Handling of Edited Inventory During Rescans
Code Insight enables you to make changes to inventory both in the Analysis Workbench and on the Project Inventory tab. You create inventory items as well as edit both user-created and system-generated inventory. Edits to existing inventory can include changes to the following elements in an inventory item:
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The component version string or the associated license |
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Codebase-file associations (only in the Analysis Workbench) |
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Inventory properties, Notices text, and notes |
However, normal Code Insight rescan behavior can result in actions that impact your inventory changes. For example, an updated Automated Analysis rule set might associate codebase files to an inventory item different from the one to which you have manually associated these files. Logically, the rescan should remove the associations you defined and re-apply them to the inventory item identified in the rule set. However, losing the manual changes might not be desirable.
The following topics describe how the rescan process handles edited inventory: