Monitoring a Simulation Job

You can monitor the progress of a simulation job while it is running or after it has completed.

You can view a log of the status messages issued by the job, or you can monitor the progression of parameter values. You can also monitor the content of the files created in the execution directory.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Running a Simulation Process
Managing Simulation Jobs

View the Log

You can view a detailed log showing the progress of the simulation job.

  1. Open the simulation process in Performance Study.
  2. From the Details panel, click Log.

    Performance Study displays a detailed log showing the progress of the simulation process. The level of detail in the log is controlled by the Log Level specified in the execution options.

    To help you monitor the progress of a job that is executing or to debug a job that is complete, you can filter the messages displayed in the job log. Click in the column header to sort messages; click to apply filters.

    Right-click in the Message column to copy the message.

    Right-click in the column header to do the following:

    • Pin or hide a column.
    • Configure a custom view.

  3. Optional: To scroll automatically as messages appear while a process is running, select Enable Autoscroll.
  4. Additional tools on the Log page allow you to do the following:
    OptionDescription
    Clear applied filters.
    Search the job log messages.
    Export the entire job log to a comma-separated values (CSV) file. All of the columns are exported to the file, regardless of any columns you selected not to display. You can also right-click the job log and copy the text to the clipboard.


    		Specify preferences for the display, sizing, grouping, and sorting of columns.
    Subscribe to an event that alerts you when the job log is modified.

View the Job Parameters

You can view the history of parameter values in a simulation activity that is running or has completed. Monitoring the parameter values allows you to determine if the simulation process is proceeding as expected during a complex or long-running simulation process.

  1. Open the simulation process in Performance Study.
  2. From the Details panel, click Parameters.
    Performance Study displays a table showing the progression of parameter values in the first simulation activity that runs.
  3. From the toolbar on the parameters page, you can select the following:
    OptionDescription

    Display parameter values (tabular or graphical) for only the designs that show an improvement. This option is available only for a simulation activity that uses the Optimization adapter.

    A design is considered an improvement only if it satisfies all constraints and is better than the previous best (feasible or infeasible) design.
    Filter the displayed parameters. You can do the following:
    • Select a parameter from the table that appears.
    • Choose the Mode of the parameters to select. For example, you can choose to select only the parameters that were defined as Inputs to and/or Outputs from the simulation activity. You can also select all of the parameters or clear all your parameter selections.
    Export the selected columns of the parameter table to a comma-separated values (CSV) file.
    Refresh the display.
  4. To scroll automatically as parameters are created while the process is running, select Enable Autoscroll and sort by the Run ID column.
  5. If your process contains a subflow within a flow adapter, select or clear Show Subflow Data to show or hide data for parameters within a subflow.
  6. To keep columns stationary when scrolling horizontally, pin columns from the context menu of the column headers.

    By default, the Run ID and Status columns are pinned.

  7. Optional: Filter parameter values by run status from the context menu of the Run Status column header.
  8. Optional: Select a different simulation activity from which to monitor the parameter values.

    Performance Study updates the table to show the progression of parameter values in the selected simulation activity.

View the Job Files

You can view the content of the files that are written to your execution directory.

Before you begin: To view files from a job that has finished executing, the 3DOrchestrate Station on which the job ran must still be available and the execution directory must still exist on the station.
  1. Open the simulation process in Performance Study.
  2. From the Details panel, click Files.
  3. Select a directory from the listing of execution directories that appears to see the files created in the directory.
  4. From the list of files that appear, select a file to view its content.
  5. Click to view the text written to the end of the file. For example, if you are executing an Abaqus analysis, you can monitor the progression of the analysis by viewing the text being written to the status file.

    Note: Performance Study displays the content of only text files.