Visual Expert Articles Published in 2021

Code Inspection Review Report

Generate a Code Inspection Report

Code inspection results are now available as a part of the Code Review Report.

Visual Expert, Oracle, SQL Server, PowerBuilder, Code Review, Code Inspection
Code Inspection Issues Macro in VE

Inspect a Specific Object, Library or Object Type

The developers can now focus their code inspection on specific objects, libraries, packages or object types by filtering the code inspection reports.

Visual Expert, Oracle, SQL Server, PowerBuilder, Code Inspection, Filter Issues
Navigation Bar Macros [Reorganized]

Navigation Bar Macros [Reorganized]

The macros in the Navigation Bar are reorganized into four groups for Visual Expert 2021 to locate code analysis fearures easily.

Visual Expert, Oracle, SQL Server, PowerBuilder, Reorganized Macros
Continuous Code Inspection for PowerBuilder

Continuous Code Inspection for PowerBuilder

Automatically Inspect your code anytime a new build is released.
Discover and fix problems earlier to reduce maintenance costs and avoid propagating bugs to other developers' works.

Visual Expert, Oracle, SQL Server, PowerBuilder, Continuous Integration, Code Inspection
Read Code from AWS CodeCommit

Read Code from AWS CodeCommit

Visual Expert can connect to your ‘AWS’ source control, to fetch and analyze your code.

Visual Expert, Code Analysis, Source Control, AWS Code Commit
Contact Support Wizard in Visual Expert

Open a Support Ticket

This procedure shows how to send a support request to the Visual Expert team for easy resolution.

Visual Expert 2021, Configuration, Support, Open ticket
Stored Procedures at the root of PBLs

How to Find Stored Procedures Calls in PowerBuilder?

Visual Expert can find all PowerBuilder objects and methods calling stored procedures, indicating the procedures called, and highlighting the corresponding references in the PB code.

Visual Expert 2021, PowerBuilder, Stored Procedures
Search for Code Inspection Rule

Use Filter and Search to Find Code Inspection Rules

To help you easily find the rules you are looking for, the Code Inspection window now includes a search field and filtering options.

Visual Expert 2021, PowerBuilder, Code Security Scanning, Code Security Rules, Vulnerability Assessment
filter Code Analysis Reports

How to Filter Past Code Analyses

Refreshing Code Analysis on a regular basis generates a large amount of data in the VE repository.
The ‘Manage Code Analyses’ window offers filtering options to find a specific code analysis.

Visual Expert 2021, PowerBuilder, Code Security Scanning, Code Security Rules, Vulnerability Assessment
Source Code Metrics / Inventory of Source Code

Source Code Metrics | Inventory of Source Code

Visual Expert can calculate source code metrics like lines of code, database objects, controls, events, functions, variables, etc. and give you a complete count.

Visual Expert 2021, Source Code Metrics, PowerBuilder, Oracle, SQL Server
Impact Analysis for PowerBuilder Projects

Impact Analysis

Visual Expert can find all references to any item changed in PowerBuilder code. Check your code and safely commit your changes for PB projects.

Visual Expert 2021, Cross References, Impact Analysis
The Visual Expert Plugin for Jenkins is Available

The Visual Expert Plugin for Jenkins is Available

The Visual Expert team just released a plugin, to analyze, inspect and document your code automatically with Jenkins whenever you need, for instance anytime a build is generated.

Visual Expert 2021, Jenkins Plugin, Code Inspection
Code Inspection Dashboard by Visual Expert

Code Inspection Dashboard

Visual Expert's Code Inspection dashboard helps visualizing key indicators, issues by severity and type, and estimating remediation costs and technical debts.

Visual Expert 2021, PowerBuilder, Oracle, SQL Server, Code Inspection, Dashboard
Code Inspection Settings

Code Inspection Settings

Visual Expert's Code Inspection relies on rules and settings that you can adjust to meet your needs.

Visual Expert 2021, PowerBuilder, Oracle, SQL Server, Code Inspection