The widgets in this category return static analysis results from Parasoft DTP Engines. Additionally, multiple occurrences of a violation detected and reported by Parasoft DTP Engines are recognized as the same violation throughout the development lifecycle. If the same violation is discovered multiple times, it is recognized as the same violation and displayed in a Static Analysis widget as such.

In this chapter: 

Assignees - Top 5 Table

This widget shows the five users with the most number of violations assigned to them for the specified project in a table format.

Actions

Click on an assignee to open the Violations Explorer filtered by the selected assignee. See Violations Explorer.

Click the more... link to view the Assignees report. See Assignees Report.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Assignees - Top 5 Table",
"type": "native",
"id": "860837a0-5949-4504-9c8b-db025673aaa5"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
SeverityChoose a severity level to display from the Severity drop-down menu.

Assignees - Top 5 Bar

This widget shows the five users with the most number of violations assigned to them for the specified project in a bar graph.

Actions

Click on a bar to open the Violations Explorer filtered by the selected assignee. See Violations Explorer.

Click the more... link to view the Violations by Assignee report. See Assignees Report.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Assignees - Top 5 Bar",
"type": "native",
"id": "fe6a17ee-aab1-417c-93fa-367e8e9b0154"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
SeverityChoose a severity level to display from the Severity drop-down menu.

Authors- Top 5 Table

This widget shows the five authors with the most number of violations for the selected project.

Actions

Click on an author to open the Violations Explorer filtered by the selected author. See Violations Explorer.

Click the more... link to view the Violations by Author report. See Authors Report.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Authors - Top 5 Table",
"type": "native",
"id": "2fb5db90-d843-47c6-986b-fc24e5154d2d"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
SeverityChoose a severity level to display from the Severity drop-down menu.

Authors - Top 5 Bar

This widget shows the five authors with the most number of violations in a bar graph.

Actions

Click on a bar to open the Violations Explorer filtered by the selected author. See Violations Explorer.

Click the more... link to view the Violations by Author report. See Authors Report.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Authors - Top 5 Bar",
"type": "native",
"id": "aa4e8f70-e22e-4c7b-9b3b-b4b529af6aa0"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
SeverityChoose a severity level to display from the Severity drop-down menu.

Files - Trend

This widget shows the number of files failed (files containing violations) and the number of files passed (files without violations) over time. The failed files are represented with a red line, while a green area represents the passed files.

Actions

Mouse over an area to see the number of files failed and passed and to see how many rules were enabled.

Click on the chart to open Violations Trend report. See Violations Trend Report.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Files - Trend",
"type": "legacy",
"id": "StaticAnalysisFilesStackedArea"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
PeriodChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard date range or choose a period from the drop-down menu.

Modules - Top 5 Table

This widget shows the five modules with the highest number of violations for the specified project.

Actions

Click on a link in the Name column to open the Violations Explorer filtered by the selected module. See Violations Explorer.

Click the more... link to view the Violations by Module report. See Modules Report.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Modules - Top 5 Table",
"type": "native",
"id": "3cdce929-da84-4279-a0af-90a133215120"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
SeverityChoose a severity level to display from the Severity drop-down menu.
PeriodChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard date range or choose a period from the drop-down menu.
Violation Upper BoundEnter a value to determine an unacceptable number of violations per module. Values higher than this number will be color coded red.
Violation Lower BoundEnter a value to determine an acceptable number of violations per module. Values lower than this number will be color coded green.
Change Upper BoundEnter a value to determine an unacceptable number of new violations per module. Values higher than this number will be color coded red.
Change Lower BoundEnter a value to determine an acceptable number of new violations per module. Values lower than this number will be color coded green.

Modules - Bubble

This widget shows a graph of modules containing aged violations against KLOC. An aged violation is a violation that is at least three days old.

The x-axis represents the size of the module in KLOCs. The y-axis represents the number of aged violations in the module.

The size and color of the bubbles reflect the number of severity 1 violations:

  • green: 0 to 10
  • yellow: 11 to 50
  • red: 51 or more

Actions

Mouse over a bubble to see the name of the module and a count of severity 1 violations it contains.

Click on a bubble to open the Violations Explorer. See Violations Explorer.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Modules - Bubble",
"type": "legacy",
"id": "StaticAnalysisBubbleChart"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.

My Violations - Summary

This widget shows total number of violations assigned to the signed-in user. You can change the dashboard or widget date range settings filter to view the difference between current total and total at beginning of the specified period.

Actions

Click on a rule ID in the widget to open the violation Violations Explorer. See Violations Explorer.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "My Violations - Summary",
"type": "native",
"id": "659a8d10-9bd8-4da9-9e40-02a7440c5d81"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
PeriodChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard date range or choose a period from the drop-down menu.
SeverityChoose a severity level to display from the Severity drop-down menu.

My Violations by Severity - Pie

This widget shows a pie chart of violations assigned to the signed-in user segmented by severity. The pie chart legend shows a count of violations by severity, as well as change in the number of violations during the date range specified in the widget settings.

Actions

Click on a pie segment or a severity level in the legend to open the Violations Explorer filtered by the selected severity. See Violations Explorer.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "My Violations by Severity - Pie - ",
"type": "native",
"id": "21de9b86-1c35-457d-aa4e-4f65014a5a4c"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
PeriodChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard date range or choose a period from the drop-down menu.

Rules - Trend

This widget shows the number of static analysis rules enabled over time. Mouse over an area to see how many rules were enabled.

Actions

Click on the chart to open Violations Trend report. See Violations Trend Report.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Rules - Trend",
"type": "native",
"id": "5b7a0937-d6df-4dd8-a317-240abbfb4173"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
PeriodChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard date range or choose a period from the drop-down menu.

Severities - Pyramid

This widget shows the cummulative number of violations across severity levels.

Severity levels are listed along the y-axis, while the x-axis shows the violation count.

The light blue segment represents the number of violations reported for the current severity level in the y-axis.

The dark blue segment represents the cummulative number violations beginning with the top-most severity level in the y-axis.

Actions

Click on a segment to open the Violations Explorer filtered by . See Violations Explorer.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Severities - Pyramid",
"type": "native",
"id": "15281c38-874e-44a6-b150-d09bf5a39fcb"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.

Severities - Distribution

This widget shows how violations are distributed by severity. Mouse over a color-coded segment for a count of violations.

Actions

Click on a segment to open the Violations Explorer filtered by the selected severity. See Violations Explorer.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Severities - Distribution",
"type": "legacy",
"id": "ViolationsDistributionBySeverity"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.

Severities - Pie

This widget shows a pie chart of violations segmented by severity. The chart legend shows a count of violations by severity, as well as change in the number of violations during the date range specified in the widget settings.

Actions

Click on a pie segment or a severity level in the legend to open the Violations Explorer filtered by the selected severity. See Violations Explorer.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Severities - Pie - ",
"type": "native",
"id": "4e83542c-d881-4aeb-9788-a882864be6c8"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
PeriodChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard date range or choose a period from the drop-down menu.

Severities - Sunburst

This widget shows an interactive, multi-tiered graph of violations grouped by severity, rule category, and rule ID.

Actions

The innermost ring represents severity. Click on a severity to show only the violations with the same severity level. Click the center of the sunburst to return to the previous view.

The second ring represents violation categories. Click on a category to show violations of all severity levels and rule IDs in the selected category. Click the center of the sunburst to return to the previous view.

The outermost ring shows violations grouped by rule ID. Click on an ID to open the Violations Explorer filtered by the selected rule. See Violations Explorer.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Severities - Sunburst",
"type": "legacy",
"id": "ViolationsSunburst"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.

Violations - Summary Trend

This widget shows the total number of violations for a project. A line graph also shows the change in violations over time.

Actions

Click on the widget to open the Violations Explorer. See Violations Explorer.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Violations - Summary Trend",
"type": "native",
"id": "62cb0f66-bbb5-4de3-910c-b70b2e6528a1"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
PeriodChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard date range or choose a period from the drop-down menu.
SeverityChoose a severity level from the drop-down menu.
TypeChoose Violations or Suppressions from the drop-down menu to show either violations or suppressed violations in the widget.

Violations Trend

This widget shows the number of new and remaining violations over time. Mouse over an area to see the number of new and remaining violations and how many rules were enabled.

Actions

Click on the chart to open Violations Trend report. See Violations Trend Report.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Violations - Trend",
"type": "native",
"id": "c82001e2-fe02-4a51-88e5-81704732dca6"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
PeriodChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard date range or choose a period from the drop-down menu.
Diff_Mode

Choose which build the data in the widget should be compared with.

The Compare_With_Previous_Build setting shows the violations trend data with the previous build as the initial data point.

The Compare_With_Baseline_Build setting shows the violations trend data with a baseline build chosen from the Basline Build setting as the initial data point.

Baseline BuildChoose a baseline build to compare current violation data to when the Compare_With_Baseline_Build is chosen in the Diff_Mode setting.

Violations - Changed

Shows the number of changed violations (new, fixed, existing) between a baseline and target build.

Actions

Click on the widget to open the violations data in the Violations Explorer

Custom Dashboard Settings

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name" : "Violations - Changed",
"type" : "native",
"id": "00c22f0e-8c18-11e6-ae22-56b6b6499611"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
StateChoose New, Fixed, or Existing from the drop-down menu to view only the violations in specific state.
Baseline BuildChoose a build from the drop-down menu to set the initial data for comparison.
Target BuildChoose a build from the drop-down menu to serve as the current data for comparison.


Violations per Assignee - Summary

This widget shows the average number of violations per assignee for the selected project and the change from the previous day.

Actions

Click on the widget to open the Violations by Author report. See Assignees Report.

Custom Dashboard Properties

Use the following properties when adding this widget to a custom dashboard:

"name": "Violations per Assignee - Summary",
"type": "native",
"id": "f352662a-c64f-43cf-93e2-cae132e1cd1a"

Settings

TitleEnter a new title to replace the default title that appears on the dashboard.
FilterChoose Dashboard Settings to use the dashboard filter or choose a filter from the drop-down menu.
SeverityChoose a severity level from the drop-down menu.
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