Creating New Report Strategies - 2021.2 English

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Design Analysis and Closure Techniques (UG906)

Document ID
UG906
Release Date
2021-10-27
Version
2021.2 English

New Report Strategies must be created in the Vivado IDE Project Settings window, under Tool Settings and the subsection Strategies. Similarly, any existing user-defined Report Strategy can only be permanently modified in the Project Settings window. The pre-defined Report Strategies and the default association of a Run Strategy with a Report Strategy cannot be modified.

Figure 1. Report Strategies Configuration in the Settings Window

To create a new Report Strategy:

  1. Click on "+" in the Strategy Window and perform the following steps:
    1. Specify the name of the strategy.
    2. Select the target Flow, Synthesis or Implementation.
    3. Provide a description (optional).
    4. Click OK.

    Or,

  2. Select an existing strategy, click on the copy button, and edit the strategy name. Then:
    1. Add a report using the "+" button.
  3. Edit the report options by selecting the report and editing the options. If an option is not available, it can be added in the MORE_OPTIONS field.
  4. Remove a report using the "-" button.
  5. After all the edits are complete, click OK.

Each flow category provides several pre-defined Report Strategies. See Table 1.