checkonlyDisplayUponConsole parameter in Sonar for Cobol display rules

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Hello Team,

We are using Sonar Qube Version 9.9.4 (build 87374) for running analysis on Cobol code .

For one of the rule under ‘Vulnerability’ “DISPLAY” should not be used I can see a parameter

Parameters

checkOnlyDisplayUponConsole

Set to false to raise issues on all “DISPLAY” uses, not just “DISPLAY UPON CONSOLE”

Default Value:
true

I cannot find any details or documentation around this parameter as with this parameter set a true it does not report any issues for us .

I looked at sites : Analysis parameters | Sonar Documentation

COBOL static code analysis | Vulnerability

But not able to get any details around it . Can you please help me understand this parameter and what exactly does it have role in analysis ?

Regards

Roopali

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