.. _output_directory_structure:

Output Directory Structure
==========================

This is an overview of WA output directory structure.

.. note:: In addition to files and subdirectories described here,
          other content may present in the output directory for
          a run, depending on the enabled augmentations.

Overview
--------

The output directory will contain a subdirectory for every job iteration that
was run, as well as some additional entries.  The following diagram illustrates
the typical structure of WA output directory::

        wa_output/
        ├── __meta/
        │   ├── config.json
        │   ├── jobs.json
        │   ├── raw_config
        │   │   ├── cfg0-config.yaml
        │   │   └── agenda.yaml
        │   ├── run_info.json
        │   └── target_info.json
        ├── __failed/
        │   └── wk1-dhrystone-1-attempt1
        ├── wk1-dhrystone-1/
        │   └── result.json
        ├── wk1-dhrystone-2/
        │   └── result.json
        ├── wk2-memcpy-1/
        │   └── result.json
        ├── wk2-memcpy-2/
        │   └── result.json
        ├── result.json
        └── run.log

This is the directory structure that would be generated after running two
iterations each of ``dhrystone`` and ``memcpy`` workloads with no augmentations
enabled, and with the first attempt at the first iteration of dhrystone having
failed.

Output Directory Entries
------------------------

result.json
        Contains a JSON structure describing the result of the execution,
        including collected metrics and artifacts. There will be one for each
        job execution, and one for the overall run. The run ``result.json`` will
        only contain metrics/artifacts for the run as a whole, and will not
        contain results for individual jobs.

        You typically would not access ``result.json`` files directly. Instead
        you would either enable augmentations to format the results in easier to
        manage form (such as CSV table), or use :ref:`output_processing_api` to
        access the results from scripts.


run.log
        This is a log of everything that happened during the run, including all
        interactions with the target, and all the decisions made by the
        framework. The output is equivalent to what you would see on the console
        when running with ``--verbose`` option.

        .. note:: WA source contains a syntax file for Vim that will color the
                  initial part of each log line, in a similar way to what you
                  see on the console. This may be useful for quickly spotting
                  error and warning messages when scrolling through the log.

                  https://github.com/ARM-software/workload-automation/blob/next/extras/walog.vim

__meta
        This directory contains configuration and run metadata. See
        :ref:`config_and_meta` below for details.

__failed
        This directory will only be present if one or more job executions has
        failed and were re-run. This directory contains output directories for
        the failed attempts.

job execution output subdirectory
        Each subdirectory will be named ``<job id>_<workload label>_<iteration
        number>``, and will, at minimum, contain a ``result.json`` (see above).
        Additionally, it may contain raw output from the workload, and any
        additional artifacts (e.g. traces) generated by augmentations. Finally,
        if workload execution has failed, WA may gather some additional logging
        (such as the UI state at the time of failure) and place it here.


.. _config_and_meta:

Configuration and Metadata
--------------------------

As stated above, the ``__meta`` directory contains run configuration and
metadata.  Typically, you would not access these files directly, but would use
the :ref:`output_processing_api` to query the metadata.

For more details about WA configuration see :ref:`configuration-specification`.

config.json
        Contains the overall run configuration, such as target interface
        configuration, and job execution order, and various "meta-configuration"
        settings, such as default output path, verbosity level, and logging
        formatting.

jobs.json
        Final configuration for all jobs, including enabled augmentations,
        workload and runtime parameters, etc.

raw_config
        This directory contains copies of config file(s) and the agenda that
        were parsed in order to generate configuration for this run. Each config
        file is prefixed with ``cfg<N>-``, where ``<N>`` is the number
        indicating the order (with respect to the other other config files) in
        which it was parsed, e.g. ``cfg0-config.yaml`` is always a copy of
        ``$WA_USER_DIRECTORY/config.yaml``. The one file without a prefix is the
        agenda.

run_info.json
        Run metadata, e.g. duration, start/end timestamps and duration.

target_info.json
        Extensive information about the target. This includes information about
        the target's CPUS configuration, kernel and userspace versions, etc. The
        exact content will vary depending on the target type (Android vs Linux)
        and what could accessed on a particular device (e.g. if
        ``/proc/config.gz`` exists on the target, the kernel config will be
        included).
