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):
- Retrieve your organization and go to Quality Profiles.
- 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.
- To activate a single rule, select Activate at the far right of the rule row. The Activate in Quality Profile dialog opens.
- If necessary, customize the rule parameters.
- Select Activate.

To activate a single rule in a custom quality profile (from the rule's page):
- Retrieve your organization.
- Go to Rules and retrieve the rule.
- In the rule page, navigate to the bottom to the Quality Profiles section.
- In front of Quality Profiles, select Activate. The Activate rule in Quality Profile dialog opens.
- 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.
- Customize the rule parameters if applicable and necessary.
- Select Activate.
Activating all inactive rules
To activate all inactive rules in a custom quality profile:
- Retrieve your organization.
- Go to Quality Profiles and retrieve the quality profile.
- At the bottom of the Rule breakdown section, select Activate more. The list of inactive rules is displayed.
- In the top tool bar, select Bulk Change > Activate in <your profile>. A confirmation dialog opens.
- 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):
- Retrieve your organization.
- Go to Quality Profiles and retrieve the quality profile.
- In the Inheritance section, select the x active rules hyperlink. The list of active rules displayed.
- To deactivate a single rule, select Deactivate at the far right of the rule row.
- 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):
- Retrieve your organization.
- Go to Rules and retrieve the rule.
- In the rule page, navigate to the bottom to the Quality Profiles section.
- 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:
- Retrieve your organization.
- Go to Rules and retrieve the rule.
- In the rule page, navigate to the bottom to the Quality Profiles section.
- In front of the custom quality profile, select Change. The Change details of quality profile dialog opens.
- Change the parameter value(s).
- Select Save.
Renaming a quality profile
You can rename any custom quality profile.
To rename a quality profile:
- Retrieve your organization.
- Go to Quality Profiles and retrieve the quality profile.
- Select the three-dot button.
- Select Rename. the Rename Profile dialog opens.
- 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:
- Retrieve your organization.
- Go to Quality Profiles and retrieve the quality profile.
- In the Inheritance section of the quality profile, select Change parent. The Change Parent dialog opens.
- In the dialog, select the new parent or None to remove the inheritance.
- 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
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