Issues

Simscope tracks Issues, which are a superset of Bugs and Tags.

Issues link to:

• Signatures
• Rules
• Assignments
• Jobs
• External Bug Reports (JIRA, Bugzilla, etc)

Diagram

Uses of Issues in Simscope

Simscope can answer questions such as:

#1. Which Signatures are assigned to bug RTL-401?

View a list of all signatures and assignments on this bug.

#2. Which Issues is alice.anderson working on?

View a list of all signatures, rules, and assignments for Alice.

#3. How can I resolve all Signatures linked to bug 49832?

Simscope can resolve issues based on a fix ID.

Bugs

See Bugs.

Tags

In Simscope, Tags are the same as Bugs, except named with a . prefix. Simscope renders them with a different icon, and do not link back to a bug tracking system.

Tags are useful to categorize and describe failures, without have an active bug associated.

Example tag name: .underflow

Naming

Issues can only be named with:

• alphanumeric characters
• - hyphen, _ underscore
• . dot (aka period)

Issues are categorized as a Bug, unless they are prefixed with a . (dot).

Issues containing characters not matching the list above are not allowed. For example, $fail is invalid.

Example Issue Names

Resolving Issues

Simscope allows jobs, signatures, and rules marked with an active issue to be resolved. This follows the Rule Resolve flow, and requires a Branch and Fix ID to resolve against.