Release date: March 13th, 2024
New general improvements #
- Enfore security by entering a valid password
Pre-requisites: Have access to the Quality Clouds Portal.
Description:
When a user needs to change the password , it is necessary to take into account the valid characters that will allow us to reinforce a secure password.
A text explaining how to enter a valid password is available to clarify which is the correct group of valid characters.
The full text indicating how to properly change the password can be read here:
“Password must have 12 characters or more, contain at least one uppercase A-Z value, one lowercase a-z value, one numeric 0-9 value, one of the following symbols #?!@^&*-_ and no more than two consecutive characters”.
→ How to access to reset or to change a password?
- Log in to the Quality Clouds Portal
- To modify the password it is necessary to reset it.
- You will receive an email with one code.
- Write the code and the new password with the full instructions provided.
Impact:To reinforce security when accessing to the Quality Clouds portal.
Use cases:
- The user decides to change the password.
- The password is expired so it is necessary to change it.
- The user forgot the password so it is necessary to reset it.
- Information improved in the Support Center area in the Quality Clouds portal.
Pre-requisites: Have access to the Quality Clouds Portal
Description:
In the Quality Clouds portal, there is a support area with information which can be located by clicking on the help area.
You will see four icons:
- Consult an expert: You can book a slot with one of our application experts to help you clarify any doubts or advise you on how to best use Quality Clouds.
- Contact us: You can email Quality Clouds Support.
- Read and Learn on our doc site: You can access Quality Clouds product information.
- Release notes: You can access the release notes with the product updates, new best practices, general product improvements and the resolution of bugs.
→ How to access the Support Center area?
- Log into the Quality Clouds Portal
- Click on the question icon at the bottom right.
- A pop up will appear to show you the different options for communicating with Quality Clouds.
Impact: To facilitate Quality Clouds relevant information related to the Quality Clouds portal.
New ServiceNow Best practices #
Existing ServiceNow rules which now apply also to Inline Scripts:
The below rules were already existing in the default ruleset. As of this release, they are also applied to the Inline Script Configuration Element type:
- SN-0175: Scripts should not use gs.sql
- SN-0169: Possible extra-sensitive PII usage in configuration element – Religion
- SN-0168: Possible PII usage in configuration element – Passport
- SN-0167:Possible PII usage in configuration element – Nationality
- SN-0166: Possible extra-sensitive PII usage in configuration element – Gender
- SN-0165: Possible PII usage in configuration element – Address
- SN-0164: Possible PII usage in configuration element – Email
- SN-0148: JavaScript – Avoid making connections on unsafe protocols
- SN-0138: JavaScript – Avoid use of WebDB
- SN-0134: JavaScript – Avoid unrestricted targetOrigin on cross-domain messaging
- SN-0133: Possible use of private data
- SN-0127: JavaScript – Avoid use of Function Constructors
- SN-0119: JavaScript – Avoid use of debugger statements
- SN-0107: SERVER-SIDE: JavaScript – Avoid use of Eval function. – Server side elements
- SN-0105:JavaScript – Use === comparison
- SN-0104:JavaScript – Optimize Loops
New Salesforce Best practices #
New rule for Salesforce (SF-SWITCH-WO-WHEN-ELSE).
Description:
This best practice aims to mitigate the impact of potential unexpected functionality by recommending the use of a ‘when else’ case to account for all values.
Bug fixes #
Sorting of API Keys by the instances column.
Bug explanation:
The sorting of API Keys by the instances column does not display correctly
Solution:
The instances can be properly sorted by name.
- Live Check Scans of no code elements fail in the execution of the VSC plugin in Salesforce.
Bug explanation:
This issue is seen in livecheck scans that end with no issues.
Solution:
The scan ends successfully and shows the results. - Open the generated pdf in the profiling view.
Bug explanation:
When generating the pdf in the profiling view, an error was reported.
Solution:
The pdf generating the profiling report works properly.
- Expiration date of a Peer Review showing in the table in the Peer Review view.
Bug explanation:
When including the expiration date of a peer review, on the kanban screen, when saving the information and closing the kanban, the expiration date did not appear in the table.
Solution:
The expiration date is properly displayed on the table showing the list of Peer Reviews.
- Salesforce rule is working properly for Quality Gates
Bug explanation:
The SF-BYPASS-VALIDATION-RULE – “Every Validation Rule should have a bypass,” wasn’t working properly during scans, leading to User Stories passing through the Quality Gate without being blocked.
Solution:
The scan detects this rule’s severity accurately.
