What's the difference between creating an analysis view and activating it?
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Direct answer
Creating a view just registers it as an object that exists in the database — it doesn't participate in any check yet. Activating it (declaring it as part of the setup list, the hold list, or both) is what actually makes STA use it during analysis.
Mentor explanation
This distinction catches a lot of people off guard because it feels redundant — why would you create something and then need a separate step to turn it on? But separating creation from activation is intentional: it lets you build out a whole library of possible views and then explicitly, auditable-ly decide which ones are in scope for setup, which for hold, and which aren't active at all right now. A view sitting in the database that was never activated for hold isn't secretly being hold-checked in the background. It's just... there, unused, until someone turns it on.
Example or conceptual chain
create_analysis_view: the view exists but is not analyzed. set_analysis_view: it participates in setup, hold, or both.
Interview trap
Assuming a view is being checked simply because it shows up in a script or a report of created objects. Created is not active.
Tool check
create_analysis_view; set_analysis_view -setup {...} -hold {...}; report_analysis_viewsCreate, activate, and audit the active view list.
Key takeaways
- Creating a view just registers it as an object that exists in the database — it doesn't participate in any check yet.
- Activating it (declaring it as part of the setup list, the hold list, or both) is what actually makes STA use it during analysis.
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