Merge pull request #3760 from The-OpenROAD-Project-staging/fix-update-rules

util: fix for colon metrics

Author: vvbandeira

flow/util/genMetrics.py

@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ def extract_metrics(
     else:
         metrics_dict["total_time"] = str(total)
 
+    metrics_dict = {
+        key.replace(":", "__"): value for key, value in metrics_dict.items()
+    }
+
     if hier_json:
         # Convert the Metrics dictionary to hierarchical format by stripping
         # the stage as a 'key'

flow/util/genRuleFile.py

@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ def gen_rule_file(
             matching_fields.append(pattern)
 
         for field in matching_fields:
+            # Replace ':' with '__' as the dashboard DB does not accept
+            # ':' in # field names.
+            if ":" in field:
+                field = field.replace(":", "__")
             processed_fields.add(field)
             if isinstance(metrics[field], str):
                 print(f"[WARNING] Skipping string field {field} = {metrics[field]}")