CMS Assessment model on Documentation - V2

CMS Assessment Model - FAQ

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

What are the metrics/quality rules that could be applied on wsdl files ?

There are no Quality Rules defined for wsdl files

References on CAST Software Platform for measuring software quality

CAST implements its various health factors based on the general guidelines of the ISO/IEC 25010 model. Specific rules and implementation of the guidelines are not provided in the ISO/IEC 25010 model.

We do follow CISQ guidelines which are based on the ISO/IEC 25010 model. You can see more in CISQ Code Quality Standards paper which discusses the alignment of this model with the CISQ standards:

CMS Assessment Model - Information - Definition and details - How to compute number of LOC for an application

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Purpose

The page provides definition & details on how the following metrics are computed for an application :

Number of LOC.
Number of Commented out LOC.
Number of Lines of Comments.

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅
8.1x	✅
8.0.x	✅
7.3.x	✅
7.2.x	✅
7.0.x	✅

Applicable RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	?
Microsoft SQL Server	?
CSS2	?
CSS1	✅

Details

Number of line of codes and line of comments

CMS Assessment model - Information - Functional weight - Backfired IFPUG Function Point Definition

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Definition

Backfired IFPUG Function Point is an estimation of the IFPUG functional size of measure, estimation based on statistical data generated from the number of code lines of existing applications. Backfired IFPUG Function Points is computed by dividing the “Number of code lines” metric by a Gearing Factor, specific to each technology and which can be tuned.

Information coming from file CAST APM Metrics Specification 1.11.doc, section 1.1Functional Size - Attached Metrics

CMS Assessment Model - Information - Halstead metrics in CAST Engineering Dashboard

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose

This page gives the list of Halstead metrics visible in CAST Engineering Dashboard.

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅
8.1.x	✅
8.0.x	✅
7.3.x	✅
7.2.x	✅
7.0.x	✅

Applicable RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	✅
Microsoft SQL Server	✅
CSS2	✅
CSS1	✅

Details

In the CED dashboard, there are 2 Halstead metrics:

SEI Maintainability Index 3
SEI Maintainability Index 4

In the “Investigation - Quality Model Drilldown” view, they are both under “SEI Maintainability” (Business criterion) - “Maintainbility Indexes (SEI)” (Technical Criterion):

CMS Assessment Model - Information - How to change the Parameter value for a particular Metric

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose

The page describes process to change the Parameter’s Value for a particular Metric

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅
8.1.x	✅
8.0.x	✅
7.3.x	✅
7.2.x	✅
7.0.x	✅

Applicable RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	✅
Microsoft SQL Server	✅
CSS2	✅
CSS1	✅

Details

Via Assessment Model

Explore the CMS assessment model
In the Quality Rule Tab » select the metric and note the ‘Type’,’ Name’, ‘Parameter Index’ under Parameter tab
Now navigate to ‘Contextual Parameters’ tab
Select the required parameter by ‘Type’,’ Name’ and ‘Parameter index’ (as noted above)
Confirm the quality rule name by using secondary navigation tab ‘Used By’
You can change the value by going to the ‘General’ tab and adding the new value.

CMS Assessment Model - Information - Impact of changing the assessment model in CMS

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Purpose

To know the impact of the option “Assessment Model will now be used for this Dashboard Service”.

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅
8.1.x	✅
8.0.x	✅
7.3.x	✅
7.2.x	✅
7.0.x	✅

Applicable RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	✅
Microsoft SQL Server	✅
CSS2	✅
CSS1	✅

Details

When changing the assessment model by using the change option on CMS

Old exclusions are lost on Assessment Model change.

CMS Assessment Model - Information - Quality Rules listed under Security

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose

This page gives information about some of the quality rules which are present under the Security health factor and why exactly they are included. The aspects which are considered while including them under some Technical criterion when mapped under the Security Health Factor is also explained.

Below is a screenshot which shows one of the Quality Rule named: “Avoid empty catch blocks” that has been mapped to a Technical Criteria that comes under the Security.

CMS Assessment Model - Information - Security Standards

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose

This page provides brief information about the Security Aspects and Standards that were taken into consideration while implementing the Quality Rules that are mapped to the Security Health Factor.

It is the technical criteria that is mapped to the Business Criteria, and the all the Quality Rules are mapped to these Technical Criterion.

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅
8.1.x	✅
8.0.x	✅
7.3.x	✅
7.2.x	✅
7.0.x	✅

Applicable RDBMS

CMS Assessment Model - Information - Why does Quality rule Avoid many-to-many association belong to health factor Security

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Purpose

This page explains why does the Quality rule Avoid many-to-many association belong to health factor Security.

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅
8.1.x	✅
8.0.x	✅
7.3.x	✅
7.2.x	✅
7.0.x	✅

Applicable RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	✅
Microsoft SQL Server	✅
CSS2	✅
CSS1	✅

Details

The Quality Rule “Avoid many-to-many association” is included in the Security Index because it is part of the “Architecture - Multi-Layers and Data Access” Technical criterion. This is the structure of our Assessment model: mapping of Quality Rule to Technical Criteria and mapping of Technical Criteria to Business Criteria is independent. It’s a mesh, not a tree.