Setting Issue Viewing Preferences

You can set certain viewing preferences for individual application versions from the Application Profile dialog box.

Viewing Suppressed Issues

To view the suppressed issues associated with an application version:

  1. From the Dashboard or Applications view, select the version for the application version you are interested in.

    Fortify Software Security Center opens the AUDIT page for the selected version.

  2. On the application version toolbar, click PROFILE.

    The APPLICATION PROFILE dialog opens to the ADVANCED OPTIONS tab.

    Below the check boxes, the Issue counts by state, based on current selections shows the number of hidden, suppressed, and removed issues in the database associated with the selected application version.

    Note: The filter set you select does not affect the number of suppressed issues shown. For example, if a suppressed issue is hidden in the selected filter set, it is still included in the count of suppressed issues.

  3. Select the Show suppressed issues check box.
  4. Click APPLY, and then click CLOSE.

Now, the AUDIT page displays all suppressed issues. Each suppressed issue is tagged with an "S" icon in the Primary Location column.

Viewing Removed Issues

When Fortify Software Security Center merges uploaded scan results, it removes issues that were uncovered in the previous analysis but are no longer evident in the most recent results.

To view the issues that were removed for an application version:

  1. From the Dashboard or Applications view, select the version name for the application version you are interested in.

    Fortify Software Security Center opens the AUDIT page for the selected version.

  2. On the application version toolbar, click PROFILE.

    The APPLICATION PROFILE dialog opens to the ADVANCED OPTIONS tab.

    Below the check boxes, the Issue counts by state, based on current selections shows the number of hidden, suppressed, and removed issues in the database associated with the selected application version.

    Note: The filter set you have selected does not affect the number of removed issues shown. For example, if a suppressed issue is hidden in the selected filter set, it is still included in the count of removed issues.

  3. Select the Show removed issues check box.

  4. Click APPLY, and then click CLOSE.

Now, the AUDIT page displays all removed issues. Each removed issue is tagged with an "R" icon in the Primary Location column.

Viewing Hidden Issues

In Fortify Software Security Center, hidden issues are the issues that are not shown because of the filter set rules currently in effect.

To reveal any hidden issues associated with an application version:

  1. From the Dashboard or Applications view, select the version for the application version you are interested in.

    Fortify Software Security Center opens the AUDIT page for the selected version.

  2. On the application version toolbar, click PROFILE.

    The APPLICATION PROFILE dialog opens to the ADVANCED OPTIONS tab.

    Below the check boxes, the Issue counts by state, based on current selections shows the number of hidden, suppressed, and removed issues in the database associated with the selected application version.

  3. Select the Show hidden issues check box.

  4. Click APPLY, and then click CLOSE.

Now, the AUDIT page displays all hidden issues. Each hidden issue is tagged with an "H" icon in the Primary Location column.