Unable to see the applied rules for external analyzers like FindBugs, PMD, and Checkstyle

Does SonarCloud doesn’t offer a direct way to view the complete list of rules from external analyzers like FindBugs/Spotbugs, PMD, and Checkstyle in its UI or API compared to native Sonar rules.?

Currently When we viewing an issue reported by SonarCloud under issue section, it typically includes a rule key. While this rule key might not match the original rule key from the external analyzer, it can still give you an indication of the rule being violated.

Although SonarCloud’s external rule engine has detected problems, but we are unable to see the applied rules for these plugins anywhere.

Hi,

Welcome to the community!

If you’re using the respective plugins, then yes you’ll see the plugin rules in SonarQube’s rules page. But if you’re simply importing issue reports there’s no way to get a list of the rules.

 
HTH,
Ann

G Ann Campbell,

I appreciate your help. Is there a way to obtain a list? any idea.

Thanks :slight_smile:

Hi,

IIRC, you might see a list of rules that raised issues in the Rules facet of the issues page. But a list of all the rules that were applied? No.

 
Ann

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