AN 1006: Multi-Project Analysis with Exploration Dashboard

ID 816589
Date 4/01/2024
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2.2. Step 2: Add Projects to Exploration Dashboard

There are multiple methods of adding Quartus® Prime projects to the Exploration Dashboard for analysis, including adding projects from specific directories, and adding projects from Quartus® Prime project archive files (.qar).

Follow these steps to create a project group for this example:

  1. From the Tasks list, double-click Add projects under directory under Import Existing Projects.
    Figure 6. Add Projects Under Directory Task


  2. In the Add Handle to Existing Projects Under Directory dialog box, click OK to search in the current directory.
    Figure 7. Add Existing Projects to Exploration Dashboard


  3. Click OK to confirm the additions to your Exploration Dashboard workspace.
    Figure 8. Ungrouped Projects in Exploration Dashboard


  4. To define a group for easy interaction with all three projects, and to dispatch all the work to each project to run in parallel, double-click Add Group on the Tasks list.
    Figure 9. Add Group Task


  5. Type all_seeds for Group ID. Turn on the checkbox for all three projects to add to the new group and click OK.
  6. In the Object Status panel, view the members of the all_seeds group.
    Figure 10. Three Projects Combined Into Single Group