Customizing Profiles

To add or update a profile, perform the following general steps:

To access the settings of a profile, do one of the following:

To create a new profile, click the Add button and specify the profile name. The created profile is a copy of the default one.

Tip

The newly created profile is an IDE-level profile. To make it available for your team, select the Share profile check box.
To import a profile from an xml file, click the Import button and specify the location of the profile.
To update an existing profile, select the desired profile from the Profiles drop-down list and change its settings, as necessary.

To adjust the profile settings

Enable or disable the desired inspections.
To apply an inspection to a restricted set of files, associate it with the corresponding scopes.

Note

By default, an enabled inspection applies to all the sources of the current project.
To configure the level of alerts, specify the inspection severity using the Severity drop-down list.
Change the other options, which can be different for various inspections. Note that the Options section is only enabled for enabled inspections.
To make the profile active, click the Activate button.
Apply the changes and close the dialog.

To export a profile as an XML file

Select the desired profile from the Profiles drop-down list and click the Export button.

To remove a profile

Select the desired profile from the Profiles drop-down list and click the Delete button.

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