Editing a custom quality profile

To edit a quality profile, you need the Administer Quality Profiles permission or be authorized to manage this particular profile.

Activating rules in a quality profile

You can activate rules in any custom quality profile.

Activating a single rule

When you activate a single rule, you can customize the rule configurable parameters (if any) in the quality profile.

To activate a single rule in a custom quality profile (from the quality profile's page):

1. Retrieve your organization and go to Quality Profiles.
2. Locate the quality profile's row and display the list of available rules as follows:
   •  Either select the three-dot button in the far right of the row, and select Activate more rules in the menu.
   • Or select the profile and, in the profile page, select the Activate more button at the bottom of the Rule breakdown section.
3. To activate a single rule, select Activate at the far right of the rule row. The Activate in Quality Profile dialog opens.
4. If necessary, customize the rule parameters.
5. Select Activate.

To activate a single rule in a custom quality profile (from the rule's page):

1. Retrieve your organization.
2. Go to Rules and retrieve the rule.
3. In the rule page, navigate to the bottom to the Quality Profiles section. 
4. In front of Quality Profiles, select Activate. The Activate rule in Quality Profile dialog opens.
5. In Quality Profile, select the quality profile. Note that if the rule is active in all profiles except one, this profile will be automatically selected in the dialog. 
6. Customize the rule parameters if applicable and necessary.
7. Select Activate.

Activating all inactive rules

To activate all inactive rules in a custom quality profile:

1. Retrieve your organization.
2. Go to Quality Profiles and retrieve the quality profile.
3. At the bottom of the Rule breakdown section, select Activate more. The list of inactive rules is displayed.
4. In the top tool bar, select Bulk Change > Activate in <your profile>. A confirmation dialog opens.
5. Confirm.

Activating rules from a profile comparison

When you compare two profiles, you can activate a rule from the comparison results. See Comparing quality profiles.

Deactivating rules in a quality profile

You can deactivate rules in any custom quality profile.

To deactivate rules in a custom quality profile (from the quality profile's page):

1. Retrieve your organization.
2. Go to Quality Profiles and retrieve the quality profile.
3. In the Inheritance section, select the x active rules hyperlink. The list of active rules displayed.
4. To deactivate a single rule, select Deactivate at the far right of the rule row.
5. To deactivate all active rules, select Bulk Change > Deactivate in <your profile> in the top tool bar. 

To deactivate a single rule in a custom quality profile (from the rule's page):

1. Retrieve your organization.
2. Go to Rules and retrieve the rule.
3. In the rule page, navigate to the bottom to the Quality Profiles section. 
4. In front of the custom quality profile, select Deactivate.

Customizing a rule's parameters in a quality profile

In a custom quality profile, you can customize the rule's configurable parameters (if any). If the quality profile inherits from a parent profile, the rule is considered overridden.

You can perform this operation during the rule activation in the quality profile or later as explained below:

1. Retrieve your organization.
2. Go to Rules and retrieve the rule.
3. In the rule page, navigate to the bottom to the Quality Profiles section. 
4. In front of the custom quality profile, select Change. The Change details of quality profile dialog opens.
5. Change the parameter value(s).
6. Select Save.

Renaming a quality profile

You can rename any custom quality profile.

To rename a quality profile:

1. Retrieve your organization.
2. Go to Quality Profiles and retrieve the quality profile.
3. Select the three-dot button.
4. Select Rename. the Rename Profile dialog opens.
5. Enter the new name and select Rename.

Changing the parent of a quality profile

You can change or remove the existing parent, or you can add a parent to a custom quality profile. To do so:

1. Retrieve your organization.
2. Go to Quality Profiles and retrieve the quality profile.
3. In the Inheritance section of the quality profile, select Change parent. The Change Parent dialog opens.
4. In the dialog, select the new parent or None to remove the inheritance.
5. Select Change.

Related pages

• Understanding the quality profiles
• Retrieving and viewing quality profiles
• Creating a custom quality profile
• Associating a quality profile with projects
• Changing a language's default quality profile
• Maintaining your custom quality profiles
• Authorizing other users to manage a custom quality profile
• Changing the quality profiles of your project