Introduction

Sonar analyzers calculate the different code metrics that will be used to evaluate the code quality.

The language analyzers calculate the different code metrics that will be used to evaluate the code quality:

• Code metrics are used in Overview to raise issues, for example, when a certain level of complexity is reached for a function in the code.

• Code metrics are used in the Quality gates definition. For example, you can set a condition on the total number of raised issues in the code.

• The mode of your SonarQube Server instance, either MQR mode or Standard Experience, will determine which code metrics you see in the UI.

You can use different tools in the SonarQube Server UI to monitor and compare your project or portfolio’s code metrics.

If you’re using an external monitoring system, you can retrieve the metric values through the Web API.

Related pages

• Understanding measures and metrics

• Monitoring project metrics

• Monitoring portfolio metrics

• Code metrics