Automation
Command Line
The command line tool und, included with Understand lets you quickly create, parse, and report on Understand projects. If you have a large number of projects you need to create, or need to automate reporting or metrics generation, this is the perfect tool.
Many customers use und as part of their regular build process, whenever the build is finished they run und to update their Understand project and then to export the metrics associated with that version of code. All that can easily be done in und with one line, e.g.
und -db c:\projects\myProject.udb -rescan -analyzeAll -metrics buildmetrics.csv
The Understand manual has more details about the und command and how to use it. For the latest options run und help and dont hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Perl API
Understand includes a full PERL API which allows you to directly query the Understand database. If you want to create your own report, or gather information in a manner that we did not foresee in Understand, you can access the information yourself via the API. You can access the information directly from within the Understand GUI, or query for it from the command line. The executable uperl will allow you to run perl api commands directly against the database. The scripts can be as simple or as complicated as you choose. Head to the Plugins section to get started using the API, and we are happy to help if you have any questions.
