MATLAB Programming Fundamentals - MathWorks

Analyze Project Dependencies

To analyze the structure of a project and discover files required by the project, run a

dependency analysis. You can run dependency analysis at any point in your workflow

when you want to check that the project has all required files. For example, it is a good

idea to check dependencies when setting up a project, before submitting a version of your

project to source control, and before sharing the project.

Running a dependency analysis can show you how a change affects other files before you

make the change. For example, it is common to use dependency analysis to examine your

project structure, to find, investigate, and resolve problems in project files, or to find the

toolboxes required by the project. When investigating the potential impact of a change in

requirements, use dependency analysis to find the design files linked to the requirements

document. You also can use it to investigate change set impact by finding upstream and

downstream dependencies of modified files before committing the changes. Finding these

dependencies can help you identify design and test files that need modification and help

you find the tests you need to run.

After dependency analysis, you can open or label the files. You can also export the results

as workspace variables, images, or reloadable files. And you can send these files for

custom task processing. Exporting the results enables further processing or archiving of

impact analysis results. You can add the exported list of files to reports or other

documents that describe the impact of a change.

Run Dependency Analysis

Before running a dependency analysis on a project, make sure that you have added all

your files to the project. The dependency analysis only checks the files in your project. For

more information, see “Add Files to Project” on page 31-6.

To run a dependency analysis on all the files in your project, select the Dependency

Analysis view. Then, on the Dependency Analysis tab, click Analyze.

To analyze only specific files, on the Dependency Analysis tab, click Analyze > Select

Files to Analyze. Select the files for analysis and then click Analyze.

To analyze the dependencies of external toolboxes, on the Dependency Analysis tab,

click Options > Analyze External Toolboxes.

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