--- title: New Visual Rule Manager: Configure SQL Code Analysis... description: SQL Database Project Power Tools now includes a visual Rule Manager for configuring SQL static code analysis rules in Visual Studio and SSMS. Instead of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-visual-rule-manager-configure-sql-code-analysis-without-editing-xml-scsoekjj8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New Visual Rule Manager: Configure SQL Code Analysis Without Editing XML | daily.dev og:description: SQL Database Project Power Tools now includes a visual Rule Manager for configuring SQL static code analysis rules in Visual Studio and SSMS. Instead of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-visual-rule-manager-configure-sql-code-analysis-without-editing-xml-scsoekjj8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sCSOEkjJ8.png og:image:alt: New Visual Rule Manager: Configure SQL Code Analysis Without Editing XML og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New Visual Rule Manager: Configure SQL Code Analysis Without Editing XML **[We Are .NET](https://daily.dev/sources/wearedotnet)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SQL Database Project Power Tools now includes a visual Rule Manager for configuring SQL static code analysis rules in Visual Studio and SSMS. Instead of manually editing XML project files with rule IDs and syntax, developers can use a dialog to enable/disable rules, change severity levels, filter by category, install community analyzers (130+ additional rules), and search rules by ID or description. The feature works with SDK-style SQL database projects using MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj or the Microsoft SDK, and is available in SSMS 22+ as well. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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