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LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit is a LabVIEW add-on that extends the features of VI Analyzer with common tests, APIs, Project Explorer integration, and a test creator utility.

The LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit helps you improve the quality and readability of graphical code developed in LabVIEW software. With this toolkit, you can configure more than 90 included tests for automated code review and static code analysis of all VIs in an application, or create your own using the test creation wizard.
Use the LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit to debug and avoid overlooking improper coding techniques that could impact an application’s performance, functionality, or maintainability. In addition, you can enforce effective programming practices and coding styles within teams of developers to ensure code readability and functionality. By using this toolkit regularly, you can develop high-quality, robust LabVIEW applications.
--LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit Marketing

Tests

LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit includes a wide range of tests in various categories:

Block Diagram
Complexity Metrics
Documentation
Front Panel
General
VI Metrics

Unless otherwise stated, these tests are available in LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2009 and later.

External links

LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit Release Notes

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+==Tests==
+LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit includes a wide range of tests in various categories:
+<!-- TODO: Versions to check: 2011 .. 2016 -->
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+*Block Diagram
+**Performance
+***[[Arrays and Strings in Loops]]
+***[[Coercion Dots]]
+***[[Enabled Debugging]]
+***[[In Place Element Structure Usage]]
+***[[Inlinable VIs]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2010 and later)
+***[[Parallel For Loop Debugging]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2019 and later)
+***[[Parallelizable Loops]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2010 and later)
+***[[Prepend Scalar With Build Array]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2010 and later)
+***[[Redundant Boolean Operations]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2010 and later)
+***[[Value Property Usage]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2010 and later)
+***[[Wait in While Loop]]
+***[[Wired Terminals in Subdiagrams]]
+**Style
+***[[Wires Under Objects]]
+***[[Array Constant Style]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2019 and later)
+***[[Backwards Wires]]
+***[[Case Structure Default Frame]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2019 and later)
+***[[Code Simplification]]
+***[[Control Terminal Label Visible]]
+***[[Control Terminal Wiring]]
+***[[Diagram Disable Structures]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2019 and later)
+***[[Mixed Terminal Styles]]
+***[[Node Density]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2009 .. 2017)
+***[[Poor Names of Enum Items]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2019 and later)
+***[[Sequence Structure Usage]]
+***[[String Constant Style]]
+***[[Tunnel Position]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2010 and later)
+***[[Unused Code]]
+***[[Wire Bends]]
+***[[Wire Crossings]]
+**Warnings
+***[[Adding Array Size Elements]]
+***[[Array Sum and Product Overflow]]
+***[[Breakpoint Detection]]
+***[[Bundling Duplicate Names]]
+***[[Case Structure with String Range]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2019 and later)
+***[[Error Cluster Wired]]
+***[[Find Deprecated Items]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2020 and later)
+***[[For Loop Error Handling]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2018 and later)
+***[[For Loop Iteration Count]]
+***[[For Loop Reference Handling]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2020 and later)
+***[[Globals and Locals]]
+***[[Hidden Objects in Structures]]
+***[[Hidden Tunnels]]
+***[[Indexer Datatype]]
+***[[Pattern Label]]
+***[[Reentrant VI Issues]]
+***[[Type Casting References]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2010 and later)
+***[[Typedef Cluster Constants]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2009 .. 2017)
+***[[Unwired I32 Error]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2019 and later)
+*Complexity Metrics
+**[[Cyclomatic Complexity]]
+**[[Depth of Nesting of Structures]]
+**[[Fan In]]
+**[[Fan Out]]
+**[[Modularity Index]]
+*Documentation
+**Developer
+***[[Revision History]]
+***[[Approved Bookmark Tags]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2019 and later)
+***[[Comment Usage]]
+***[[Label Call Library Nodes]]
+**User
+***[[Spell Check]]
+***[[VI Documentation]]
+*Front Panel
+**SubVI
+***[[Array Default Values]]
+***[[Cluster Sized to Fit]]
+***[[Control Alignment]]
+**User Interface
+***[[Alignment Grid Setting]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2020 and later)
+***[[Clipped Text]]
+***[[Dialog Controls]]
+***[[Duplicate Control Labels]]
+***[[Empty List Items]]
+***[[Font Usage]]
+***[[Overlapping Controls]]
+***[[Panel Size and Position]]
+***[[Scalar Chart Updates]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2010 and later)
+***[[Synchronous Display]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2010 and later)
+***[[Transparent Labels]]
+*General
+**File Properties
+***[[SubVI and TypeDef Locations]]
+***[[VI Extension]]
+***[[VI Name]]
+***[[VI Saved Version]]
+***[[VI Size]]
+**Icon and Connector Pane
+***[[Connected Pane Terminals]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2009 .. 2017)
+***[[Connector Pane Alignment]]
+***[[Connector Pane Pattern]]
+***[[Default Icon]]
+***[[Error Style]]
+***[[Full Connector Pane]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2010 and later)
+***[[Icon Size and Border]]
+***[[Polymorphic Terminals]]
+***[[Terminal Connection Type]]
+***[[Terminal Positions]]
+**VI Properties
+***[[Auto Error Handling Enabled]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2018 and later)
+***[[Broken VI]]
+***[[Built Application Compatibility]]
+***[[Control VI Type]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2018 and later)
+***[[Driver Usage]]
+***[[Platform Portability]]
+***[[Removed Diagram]]
+***[[Separate Compiled Code Setting]] (LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2020 and later)
+***[[Toolkit Usage]]
+***[[VI Lock State]]
+*VI Metrics
+**[[Connector Inputs and Outputs]]
+**[[Controls and Indicators]]
+**[[Diagram Count]]
+**[[Diagram Size]]
+**[[Node Count]]
+**[[Property Reads and Writes]]
+**[[Shared Library Calls]]
+**[[Structure Count]]
+**[[Wire Sources]]
+}}
+Unless otherwise stated, these tests are available in LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit 2009 and later.
 ==See also==
 *[[VI Analyzer]]
+==External links==
+* [https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/release-notes/product.labview-vi-analyzer-toolkit.html LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit Release Notes]
 [[Category:LabVIEW add-ons]]
 [[Category:VI Analyzer]]