PolicyCop Workflow View

Use this splitter to resize the results view width.

Use this splitter to resize the RuleSet and Xml Project view components height.

This is the list of available RuleSet files in the specified folder path.

This is the list of Xml file folders that contain PKS Xml configuration files and their Configuration Asset data Model.

The Results view contains the messages emitted by the rules when executing policy validation.  You can copy and paste these results into Excel using Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V keys.  You can navigate to the Control Module Chart View by left mouse double-clicking on a result item.

This is a graphical bar chart that indicates the results of the last executed policy validation.

Click this button to launch the Rule authoring application that is used to develop PolicyCop rules and their definitions.

Click this button to paste the Windows Clipboard contents to auto-build the list of Xml configuration projects.  It is recommended to maintain your list of PKS Xml configuration file projects in the Batch Build Models view.  This Batch Build Models view provides a function that allows you to copy its current Xml project list to the clipboard for pasting into other compatible Xml project list views.

Click this button to toggle the visibility of the Results Bar Chart view.  If the bar chart is visible when an entity item is navigated to in a Chart View, then it will be automatically hidden from view.  Click this button to toggle it visible again.

Click this button to refresh the Bar Chart view.

Toggle this button to pin/unpin the Bar Chart bar values.

Click this button to copy the Bar Chart View image to the Windows Clipboard for pasting into Excel.

Hover your mouse cursor over this status text to view a ToolTip that indicates the count of selected entities to process.  If more than 0 entities are selected, then this status will indicate "Selection".

Click this button to display an Entity Selection view that allows you to select entities from the current Xml project for validation.

Click this button to toggle the visibility of the Comparison Results Bar Chart view.  If the bar chart is visible when an entity item is navigated to in a Chart View, then it will be automatically hidden from view.  Click this button to toggle it visible again.

This Bar Chart view provides results from the last 2 configuration projects that were validated showing the increase/decrease in quality metrics.

Toggle this button to show/hide Rule Message items that are currently marked as excluded.  Rule Message items that are excluded from a particular Rule validation do not reduce the quality metrics, but can help the metrics by marking the entity item as a valid exception to the Rule.

Toggle this button to include/exclude Rule Message items that are currently marked as excluded when visualizing the metrics in the stacked Bar Chart view.  Rule violations that are marked as excluded will improve the quality metrics when not visible.