How to Display Dependencies of Your Application with Help of Predefined Queries on Dependency View

Overview

With the Dependency View, you can visualize the dependencies of your analyzed application as a dependency graph. You can select the content and the layout of the dependency graph.

Refer to Dependency View.

Open or Create a Project

Open your preferred project or create a new project with File > New Project > From Project Template > Template Full.

Add a Dependency View

Step	Action	Result / Comment
1	Right-click the Application object in the Devices tree.	-
2	Select Add Object > Code Analysis Dependency View from the contextual menu.	The Add Code Analysis Dependency View editor is displayed.
3	Click the Add button.	oA Code Analysis Dependency View object is added beneath the Application object in the Devices tree. oThe Dependency View is displayed.

Step

Action

Result / Comment

Right-click the Application object in the Devices tree.

Select Add Object > Code Analysis Dependency View from the contextual menu.

The Add Code Analysis Dependency View editor is displayed.

Click the Add button.

oA Code Analysis Dependency View object is added beneath the Application object in the Devices tree.

oThe Dependency View is displayed.

Analyze Code

Step	Action	Result / Comment
1	Click the Analyze code button.	The project is analyzed.

Select Scope and Query

Step	Action	Result / Comment
1	Click the Select and Add button.	-
2	Select Scope > Application + POU Space.	This reduces the number elements that are added to the dependency graph to nodes that are defined in your project only.
3	Select Query > Call Graph.	This adds the calls of your application to the dependency graph.
4	Click the Apply button.	The project is analyzed and the dependency graph is displayed.