Project:	Source Metrix
Title :	User Manual

Compiled by :

Bruce S. O. Adams

Date :

10-Apr-2006

Issue	Date	Author	Change
1.1	10-Apr-2006	BSA	Updated for initial preview release
1.0	12-Jan-2006	BSA	Initial Draft

1 Introduction.. 3

1.1 What is Source Metrix?. 3

1.2 Registration.. 3

1.3 Version.. 3

1.4 Requirements. 3

1.5 Contact Details. 3

2 Installation.. 4

3 Quick Start Guide. 4

4 How it works.. 4

5 Source Files.. 4

5.1 Source Types. 4

5.2 Default File Extensions. 4

6 Database. 5

6.1 Analysing Changes without storing them... 5

7 Metrics.. 5

7.1 Line based Metrics. 5

7.2 Statement based Metrics. 5

7.3 Density.. 5

7.4 Future Enhancements. 6

8 Reporting Functionality.. 6

8.1 Future Enhancements. 6

9 Interfacing with Version Control.. 6

9.1 Supported Version Control systems. 6

10 Historical Analysis.. 6

10.1 Why use historical analysis features?. 6

10.2 How to use the historical analysis feature. 6

10.3 Average Change. 7

10.4 Prediction.. 7

10.4.1 Future developments. 7

11 Change Grouping.. 7

11.1 What is a change group?. 7

11.2 How are change groups determined?. 7

11.3 How do I use this feature?. 8

11.4 Storing and overriding change groups. 8

12 Command Line Options Summary.. 8

12.1 Change Grouping Options. 9

13 Performance. 10