# Adjusting project analysis

- [Setting analysis scope](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/setting-analysis-scope.md): Setting and managing your analysis scope.
- [Introduction](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/setting-analysis-scope/introduction.md): Main steps for setting the project's analysis scope.
- [Setting initial scope](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/setting-analysis-scope/setting-initial-scope.md): Setting the initial scope of analysis for your project's source and test files.
- [Excluding based on path-matching patterns](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/setting-analysis-scope/excluding-files-based-on-patterns.md): Adjust your project’s initial analysis scope by excluding files based on path-matching patterns.
- [Excluding based on file extension](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/setting-analysis-scope/excluding-based-on-file-extension.md): For each programming language, define the file extensions to be analyzed.
- [Excluding from coverage or duplication](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/setting-analysis-scope/exclude-from-coverage-duplication.md): Exclude specific files from your project's code coverage analysis or duplication checks.
- [Applying advanced exclusions](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/setting-analysis-scope/advanced-exclusions.md): Tailor your project's analysis by applying advanced exclusions based on file content, specific code blocks, and defined coding rules.
- [Other adjustments](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/setting-analysis-scope/other-adjustments.md): Adjust your project's analysis based on secret detection scope, file size, and SCM file ignore patterns.
- [Verifying analysis scope](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/setting-analysis-scope/verifying-analysis-scope.md): Review configured properties and properties identified by the SonarScanner to determine your SonarQube project's analysis scope.
- [Defining matching patterns](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/setting-analysis-scope/defining-matching-patterns.md): Define matching patterns for files and coding rules.
- [Managing your project's quality gate](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/changing-quality-gate-and-fudge-factor.md): Changing your project's default quality gate and other parameters or features impacting your quality gate.
- [Changing your project's quality profiles](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/changing-quality-gate.md): Changing the project's default quality profile.
- [Configuring new code calculation](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2026.2/project-administration/adjusting-analysis/configuring-new-code-calculation.md): Configuring your project’s new code definition.


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