To ensure that the terminology is compliant with the SNOMED CT Technical specifications it's necessary to run periodic Quality Assurance Tests (QA). Many defects can be detected during editing, alerting the user about errors and preventing save actions. Batch QA Tests Runs that sweep the whole terminology to detect errors are still necessary, as errors can be imported from previous releases, or can be caused by complex interactions between different components that cannot be tested in real time during each save.
The QA reports section is used to manage the Quality Assurance controls of the terminology:
QA Tests runs are launched manually, and the history of QA Tests runs is visible in this panel.
QA Tests results are updated after each run. The results are grouped by "Test Suite" and by Rule. For example the "Concept Designation" test suite groups all the rules that detect defects on the concept descriptions and languages representation, one of those rules is for example "Terms not charing the same case sensitivity", a rule that detects 2 descriptions that start with the same word in the same concept and do not share the same case sensitivity value.
Rules and QA Configuration should be specifically defined for each project, and this function may not be available in demo spaces.
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