How to customize metrics in sonar?

Question

I'm a new user of sonar. Now I need to customize metrics, but I didn't find the related documentation. If I have to coding a plugin? I do the same with http://docs.sonarqube.org/display/SONAR/Getting+Started, but I failed. There is no difference at the localhost:9000/profiles.

Answer 1

For proper integration into the Sonar build you need to write plugin:

• http://docs.sonarqube.org/display/DEV/Developing+Plugins

If you just want to add some additional adhoc metrics to your dashboard, an option is to use manual measures:

• http://docs.sonarqube.org/display/SONAR/Manual+Measures

There's a REST API available to creating and posting manual metric values:

• http://docs.sonarqube.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2392169

Answer 2

You can create a new Metric using Manual Metrics through the sonar GUI (I think you need admin rights). Manual metrics can be updated through the GUI too.

If your plugin built OK but there are no numbers appearing: you must also run an analysis to populate the new Metrics with some Measures.