HealthScan definitions updates: August 2024 release

Some HealthScan definitions are deprecated or updated between releases.

Deprecated definitions

The following definitions have been deprecated for the August release.

Important:

This list doesn't contain the definitions for the Security category.

Table 1. Deprecated definitions (August release)

Number	Short description	Category	Reason for deprecation
HSD0002058	Articles that should have been made inactive are still accessible in the KB	Manageability	Replaced by HSD0002056 and HSD0002465
HSD0002403	Add a finding for Skipped Items during last upgrade	Upgradeability	Duplicate HealthScan definition
HSD0018256	Find credentials with few or no affinities	Performance	Replaced by HSD0002198

Updated definitions

The following definitions have been updated for the August release to improve performance, reduce false positives, and meet the latest coding practices. Some of these definitions will have a positive or negative impact on your customer instance scores.

Important:

This list doesn't contain the definitions for the Security category.

Table 2. Updated definitions (August release)

Number	Short description	Category	Included in Health Assessment scans	Update description
HSD0001060	Use UI Policies Instead of Client Scripts	Manageability	X	Improved performance
HSD0001278	Before Business Rules should not update() or insert() records on other tables	Performance	X	Improved performance
HSD0001338	Business Rules should not be defined on the Global table (Global Business Rule)	Performance	X	Added check to ignore out-of-the-box records
HSD0001372	Too many fields on a form	User Experience	X	Findings will now be reported for all forms and their form views. Enhanced to not report form views that have 30 or more fields out-of-the-box. If fields are added on the form views and their count exceeds the threshold of 30, then a finding will be reported.
HSD0001378	Reports not run for 3 months	Manageability	X	Definition updated to provide Findings
HSD0001387	Max page list size options should not be 100 or higher	Performance	X	Best Practice check introduced
HSD0001391	Number of users with the admin role	Manageability	X	Improved performance
HSD0001398	Script Includes with duplicate names	Manageability	X	Improved performance
HSD0001518	Check for manual indicators with no scores entered	Manageability	X	Improved performance
HSD0001554	JDBC Data Sources should have the "Use last run datetime" option checked	Performance	X	Altered script to look at import histories and focus only where a threshold number of records are 'ignored' and the DS lacks this setting
HSD0001556	For domain separated instances, admins should be at the top level domain instead of Global	Manageability	X	Altered script to  anonymize sys_user findings Added statistic in all cases
HSD0001560	Use 'track by' in ngRepeat loops	Performance		Improved performance
HSD0001600	Transform Script that run onBefore should not update() or insert() records on another table	Manageability	X	Definition updated to remove OOTB transform scripts from the findings Recommendations for the HealthScan definition updated with a more detailed solution approach
HSD0001602	Number maintenance fields unique	Manageability	X	Exclude findings where the dynamic default value is used
HSD0001632	Long running (slow) scripts	Performance	X	Improved performance
HSD0001926	Specify group types	Manageability	X	Resolved potential false positives
HSD0002151	Use AngularJS services rather than window objects.	Performance	X	Improved performance
HSD0002198	Find credentials with few or no affinities	Performance	X	Retired duplicate  HSD0018256 Improved the recommendation Provided documentation link
HSD0002258	Minimize cancelled discoveries	Manageability	X	Improved performance
HSD0002370	Setup SLAs for Case Management	Manageability		Changed short description Document URL change
HSD0002415	Width of the Special Handling Notes pop-up window in pixels cannot be less than 300 pixels.	User Experience		Changed recommendation
HSD0002464	Inactive Knowledge Author	User Experience	X	Active published knowledge articles are now searched for inactive users
HSD0002473	Targeted Communications- Recipient List needs to be Refreshed	User Experience		Removed logic to check that recipient lists assigned to an active publication has been updated or refreshed
HSD0002513	Service Catalog- Maximum order quantity should not exceed 10	User Experience	X	Improved performance
HSD0002782	HR PDF Template with Published Document	Manageability	X	Improved performance
HSD0002791	Number, Opened, and Opened by should be populated by default scripts	Manageability	X	Included logic to check if the dynamic filter option is customized Updated the findings to return only the specific record Updated recommendation on the detailed action to be taken
HSD0002827	All events should have a description	Manageability		Implemented a simple check for pie.isBaseline()
HSD0002834	The number of rules associated with an order guide should be kept to a minimum	Performance	X	Updated recommendation verbiage Added statistic counter
HSD0004580	Knowledge Management Advanced plugin should be active.	User Experience		Improved performance
HSD0004581	Checklist should be configured with each & every Knowledge Base.	User Experience		Improved performance
HSD0004602	Adoption of ATF Quick Start Test 'Communities'	Upgradeability		Corrected the finding link Added active check is required in second glide to sys_atf_test table
HSD0004604	Adoption of ATF Quick Start Test 'Customer Service Base Entities'	Upgradeability		Corrected the finding link Added active check is required in second glide to sys_atf_test table
HSD0004656	Adoption of ATF Quick Start Test 'Customer Service Management for Orders'	Upgradeability		Improved performance
HSD0004657	Adoption of ATF Quick Start Test 'Customer Service Request Integration'	Upgradeability		Improved performance
HSD0004658	Adoption of ATF Quickstart Test 'CSM Extension for Proxy Contacts'	Upgradeability		Improved performance
HSD0004659	Adoption of ATF Quickstart Test 'Major Issue Management'	Upgradeability		Improved performance
HSD0004660	Adoption of ATF Quickstart Test 'Skill Rule'	Upgradeability		Improved performance
HSD0004973	Check if system property- consumer_max_comments_per_case_daily has been modified for consumer Cases attachment limit	Manageability		Improved performance Corrected typo in  short description, description, and recommendation
HSD0006970	Percent of Active Hardware and VM Instance CIs processed via IRE	Manageability		Improved performance
HSD0010608	Percent of Active HW CIs without Asset linkage	Manageability		Improved performance
HSD0012874	Install Base Items with Business Services	Manageability		Improved performance
HSD0012929	Install Base Items with Application Services	Manageability		Improved performance
HSD0001015	Reports should typically not be made public	Manageability	X	Enhancement in the query to validate if the system property glide.report.published_reports.enabled is accounted for before reporting a finding Baseline findings were removed