Inspections

Profiles Management

Item	Description
Profile	From this drop-down list, select the name of the profile to configure. All modified inspections are highlighted.
Share profile	Select this check box to make the selected profile available for your team, i.e to make it the project-level profile. If you create IDE-level profile for your own purposes, make sure that this check box is cleared.
Add	Click this button to create a new profile. The profile is created based on the Default profile, on the IDE level.
Copy	Click this button to create a new profile with the specified name, based on the current profile.
Delete	Click this button to delete the current profile. The pre-defined profiles cannot be deleted.
Import	Click this button to import a profile from an xml file.
Export	Click this button to export the selected profile as an xml file.

Item	Shortcut	Description
	Ctrl+Add Command Add or Ctrl+Equals Command Equals	Click this button to have all inspection nodes expanded.
	Ctrl+Subtract Command Subtract or Ctrl+Minus Command Minus	Click this button to have all inspection nodes collapsed.
	Ctrl+RCommand R	Click this button to abandon the modifications and have the current profile reset to defaults.
		Click this button to have all the check boxes of the profile cleared and thus disable all the profile inspections.
		Click this button to lock the current profile and prevent any changes to it if PyCharm is updated and new inspections appear. You can only change such profile manually.

Item	Shortcut	Description
	InsertInsert	Click this button to specify the scope for the selected inspection. Note If an inspection is enabled and no scope is specified for it, the inspection is applied to all project sources.
	DeleteDelete	Click this button to delete the selected scope for the current inspection.
		Use these buttons to arrange the order of scopes for the selected inspection.

Item	Description
	Use this text box to search through the list of inspections. As you type a search string, the matching inspections are highlighted. To finalize the search, press EnterEnter. The used search strings are memorized in the history list.
	Click this button to clear the search history.

Item	Description
Description	This read-only field shows the description of the selected inspection.
Options	Note This area is only available when the check box next to the desired inspection is selected. Use the controls in this area to configure the inspection severity, and the other options, if they are available. Severity: from this drop-down list, select the desired severity to assign to the current inspection. The default options are: As typo As server problem As info As warning As error - click this button to open the Severities Editor dialog box, where you can change the color scheme of the selected severity, add and delete severity levels, and change their priority by re-arranging them in the list. Additional options for individual inspections.

Item

Description

This read-only field shows the description of the selected inspection.

Options

Note

This area is only available when the check box next to the desired inspection is selected.

Use the controls in this area to configure the inspection severity, and the other options, if they are available.

Severity: from this drop-down list, select the desired severity to assign to the current inspection. The default options are:
- As typo
- As server problem
- As info
- As warning
- As error
- click this button to open the Severities Editor dialog box, where you can change the color scheme of the selected severity, add and delete severity levels, and change their priority by re-arranging them in the list.
Additional options for individual inspections.