Pirform's Circuit Helper

Pirform's Circuit Helper feature makes it easier to understand your certificates and reports by bringing Pirform's circuit intelligence right into where you are working on the circuits and test results. This is incredibly useful when entering value or when reviewing and checking work.

Here you can see a screenshot of the Circuit Helper showing both intelligence and information about the circuits in a board:

Pirform's Circuit Helper has the following features.

Indicator icons next to the circuit

Pirform's Circuit Helper shows an indicator icon next to each circuit in the board. If Pirform has applied intelligence to the circuit, it shows a light bulb icon. If there is information, it will show an information icon.

Clicking on the icon shows the details directly below the circuit. You can see intelligence has been applied to circuit 1 below. The Circuit Helper shows the intelligence statement and lets you take actions without moving away from the circuit.

Details shown under the circuit

Clicking Suppress will suppress the intelligence statement for this circuit. You can also un-suppress intelligence in the same manner.

You can also click Manage Intelligence to go to the Intelligence Manager, where you can see all the intelligence statements applied to the certificate and manage them. There is also a link to the Intelligence Manager in the ribbon.

Information about a circuit, such as the maximum length of a ring final circuit from the on-site guide, is also shown in the Circuit Helper. In this case, you can navigate directly from there to our on-site guide documentation.

Easier reviewing and checking work

To make reviewing board and circuit details easier when checking work, Pirform's Circuit Helper lets you expand all Circuit Helpers in the certificate at once. To do that, click Expand Helpers in the ribbon for Pirform to automatically expand all Circuit Helpers as you navigate through the boards. When you want to close the Circuit Helper details, click Expand Helpers again.