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The following statistics about the global and local variables of a VI appear in the VI Metrics window when you select the Globals/locals checkbox:

• Global reads—Number of reads of global variables on the block diagram.
• Global writes—Number of writes to global variables on the block diagram.
• Local reads—Number of reads of local variables on the block diagram.
• Local writes—Number of writes to local variables on the block diagram.