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Determines which rules are checked during static analysis. Use the rules tree and related controls to indicate which rules and rule categories you want checked during static analysis.

  • Enable Show all enabled rules to filter for active rules. 
  • Click Configure categories and choose the categories you want to see in the rules tree. Built-in (Parasoft) and industry standard categories are available. You can choose as many as desired.
  • To view a description of a rule, right-click the node that represents that rule and choose View Rule Documentation.
  • To view a description of a rule category, right-click the node that represents that rule category and choose View Category Documentation.
  • To enable or disable all rules in a specific rule category or certain types of rules within a specific rule category, right-click the category node and , then choose Enable Rules > [desired option] or Disable Rules > [desired option].

  • To search for a rule, click Find, then use that dialog to search for the rule.To hide the rules that are not enabled, click Hide Disabled. If you later want all rules displayed, click Show Alluse the Filter field at the top of the rules tree. By default, this search covers only rule names. If you want to search throughout rule descriptions, click the Search also in rule descriptions button to the right of this filter.
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  • The number next to each rule ID indicates the rule’s severity level. The severity level indicates the chance that a violation of the rule will cause a serious construction defect (a coding construct that causes application problems such as slow performance, security vulnerabilities, and so on). Possible severity levels (listed from most severe to least severe) are:
    • Highest - Level 1
    • High - Level 2
    • Medium - Level 3
    • Low - Level 4
    • Lowest - Level 5
  • To learn about the rules that are included with SOAtest, go to Parasoft > Help or Help > Help Contents (depending on your installation), then open the SOAtest Static Analysis Rules book and browse the available rule description files.
  • To generate a printable list of all rules that a given Test Configuration is configured to check:
    1. Open the Test Configurations panel by going to Parasoft > Test Configurations.
    2. Select the Test Configurations category that represents the user-defined Test Configuration you want to modify.
    3. Open the Static tab.
    4. Click PrintableDocs.