This topic explains how you can create new rule categories, as well as modify rule categories, rule IDs, names, and severity levels using rule mappings. This is especially helpful if you want to configure SOAtest to enforce your team’s or organization’s coding policy (e.g. by customizing the built-in rule names, severities, and categories to match the ones defined in your policy).

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After you enter rule mappings in the SOAtest UI,  they are saved in a simple text file named rulemap.xml in your SOAtest installation directory.

Sharing Rule Mappings

Through Team Server (deprecated)

If you are using the deprecated Team Server and you want team members to share the rule changes, you should upload the rulemap.xml file to the Team Server.

To upload the file to the Team Server:

• See Configuring Test Configurations and Rules for Policies.

If a machine has access to both a local rulemap.xml file and a team rulemap.xml file, the team file will take precedence over the local file.

Through Export/Import

Even if you do not have Team Server, you You can share rule mappings by exporting/importing them.

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