site sectors as displayed on a map. This is
especially useful if you are using multiple cell layers.
1 From the map window, click on Cell Sites to open the Sites/Cell Properties dialog.
2 Set the Series attribute to be <tech>_Cell, for example CDMA_Cell, or
WCDMA_Cell.
3 Set the Cell Size to an attribute shared by all related cell sites, such as Layer_type
(recommended if available from your cellrefs file) or MCC, and click OK to display the new
layer in the Legend panel on the left.

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4 Expand the new layer to show one item in the range, called 'Unspecified'.
5 Right-click on this item and choose Selected range's style to open the Style
chooser dialog.
6 Set the new font size as required and click OK. The cell site sectors will now
change size to reflect your selection.

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4 Basic data analysis


4.1 The Analyzer interface
Although there are many engineering processes that present a streamlined workflow
approach, to understand the features provided by the product, it is worth starting by
examining the Analyzer interface. The lessons learned here will pay off when you use any
other Actix engineering process.
During a worksession, the application window may look something like this:

The arrangement of loaded help files and data display windows is called the current
workspace. You can save and reuse workspaces as necessary.

You may find it useful to create one or more workspaces to


act as templates for future work sessions. Save these to
your desktop, so you can double-click them to start your
solution with your preferred layouts.

4.2 Managing data


Analyzer has several possibly ways that you can load data. A network data (cellref) file
can be loaded directly or imported through the Network Explorer function. Logfiles
containing collected data from network operations can be loaded directly, either in a
recognized format or imported in ASCII format, or loaded in a batch through the Network
Image mechanism.

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4.2.1 Load data files


1 From the main toolbar, click the Open Logfile button to display the Open dialog.
2 Select an appropriate file.
Files of Type defaults to 'All Formats' but you can select a specific file type to look for. This
also illustrates the many file formats available for use with Analyzer.

The Repository feature is more practical than using Open


Logfile if you need to analyze many large logfiles.

4.2.2 Find and use data in the Attribute Explorer


The Attribute Explorer window is a graphical display of all loaded data or log files and the
data structure contained within each file. Loaded files are at the highest level, with devices
and other data streams displayed at lower levels.
The name of each type of element is shown below.

The exact structures and icons used depend on the data


file

Click on the symbols to open out and explore the data in your logfile. See how your data
relates to the structure shown above.
The only objects that you actually need to recognize are filenames, data streams and data
attributes.
In the example above, the file 'MyFile1' contains a data stream called 'Qualcomm MDM
1900' (the number is the data stream number within the file, starting from zero).
The 'CDMA' group contains the 'Pilot Sets' set, which contains the 'SearcherMaxEnergy'
data attribute.
The logical tree-view layout of the Attribute Explorer allows you to drill down and identify
all logged data. Once you have located the appropriate data attribute, you can open it in a
data windowfor example, a map, chart, table or spreadsheetto examine the data in
detail. You can examine data streams using the Message Browser tool.

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Searching for an attribute


You may find it easier to locate attributes using the Find Attribute command, which lets
you enter all or part of the attribute's name or help description in a new Attribute Search
dialog.
Select Tools, Find Attribute (or use the hotkey Ctrl + Shift + F) to add a search panel is
added to the Attribute Explorer tree view pane.

Enter search criteria about the required attributes into this panel.

Find What: Enter some text which is part of the required attribute name.

Stream: Select which stream of data should be searched. <All Streams> is set by
default.

Settings:
Whole Word: Check this to search only for attributes where the search text
exactly matches the whole attribute name. Otherwise, search for attributes
where the search text is contained within the attribute name.
Case Sensitive: Check this to search only for attributes where the case of
the search string exactly matches the case of the attribute.

Direction: When down is selected, only search for attributes further down in the
attribute tree from the currently selected attribute. When up is selected, only
search for attributes further up in the attribute tree from the currently selected
attribute.

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Find Next: Based on the current search criteria, find the next matching attribute.
This attribute is highlighted in the All tab at the bottom of the Attribute Explorer.

Find All: Based on the current search criteria, find all matching attributes in the
tree-view. The matching attributes are listed in the Search Results tab at the
bottom of the Attribute Explorer.

Done: The search for attribute panel is closed. Search results remain visible in the
Search Results tab.

4.2.3 Delete data files


To remove a data file from the Attribute Explorer
1 Right-click on the name of the logfile to display the Close Logfile option.
2 Click Close Logfile.
The data file is now removed from the Attribute Explorer display.

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4.3 Selecting analysis options


From the Attribute Explorer panel, right-click on a stream or network image to produce a
series of menu options, shown on the right.
Most common features can be accessed in this way.

Most analysis methods are activated in a similar way, by right-clicking on an attribute or


event and selecting from the menu:

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Queries have a different set of options:

4.4 Viewing summary data


The Attribute Explorer provides several ways in which you can examine summary or
overview information on your loaded data.
Once you have used the summary data views to identify problem areas, you can use the
attribute views to examine the data in detail. For more information, see the section
Viewing attribute data.

4.4.1 Solution reports


Analyzer provides a set of pre-configured reports, each concentrating on a particular type
of network analysis. These application packs distil advanced analysis techniques into
simple, comprehensive spreadsheet reports, ready for immediate use by staff of all levels
of experience. Each technology has a different set of application packs.
The application packs are listed under the Analysis menuwhich ones actually appear
depend on the type of data file loaded. Note that if you do not have a loaded data file, the
Analysis menu option will be grayed-out.
To open an application pack
1 Ensure that you have a data file loaded and that a valid CellRefs file has been set.

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2 From the Analysis menu, select an application pack (in this example, 'CDMA
Distant Server Analysis').
Once you select an application pack, this window opens:

The top pane shows a tree-view of the network structure against various statistics
produced by the application pack.
3 Use the top pane as necessary to narrow down the data in your selection.
All reports appropriate to your selection are displayed under the Suggested tab. If you
want to use another report, look under the All tab to view all reports available within the
current application pack.
A description of the reports contained within each application pack is also provided in this
window.
4 Double-click on a report icon to open the report window. This will report on all data
selected in the upper tree-view panel.
5 As required, use the buttons at the bottom of the window to Save the report as a
web-compatible HTML file set, Print the report to your printer or open the report in Excel
using Show Excel Report.
To reset thresholds for a new analysis
A number of the application pack reports use Custom Attributes. To change the thresholds
for a new analysis, you need to re-run these Custom Attributes directly from the Custom
Attribute Manager:

Distance_Input

EcIo_Threshold_Input
You can now re-run the application pack.

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4.4.2 The Message Browser


The Message Browser differs from the previous data windows in that it only appears as a
pop-up menu option at the data stream level in the Attribute Explorer.

From the Attribute Explorer, right-click on a data stream and select Display
Message Browser.

The Message Browser combines an event panel (sequentially listing call events) with a
panel of Layer 3 messaging, allowing you to pinpoint the root causes of problems.

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4.4.3 The Protocol Stack Browser


The Protocol Stack Browser only appears as a pop-up menu option at the data stream level
in the Attribute Explorer.
1 From the Attribute Explorer, right-click on the data stream and select Protocol
Stack Browser.

2 Now select the required browser view.


Each view displays messaging and information appropriate to that view. The example
shown here is the CDMA Signaling (Radio Interface) view.

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4.5 Viewing attribute data


From the Attribute Explorer, you can right-click any data attribute to display a suitable
pop-up menu of options:

Select one of the display methods to opens the appropriate data display window.

4.5.1 View data in a Map


1 Use the pop-up menu to display the data attribute ('EcIo_1stBest' in this example)
in a map window on a new layer.

If there are no other attribute layers on this map, the new attribute layer will be beneath
the lowest site or cell layer. See the chapter Configuring your solution for more information
on map layers.
2 Click on the Pan button.
3 Click and drag the data around the map window.
4 Experiment with the Zoom buttons.
5 In the Attribute Explorer, open up the 'Event Data' set and drag an event (in this
example the 'WeakPilotWarning' event) onto the map, which should then look similar to
this:

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Adding events (for example 'CallDropped') to the mapped data can help you see where
problems are occurring.
6 Drag another data attribute onto the map.
The attribute information is displayed on a new map layer directly above the previous
attribute layer.
You can also change the size, symbol or color of the data, apply offsets to an attribute or
merge attributes for a multidimensional display. See the online help for further details.
The map legend defines histogram ranges for charts.
7 To hide a data series, in the legend pane, click in the check box beside the series
name.

4.5.2 Replay the data


With a drive test file, you may want to recreate the drive test by 'playing' through the data
file from beginning to end. You can do this using the Replay control on the main toolbar:

Click on the Step buttons to move forwards and backwards by one message at a time.
Note that several clicks may be required before any change is visible on the Map,
depending on the binning settings.

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Click on the Play buttons to move at a selectable multiple of real-time speed through the
data (if Play by Time is selected see below). In this case, some messages may be
dropped as necessary to allow the data to be highlighted at the set speed.

The Select Options button allows you to set the replay mode:

Mode Play Step

Play by Time Replays message at the same rate as Step to next message.
originally recorded. Some messages will
be ignored to maintain the replay speed.

Play by Message Replay all messages. The speed slider has Step to next message.
no effect.

Play by Bin Replays bin-to-bin in sequence. The Step to first message


speed slider has no effect. in next bin.

4.5.3 View data in a Form


While examining data on a map, you can also view data attributes for the same data point
by using Forms (also called StateForms).
1 From the View menu, select Forms and select an appropriate StateForm (or, from
the Attribute Explorer, right-click on a stream name, select Display Form and then the
form name).

2 In a map window, click Select and select a data point.


The Form window now displays a variety of attributes based on the data point you
selected. Here is an example:

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You can synchronize all views in other open data windows by clicking on the timeline in
Navigator-type StateForms like this.
Other StateForms provide information for the currently selected point in the drive test:

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3 If you have scanner data in your logfile, start another Form window.
4 Right-click on the form and select Open File, then select a form (.axw) file for a
scanner.
5 Right-click on the form and select Stream Selector, then the scanner stream.
See the online help for details on how to create your own forms.

4.5.4 View data in a Chart


1 From the Attribute Explorer window, use the pop-up menu to display a data
attribute (in this example, 'EcIo_1stBest') in a chart window.

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You can display more than one attribute on the same chart.
2 Select a second attribute that would make a useful comparison (in this example,
the attribute 'ForwardFER') and drag it onto the existing chart.

You can also zoom into selected areas of the chart by defining a frame for the zoom.
3 On the chart, click the upper left corner of the zooming rectangle, and drag down
to the lower right extent of the rectangle.

4 Release the mouse button to complete the zoom action:

Note that the zoom only operates in the X-axis, not in the
Y-axis.

5 Now return the chart its original state by dragging a box anywhere, but this time
starting from the bottom.

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6 Use the right mouse button to pan and scroll around the chart window.

Although you can scroll in the X-axis for all attributes on the chart, you can only pan in the
Y-axis for the last attribute to be displayed on the chart.

4.5.5 View data in a Table


Tables let you examine the numeric series, histogram and statistical data for the selected
attribute.
1 From the Attribute Explorer, right-click on a data attribute (in this example,
'DownLink Measurements > EcIo_1stBest') and select Display on Table.
This opens the Table window:

2 Experiment with the other tabs in the window.

4.5.6 View data in a Workbook


Workbooks let you examine the data for the selected data attribute within a Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet.
1 From the Attribute Explorer, right-click on an attribute and select Display on
Workbook to open the spreadsheet.
2 See also the section Generate new reports.

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4.5.7 About synchronized data windows


The data in each of these windows is synchronized, so that when displaying the same data
attribute in a map, chart or table, if you select a data point in one window, all related map,
chart or table windows also highlight the data point.
Open a map and a chart window, and display an attribute in each.
1 From the map window, click on Select.

Note the other toolbar buttons for selecting data points.

2 Now click on a data point on the map.


You should see that the relevant parts of the map and the chart look as shown below, with
a line appearing at the equivalent time on the chart:

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5 Integrating reverse/forward link data


The reverse link (uplink) data from the switch or a protocol analyzer can be integrated with
the drive-test data. This lets you see how parameters such as EcIo behave at specific
mobile locations.
In Actix Solutions, this technique of integrating data files is known as 'superstreaming'.
1 Ensure that you have loaded the two files that you want to synchronize into a
superstream.
2 From the View menu, select Superstream to open the Superstreaming dialog. This
dialog shows all currently available data streams.
3 Change the superstream name from the default to something more meaningful.
4 Check the box of each data stream that you want to combine to form a
superstream. You can also use the All or None buttons to change the box settings of every
listed data stream.
5 Click the Settings button. This expands the dialog to show the Merge Method
options.
6 To superstream data from the reverse link and the forward link, click the
Correlated Parameters option. This lets you select attributes from each stream that
correspond to one another.
7 Highlight the uplink data stream.
8 From the attribute picker button on the right, select a suitable attribute, for
example 'Cell_PN_Primary'.
9 Highlight the downlink data stream.
10 From the attribute picker, select for example 'PN_Primary'.
11 Click OK.
The superstream is now generated and appears in the Attribute Explorer. You can view
data from the superstream in any of the standard data display windows.

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6 Creating and using queries


Actix Solutions provide a querying interface that lets you construct simple or complex
expressions. These expressions extract meaningful performance data, based on user-
defined thresholds or the value of other expressions.
As an example, you can create a query that returns statistics for a particular eventsuch
as a dropped callfor a given window in time around that event. This is useful when
looking for data trends.
Queries are created and edited from the Tools menu, Analysis Manager option. You can
create these query types:

Filter queries

Binned queries

Histogram queries

Statistical queries

Crosstab queries

Event queries
You can also:

Perform logical and arithmetic operators

Save queries to a default Workspace

Apply filters to queries

6.1 Create a filter


This example query is designed to filter for poor quality in the data.
1 From the Attribute Explorer, right-click on a data stream and select Filter, then
Create a New Filter.

The Filter Wizard opens.


2 Enter 'Poor Quality' as the name of the filter.
3 Click on the right-arrow of the attribute picker and select , for example, CDMA >
DownLink Measurements > ForwardFER.

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4 Set the filter operation to 'Greater than (>)'.


5 Set the threshold to '5'.

6 Click OK to close the Wizard.

6.2 Filter the data


You can turn on and off filters from the Attribute Explorer, just by clicking on them from
the drop-down menu.
Several default filters are provided to allow you to select the data that is displayed in the
Workspace.

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7 Generating new reports


You may want to create high-level management reports based on your collected data. You
can print from map and chart windows, but the Workbook function (using Microsoft
Excel) allows you to collate these views and perform other data analysis functions to
produce an integrated, polished report.

This task assumes that there is an Excel template created


from your Actix Solution that you can use to generate a
report. If you do not have a report template, see the online
help for details of how to create one.

1 From the Workbook menu, select Open Workbook and select an appropriate Excel
template.

2 Click Open.
3 Select the data source that you want to view in the workbook report.

4 Click OK to process and display the data in the workbook.

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You can proceed to adapt the workbook, use other Excel tools on the data, and so on.

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8 Loading large amounts of data


Repository Manager provides a mechanism for handling large amounts of data, by loading
the results of queries into a relational database, which is implemented using Microsoft
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. Currently only crosstab, event and binned queries are
supported. An individual database is referred to as a repository.
Repositories are typically used to provide a high-level overview of the state of a network.
This can be used, for example, to identify broad problem areas, such as a cell that has a
high rate of dropped calls. Having identified a broad problem area, an engineer would
often want to "drill down" into the sequential message data for the calls that dropped in
that cell, in order to attempt to discover the actual cause of the problem.
Some of the Engineering Process modules use Repository Manager to store data but hide
the details of creating repositories and loading data into them behind the task pages.
However, Analyzer includes features that advanced users can use to create new
repositories directly, and to open, close, and delete existing repositories, and to load data
into them. Note that only one repository can be open at any one time.
When a repository is open, it is displayed in the Open Repositories folder in the Attribute
Explorer. Each device appears as a separate node under the repository. For example, here
is the Attribute Explorer showing a repository called Demo, which has four devices, called
Scanner, Handset Slot 1, Handset Slot 2, and Handset Slot 3, respectively. Data is loaded
into the devices based on the stream name filter and stream type specified in the Define
Devices page of the Repository Template Wizard.

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Beneath each device in the Attribute Explorer, you can see the attributes and queries that
are part of that device. The structure of the devices and their attributes, queries, and
filters are defined by the template that was used to create the repository and cannot be
changed after the repository has been created. Sometimes each device might have a
different list of attributes and queries and sometimes some or all of the devices might have
the same lists.
When you right-click an attribute or binned query in the Attribute Explorer, you get options
to display it on the Map and other binned data viewing components and to see its
definition in the Attribute Help system.
When you right-click a crosstab or event query in the Attribute Explorer, you have the
option to open the Repository Statistics Explorer, which provides useful features for
exploring the summary views that the crosstab queries provide.

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Typically an engineering process module that uses Repository Manager will retrieve
crosstab data from the repository and display it in a table or chart embedded on the task
page.

8.1 Creating a new Repository


Before you create the template, you need to decide which template you to use. You can
use an existing template or create one using the Repository Template Wizard.
To create a new repository:
1 From the Repository menu, choose Create Repository.

2 Select the Template on which you want to base the repository and enter a Name
and Description.
3 Do one of the following:

Click Create & Open, if you want to open the new repository after it has been
created.

Click Create, if you do not want to open the new repository immediately after it is
created.

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8.2 Opening a Repository


Note that only one repository can be open at any one time. If you want to open a
repository when another one is already open, you need to close that repository first (as
described in Closing a Repository).
To open a repository
1 From the Repository menu, choose Open Repository.

2 Select the repository you want to open and then click OK.

8.3 Loading data into a Repository


Before you can load data into a repository, you need to open the repository (as described
in Opening a Repository).

1 If necessary, select the Attribute Explorer tool to open the Attribute Explorer.
2 Locate the repository in the Open Repositories folder in the Attribute Explorer.
3 Right-click the repository and from the shortcut menu, choose Load Data.
This opens the Load Data dialog. This has features that make it easy to select individual
files to load, and also to select multiple files based on their location and file names.

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4 Use the Add Files button to select individual log files to load. When you select a
file, it is automatically added to the list of files in the center of the Load Data dialog box.
5 Use the Add Folders button to select folders that contain log files to load. Selecting
a folder automatically selects all of the files in that folder and all of its subfolders and adds
them to the list of files in the Load Data dialog box.
6 You can remove files from the list by selecting them individually or in groups
(using Shift-click and Ctrl-click) and then clicking Remove.
7 You can also remove files from the list by entering an expression into the Filter
dialog box and then clicking Apply. This removes from the list all of the files that do not
meet the filter expression.
The expression should use a combination of text and wildcard characters to specify the
name patterns of the log files that you want to include. You can include multiple patterns
using the semicolon (;) character. The following table provides details of the valid wildcard
characters.

Wildcard Description

* Matches zero or more characters.

? Matches a single character.

The next table contains some examples.

Example Selects

*.log;*Friday*.sd5 All files that have a .log filename extension and all log files whose
names contain the text "Friday" and that have an .sd5 filename
extension.

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Example Selects

*08-??-2004*.dat Only files that have a .dat filename extension and whose names
contain the characters "08-" followed by any two characters and
then followed by the characters "-2004". In practice this could be
used to select files whose names contain any date in August 2004
specified in the American short date style.

Clicking the Apply button applies the expression to the files listed in the box above. Note
that clearing the expression and clicking Apply again does not cancel any filtering that was
applied earlier.
8 When the list reflects the files you want to load, click OK to start the loading
process.
Notes:

Repository Manager will attempt to load all of the files in the list. If any of them
cannot be loaded, because, for example, they are not valid log files, Repository
Manager will simply move on to the next file.

Repository Manager does not reload files that have already been loaded into the
repository.

When the file loading process has finished, Repository Manager displays a list
showing each file and the results of the loading process. A result of OK means that
the log file was successfully processed and does not necessarily mean that any of
the data was actually loaded into the repository. For example, it is possible for a
log file to be shown as OK when in fact none of its data was loaded into the
repository because it did not meet any of the loading criteria defined for the
devices or if it did, the log file did not actually contain any of the attributes defined
for those devices nor any data that matched the queries. See Repository Template
Wizard: Define Devices in the online help for more information.

8.4 Displaying a list of files loaded into the Repository


1 If necessary, select the Attribute Explorer tool to open the Attribute Explorer.
2 Locate the repository in the Open Repositories folder in the Attribute Explorer.
3 Right-click the repository and from the shortcut menu, choose Display Loaded
Files.

8.5 Closing a Repository


1 If necessary, select the Attribute Explorer tool to open the Attribute Explorer.
2 Locate the repository in the Open Repositories folder in the Attribute Explorer.
3 Right-click the repository and from the shortcut menu, choose Close Repository.

8.6 Deleting a Repository


1 From the Repository menu, choose Delete Repository.
2 Select the repository you want to delete and then click Delete.
This irreversibly deletes the database from disk. It does not delete any session files
associated with the database.

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8.7 Using the Repository Template Wizard


When an empty repository is created, it is based on a template, which specifies how the
results are to be structured into data sources (devices) and which attributes and queries
are to be included in each device. Repository Manager stores the binned data for the
attributes as described in Repository Binned Data.
Use the Repository Template wizard to create templates that can then be used for creating
repositories. The template defines the structure of the new repository, what type of data it
is to be used for, how that data is to be organized, etc. You can also use the Repository
Template wizard to edit an existing repository template.
Start the Repository Template wizard from the Template Manager, which lists the
templates that already exist and also enables you to delete unwanted templates.
Before you start creating a template, make sure that all of the queries that you want to
use in the template are already available in the Analysis Manager, otherwise you will not
be able to add them to the template. If necessary, close the Template Manager, add the
queries, and then start again.
To open the Template Manager

From the Repository menu, choose Template Manager.

To create a new template


1 Open the Template Manager and then click New. This opens the Repository
Template wizard's Welcome page.
2 Click Next to open the Combine or Separate Data? page.
To edit an existing template

Open the Template Manager, select the template you want to change, and then
click Edit. This takes you straight to the Combine or Separate Data? page.
To delete an unwanted template

Open the Template Manager, select the template you want to delete, and then
click Delete.

Note that you can't delete templates that are supplied by


Actix or that are within a package.

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9 Printing Data
Analyzer features two different ways to obtain printed map outputs. The Map Layout
Designer may be used to arrange the map and legend on the page, add a title, and
preview the output. The Quick Print option allows you to bypass the Map Layout Designer
and print the map with a legend in a fixed position.

To print a map using the Quick Print option


1. Display data on a map in the workspace.
2. Select the Print button from the map toolbar.
3. Select the paper source, page orientation, and margin sizes.
4. Use the Options button in the lower left hand corner of the Print Setup dialog to
adjust map size, content, legend visibility and scale.
5. In the Print Setup dialog, select OK to print the map.

To print your map using the Map Layout Designer


1. Open a map with data in the workspace.
2. Select the Layout button from the toolbar.
3. Choose the page layout for the map and select OK to bring up the Map Layout
Designer.
4. Double-click on the Label box to change the title of the map.
5. Move the label box and the map so that they are not overlapping. Resize the text
box as necessary. With the Label Box selected, choose Properties from the Toolbar to
change the label font.
6. Move the Legend so that it is not overlapping the map trail. Resize the legend as
necessary.
7. To change the map layers visible in the Legend, double click on the Legend to
activate it and collapse any layers that are not to appear. Expand any layers that should
appear.
8. Select Print Preview from the Toolbar to determine what the printed page will look
like. Close Print Preview to make any modifications necessary.
9. Select Print when the map layout is arranged to your satisfaction.

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10 Saving Your Preferred Layout


In Analyzer, the workspace includes all data display windows within the Analyzer
application window, together with the Workspace Explorer. Saving a workspace in Analyzer
allows you to save the following items:

Window layouts

Open files you are currently working with

Custom analyses you have created

Custom attributes you have executed

Superstreams you have created


To save your workspace click File, Save Workspace As and give the file a name. The
Analyzer file structure includes a Workspaces folder that can be used to hold your saved
workspaces, though you can save a workspace to any location.
A workspace created with Analyzer may be opened directly from the Windows Desktop. To
start up Analyzer with a set of commonly used queries, simply save a workspace with the
queries of interest, but no data files. The workspace may then be saved as a shortcut on
the Windows Desktop. Double-click on the Desktop shortcut to open Analyzer with all of
your frequently used queries in place.

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