A view exists in the database but isn't active for setup or hold. What does that actually mean for signoff?
From PDVerse MMMC Interview Masterclass · pdVerse Mentor Series
Direct answer
It means that view is contributing nothing to the current timing results, no matter how correctly it was built. If your signoff plan requires that condition to be checked, and the view sits inactive, that requirement is currently unmet — even though nothing looks broken in any report.
Mentor explanation
This is one of the quieter and more dangerous gaps in MMMC methodology, because it produces no error message. Every report can look clean, every active view can show positive slack, and the run can finish without a single complaint — while an entire required condition is silently sitting on the shelf, unchecked. The only way to catch this is to compare the list of active views against the list of views your signoff plan actually requires, not against the list of views that merely exist.
Interview trap
"Created" is treated as equivalent to "analyzed." It never is.
Tool check
report_analysis_views (or scenario-status report)Inspect active views rather than only created objects.
Key takeaways
- It means that view is contributing nothing to the current timing results, no matter how correctly it was built.
- If your signoff plan requires that condition to be checked, and the view sits inactive, that requirement is currently unmet — even though nothing looks broken in any report.
Self-check: can you answer this aloud?
Try a 45-second answer using this structure:
- State the direct answer.
- Explain the timing or physical reason.
- Name one caveat.
- Say how you would verify it in a real flow.
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