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How do I find the existing vulnerabilities in a specific piece of metadata in Clayton?

Navigate through the Files treemap to find the visual summary to identify where most of the violations are located in Clayton

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Written by Jacob Joshua
Updated over a week ago

Clayton provides a visual summary to identify issues to a specific object. The "Files" tab within the Issues section is particularly useful for drilling down into specific metadata components and understanding their associated vulnerabilities.

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This guide outlines the steps to navigate Clayton's "Files" tab to effectively discover existing vulnerabilities located within a specific piece of Salesforce metadata, providing a clear visual representation and direct access to affected files.

Steps to navigate to the specific files

  1. Click on Issues - Files. This action will transform the issue list into a file-centric view, allowing you to browse issues by the specific metadata files they affect.

2. Expand the folder structure and click on the specific file. This action will transform the issue list into a file-centric view, allowing you to browse issues by the specific metadata files they affect.

3. Click Show to reveal the visual summary as well. The Tree Map offers an intuitive, graphical representation of your codebase, with the size of the blocks often indicating the number or severity of issues within those files or directories.

4. The file treemap is divided into sections to highlight the most vulnerable piece of object which takes the most space for it depending on the number of issues it found.

5. When you click on individual file, you can also navigate to the issues it has highlighted by clicking the list below.

6. This detailed view will then show all the individual issues detected within that particular file, including their severity, description, and exact line numbers (where applicable).

By following these steps, you can effectively overview Clayton's visual summary in Files tab to gain deep insights into the vulnerabilities affecting your specific Salesforce metadata components, leading to more efficient and targeted security improvements.

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