## Three Ways to Get Metrics Information

Understand for C++ provides these ways to get metrics information:

- Information Browser - The last node on the Information Browser tree is Metrics. This branch can be expanded to show all the metrics available for the currently selected entity.
- Reports - These are described below. It is important to note that not all metrics collected are reported. Some are not shown in the reports to save space or because they do not fall into a particular report category.
- Export - All metrics may be exported from the Project-> Metrics Export menu. Metrics may be chosen. This output is comma-delimited, which allows you to import it into most spreadsheets and databases.
- PERL/C API - a more advanced way to get existing metrics, and also to calculate new metrics, is with the PERL and C API. These provide full access to the Understand for C++ database. Examples and documentation can be found at http://www.scitools.com/perl.shtml.

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