Right panel - Insights
Overview
Provides information about Structural Flaws, CloudMaturity Blockers/Boosters, Containerization Blockers, and Open Source Safety (known as “insights”) that are present in items in the current view.
Use the toggle switches to highlight any items in the view that correspond to a category:
What insights are available?
Structural Flaws
These insights are flaws found during an analysis of your application (i.e. critical violations of rules, displayed in the CAST Engineering Dashboard). These flaws indicate that the object’s code violates a specific programming practice and will need refactoring or updating to ensure the flaw is no longer present.
- the application to be analyzed with the extension com.castsoftware.qualitystandards (this extension is Force Installed)
- the application to be analyzed with the extension com.castsoftware.consoleinformation ≥ 1.0.2-funcrel (this extension is Force Installed, but ensure that you are using the correct release)
- a license which includes use of the CAST Dashboards
CloudMaturity Blockers/Boosters and Containerization Blockers
These insights provide information about how well prepared your application is for cloud migration, i.e. moving from an on premises deployment to a cloud scenario. More precisely, this is a list of items or behaviour found in the application that could either hinder a move to the cloud and may therefore need attention (a blocker) or that already conform to cloud best-practices (a booster).
- the application to be analyzed with the extension com.castsoftware.highlight2mri (this information is provided by CAST Highlight )
Open Source Safety
Identifying the appropriate version to upgrade a vulnerable third-party component can be time-consuming, especially when multiple components have accumulated vulnerabilities due to delayed upgrades. As a technical lead or software engineer, these insights provide information about potentially vulnerable third-party components used in your application and allow you to examine their compatibility with other components. Additionally, you can plan updates by understanding the release frequency of these components, identifying gaps, and receiving recommendations for the closest or safest version to utilize.
- the application to be analyzed with the extension com.castsoftware.highlight2mri (this information is provided by CAST Highlight )
- the relevant fields in System Settings - CAST Highlight Settings to be populated.