CAST Engineering Dashboard - Information - Violation definition

 This page provides information on Violation's definition -

 Definition

The violation is couple = (Object,metric)
In this view, one violation = couple (Object 'com.salesmanager.central.cart.SiteMapAction.execute', metric 'Avoid large number of String concatenation') = couple (Object_ID '1145854',Metric_ID '7196')

Violation Status

The Violation status is set to new in a given snapshot (N) when the couple (Object,metric) exists for the snapshot (N) but doesn't for the previous snapshot (N-1).
Here following query shows that couple (Object_ID '1145854',Metric_ID '7196') has been computed for 2 and 3 but not for snapshot 1.

select * from DSS_METRIC_RESULTS where METRIC_ID=7196 and
OBJECT_ID=1145854

This means,
For snapshot 2, the status of the violation (Object_ID '1145854',Metric_ID '7196') = to new
For snapshot 3, the status of the violation (Object_ID '1145854',Metric_ID '7196') = to Old.
 
Follow the different possible reasons that make violation status equal to new for a given snapshot:

1. Added Object in snapshot (N) violating the metric
2. Modifying an existing Object (updated object in snapshot (N)) leads to the metric violation
3. The object is not updated but the one or parameter of the diagnostic has been modified leading to the violation
4. The analysis context has been modified:
   1.  added/updated/deleted objects in the KB
   2. added/deleted links in the KB
      This point impacts the copy/paste metric, number commented code lines metrics and the diagnostic based on link(s) detection as 'unreferenced artifacts'

Note:
The modified value of the metric violation doesn't impact the Violation Status
The critical diagnostic doesn't impact the Violation Status
 
The status of violation is reported in following views -

1. FRAME_PORTAL_INVESTIGATION_VIEW - Investigation - Quality Model Drilldown
2. FRAME_PORTAL_DEVELOPMENT_VIEW - Investigation - Application Drilldown
3. FRAME_PORTAL_VIOLATION_VIEW - Risk Indicators - Object Level
4. Reports - FlexReport
5. Reports - FAQuery

Types of Violation status

1. Added : The violation did not exist in the preceding snapshot
2. Deleted : The violation did exist in the preceding snapshot, but does not exist anymore
3. Unchanged : The violation did exist in the preceding snapshot and still exists; moreover, its associated value have not changed
4. Updated : The violation did exist in the preceding snapshot and still exists; however, some of its associated value has changed

The value associated to a violation depend of the type of the quality rule:
1.For Group and Path quality rules, value associated to a violation consists on the number of paths (number of associated rows in the DSS_METRIC_RESULTS table)
2.For other types of quality rules, value associated to a violation consists on its associated number, text and object (columns METRIC_NUM_VALUE, METRIC_CHAR_VALUE & METRIC_OBJECT_ID in the DSS_METRIC_RESULTS table)