Rational Developer for System z

Running a software analysis; runtime scope

This topic describes how to run a software analysis and how to temporarily override the scope specified in the software analysis configuration.

The scope of a software analysis configuration is set in the software analysis configuration editor to be either the entire workspace, a resource working set, or a selected project or projects (see Creating a software analysis configuration).

When you run a software analysis configuration you can override the scope specified in the configuration. As Table 1 shows, the runtime scope is determined by the method that you use to start the software analysis:

Table 1. The start method determines the runtime scope
Start method: Runtime scope:
The down arrow beside the Software Analysis Software Analysis button on the Eclipse toolbar. The scope set in the software analysis configuration.
The Analyze button in the software analysis configuration editor
A popup menu in the project explorer The projects or COBOL source files selected in the project explorer.
A popup menu in the COBOL editor The source file opened in COBOL editor.
The following subtopics describe the steps for each of the methods of starting a software analysis.

Starting from the Eclipse toolbar

This method runs the software analysis using the scope specified in the selected software analysis configuration. Follow these steps:
  1. Click the down arrow beside the Software Analysis Software Analysis button on the Eclipse toolbar.
  2. Click the name of the software analysis configuration that you want to run.

The software analysis runs using the scope specified in the selected configuration.

Starting from the software analysis configuration editor

Like the previous method, this method runs the software analysis using the scope specified in the software analysis configuration. Follow these steps:
  1. Open the software analysis configuration editor.
  2. In the left pane, select the analysis configuration that you want to run.
  3. Click Analyze.

The editor closes and the software analysis is run using the scope specified in the selected configuration.

Starting from the project explorer view

This method runs the software analysis on the projects or COBOL source files that are selected in the project explorer view. Follow these steps:
  1. In the project explorer view, select the projects or files to which you want the software analysis to be applied.
  2. Right-click one of the selected projects or source files and then click Software Analyzer.
  3. Click the name of the software analysis configuration that you want to use.

The software analysis is run on the selected projects or files, using the rules specified in the selected analysis configuration.

Starting from the COBOL editor

This method runs the software analysis on the COBOL source code file currently opened in the COBOL editor. Follow these steps:
  1. Open a source code file in the COBOL editor.
  2. Right-click the editor and then click Software Analyzer.
  3. Click the name of the software analysis configuration that you want to use.

The software analysis is run on the file opened in the COBOL editor, using the rules specified in the selected analysis configuration.

Note: This method can be used to run either a local or a remote COBOL source code file. However, this method is the only way to run a software analysis configuration on a remote COBOL source code file (see A limitation on analyzing remote files).


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