Quality Center – Visual Studio Code

Since version 2.0 of Visual Studio Code, a new tab has been created.

Configuration Elements #

The Configuration Elements screen gives you the ability to see the files that had been changed after a specific date. It provides insight into the coverage of live checks made after changes, the blocker issues, and the expected time to fix all the issues.

→ How to use the Configuration Elements window

1. Select the folder you want to check.
2. Select a date.
3. Select elements and select configuration elements type to filter the changes display.
4. Three different tabs will display information about the changes:
   • Changes with blocking issues
   • Changes with issues
   • My Changes
5. Check the ratios on the top of the screen. It gives a visual representation of the real-time situation and the relation between changes and LiveChecks.
   • Coverage
   • Blockers
   • Time to Fix
6. Launch a Livecheck to increase the coverage of this funcionality.

Use case

Coverage

• 1.82% → The total coverage.
• 2/110 → There are 110 modified files and only 2 files have a valid LiveCheck (launched after the date of the last change).

Blockers

• 1 → The total blocker issues.
• 1/7 → There is 1 blocker issues of the total issues.

Time to fix

• 0h 50m → The total time to fix needed to solve the blocker issues.
• 0h 50 m/ 3h 35m → The total time to fix needed to solve the blocker issues and the total issues.

Best Practices #

The Best Practices screen shows all the best practices for Salesforce. Within the ‘Issues‘ column it displays which best practices has had active issues since the selected date on the Configuration Elements screen.

Furthermore, on the ‘Spots‘ column it shows how many times the issues had been detected since the beginning of time. This information helps users know which best practices had been constantly having issues.

→ How to use the Best Practices window

1. Search for the Best Practice or use the filters provided (cascade functionality):
   • Element type:
   • Impact area:
   • Severity:
   • Status:
   • Type:
   • With issues.
2. Check the Best Practices.
3. Click on the Best Practices which have active issues to display information about their configuration elements and issues. Click on the documentation link to know more about the Best Practice.

Note that only you can only see the display information for the Best Practices that have active issues.