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CAST Engineering Dashboard - Object - Incorrect Object Type

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

Purpose

This page helps you to troubleshoot issues with object type incorrectly displayed on the Dashboard. For instance you expect the type of object to be displayed as an Oracle Table instead the field Object Type shows Oracle View.

Observed in CAST AIP

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅

Observed on RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
CSS	✅

Action Plan

Check the type of the object in KB using the below query

Select k.idkey,t.typnam from typ t,keys k where t.idtyp = k.idkey and k.idkey = <object_id>

CAST Engineering Dashboard - Object - Multiple Object path

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

Purpose (problem description)

This page provides the steps to deal with the problem of dashboard showing multiple source code paths for a single violating object. This issue is visible on the Investigation - Quality Model Drilldown, when the violation details are checked.
When this issue is experienced, the user is able to see multiple source paths for a single violating object on the dashboard. Because of this, user is not able to validate which path contains the source code file.
Below is a screenshot showing the above mentioned problem:

Observed in CAST AIP

CAST Engineering Dashboard - Object - Incorrect Object Name - The displayed object full name is equal to none

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

Problem Description

The displayed object full name in the dashboard is equal to .
The issue can be observed for example in the list of very high risky object or in the ‘Details on Added/deleted/updated Artifacts with Low/Moderate/high Complexity’ in snapshots comparison page.
Following screenshot shows full name equal to in the
‘Details on Added Artifacts with Moderate Complexity’

Applicable in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅

Action Plan

Get the customer’s input
Check the configuration
Check if the problem is in the AD Dashboard by going to Is the problem in the Dashboard?
If it is in AD Dashboard, go to Transmit the bug to the Dashbaord team else go to Is the problem in the analyzer?
If the problem is in the analyzer:
1. Reproduce the problem by analyzing code source on a separate knowledge base
2. If the problem is not reproducible, check if the customer’s knowledge base is corrupted as described in this page SQL Queries - CAST Knowledge Base - Corruptions

Get the customer’s input

Screenshot showing the details
Sherlock export which contains the central and local sites involved for the snapshot generation

Check the configuration

For C++ technology

Verify that the correct Microsoft VC++ version is selected in the environment profile
Verify that the correct Microsoft VC++ version is installed on the analysis machine
Verify that the include path is correct (There should not be any messages in “No parent class nor namespace found for method/function” or “Preprocessor cannot find file”. If these messages exists, then resolve these messages first.

Is the problem in the Dashboard?

connect to the dashboard and go the page shown in the customer screenshot