CAST Engineering Dashboard - Quality rule - Duplicate Quality Rules - Multiple parameter value displayed on dashboard

This page describes the issue and provides the solution to the problem of dashboard displaying multiple parameter values for a Quality Rule after changing the default parameter value in the Assessment model.

Refer to the below screenshots for clarity on the problem

Below is the step-by-step scenario leading to the problem:

1. Take a snapshot of the application.
2. Open dashboard and check the parameter value for "Avoid artifacts with lines longer than x characters".
3. It will show single value (default value).
4. Go to CMS > CMS Assessment Model > Quality Rules and change the default value of "Avoid artifacts with lines longer than x characters".
5. Consolidate the snapshots from CMS.
6. Open dashboard and check the parameter value for "Avoid artifacts with lines longer than x characters".
7. It will show multiple parameter values i.e both old and new values as shown in the screenshot above.

The impact of the problem on the analysis or the dashboard is: The dashboard will display multiple parameter values and user will not be sure which value is getting considered.

This issue happens when the default parameter value of a quality rule is changed to a different value from the CMS Assessment Model and after changing the value, another snapshot of the application is not taken. Only consolidation of snapshots is done, then the dashboard displays multiple parameter values.

To fix the problem, proceed as follows:

1. Change the value of the parameter in Assessment Model.
2. After changing the value, save it.
3. Then take another snapshot of the application by skipping analysis.

After taking another snapshot, the dashboard will only display the latest value of the parameter which has been changed in the assessment model.

Please refer to the screenshot below:

Please refer to the official documentation of CMS Assessment Model Editing which states that any changes that are made in the Assessment model will be taken into account in the generation of next Snapshot. 

Impact of the solution on the analysis or the dashboard is : Only the latest value of the parameter will be visible on the dashboard.

Impact of the solution on the analysis or the dashboard is : Only the latest value of the parameter will be visible on the dashboard.