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title: Rulesets
description: "## What can you do in the Rulesets section? In this tab, you can find the default rulesets provided by the Quality Clouds experts to ensure a better code quality. You can configure and customize these rulesets in this section.…"
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qc/admin-portal-overview/scan-update-set/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: "Get Started / Quality Clouds Portal and Admin Portal / Admin Portal - Overview"
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# Rulesets

## What can you do in the Rulesets section?

In this tab, you can find the default rulesets provided by the Quality Clouds experts to ensure a better code quality. You can configure and customize these rulesets in this section.

![](https://qualityclouds.com/documentation/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-22-at-10.47.41-1024x388.png)

## What does each item show?   

- **Rule ID**
- **Source**: Indicates the platform of the instance.
- **Configuration Element**: Specifies the configuration elements that affect the issue.
- **Created On**: Shows when the rule was created.
- **Description**: Describes the rule.
- **Severity**: Indicates the severity level of the issue (high, medium, low, warning).
- **Impact Area**: Identifies the area affected (security, scalability, manageability, or performance).
- **Time to Fix**: Provides the estimated time required to fix the issue.
- **Doc**: Links to the documentation site.
- **Status**: Specifies whether the rule is default or customized.
- **Type**: Categorizes the rule as pro-code or low-code.
- **Actions**: Include options to:
  - Edit rule.
  - Ignore rule.

### → How to use Rulesets tab

1. [Log in](https://bi.qualityclouds.com/) in Quality Clouds platform.
2. Go to the **Admin porta**l.
3. Click on the “**Rulesets**” tab.
4. Use the filters to locate your **instance**and **issues**.
5. Select one issue or in bulk (more than one issue).
6. Execute any action needed.

![](https://qualityclouds.com/documentation/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rulesets-overview-1024x322.gif)

## Editing a rule

When editing a rule, you can modify the level of severity and adjust the time to fix to solve the issue. Remember that changing the time to fix will directly impact the [technical debt](https://qualityclouds.com/documentation/qc/kpis-and-basic-terms/technical-debt/).

In this tab, you can view the impact and the actions needed to resolve the issue.

→ **How to change the severity or time to fix in a default rule?**

1. **Log in** QC platform.
2. Access to **Admin portal.**
3. Navigate to the** "Rulesets"** section.
4. Choose the specific instance in which you want to change the severity and/or time to fix.
5. In the **"Severity" **field, change the severity and/or in the **"Time to fix" **field, change the time.
6. Click **Save.**

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## Ignoring a rule

With the '**ignore rule**' action, you can choose to ignore a rule that exists in the rulesets for future scans.

→ **How to ignore a rule?**

1. **Log in** QC platform.
2. Access to **Admin portal.**
3. Navigate to the** "Rulesets"** section.
4. Find the **issue**you want to ignore.
5. Click on the '**ignore rule**' button.
6. Click on '**Confirm**'.
7. The ruleset has been updated.

![](https://qualityclouds.com/documentation/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-22-at-11.59.38.png)