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MANDATORY guidelines for ANY edit to ANY file under Tools/Solutions Analyzer/ — including the mapper (map_solutions_connectors_tables.py), doc generator (generate_connector_docs.py), interactive docs (generate_interactive_docs.py), ASIM browser, collect_table_info, collect_asim_fields, upload_to_kusto, compare_runs, solution_analyzer_overrides.csv, filter_field_resolution.yaml, or any other script/config in that folder. Use when: editing/modifying/refactoring/fixing/renaming/tweaking ANY logic in those files, even one-line fixes such as renaming a classification, escaping a character, adjusting a regex, adding an override row, suppressing a false positive, or changing a constant. Covers: keeping script-docs in sync, README Version History changelog rules (required for feature/behavior changes; optional for small bug fixes), CSV output sync with upload_to_kusto.py, static/interactive index synchronization, and markdown/HTML entity page synchronization.

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Update Solution Analyzer Scripts

Before Modifying a Script

Always review the relevant script documentation in Tools/Solutions Analyzer/script-docs/ first. For changes to a CSV output file's columns or semantics, also review the corresponding per-CSV reference page in Tools/Solutions Analyzer/script-docs/csv/ (one file per CSV).

Script Documentation Updates

When updating a script, update the corresponding doc in script-docs/ to reflect:

  • Script parameters added or changed
  • Output file changes — for new/renamed/removed CSV columns, edit the per-CSV page in script-docs/csv/<csv-name>.md (the script doc only lists CSVs as a summary table with links; it does not duplicate column tables)
  • Changes to analysis methods or logic
  • New CSV output: create a new page under script-docs/csv/, add a row to the summary table in the script doc, and add the new CSV to script-docs/csv/README.md (both the "By generating script" and "By role" sections)

README Changelog

Required for feature additions and behavior changes; optional for small bug fixes. New features, changed analysis logic, new/renamed/removed CSV columns, parameter changes, and other user-visible behavior changes must appear in the changelog. Pure bug fixes — such as correcting a typo, fixing a crash, escape-character tweaks, regex corrections, or one-line fixes that restore intended behavior without changing it — may be logged at your discretion but are not required.

When a changelog entry is warranted, update the ## Version History section in Tools/Solutions Analyzer/README.md:

  • Add the change under the latest version heading at the top of the changelog
  • If the latest version has not been committed yet (i.e., it already has uncommitted changes in the changelog), add to that existing version — do not create a new version entry
  • If the latest version was already committed, create a new version entry with an incremented version number and a short descriptive title
  • Each entry should be a bullet under a bold category heading (e.g., **Fix Name:**)
  • Be concise but specific: state what changed, why, and what the user-visible impact is

CSV Output Changes

When adding or removing a CSV output file from the mapper:

  • Update upload_to_kusto.py → SOLUTION_ANALYZER_FILES list to add/remove the file

Static and Interactive Index Synchronization

The documentation generator produces two parallel sets of index pages that must stay in sync:

  1. Static indexes (generate_connector_docs.py): Markdown index pages — solutions-index.md, connectors-index.md, tables-index.md, content/content-index.md, etc.
  2. Interactive index (generate_interactive_docs.py): HTML page with DataTables.js — index.html with tabs for Solutions, Connectors, Tables, and Content.

When modifying any index generation logic, apply the same change to BOTH:

  • Data filtering/inclusion rules (which connectors or tables to show)
  • Status classification logic (Active/Deprecated/Unpublished/Discovered)
  • Icon usage and legend entries
  • Special-case handling (placeholder names like <PlaybookName>, "GitHub Only" solution name)
  • Link generation (collection method links, content item links, parser routing)
  • Column additions or removals
  • Description cleanup (quote stripping, truncation)

Markdown and HTML Entity Page Synchronization

The doc generator produces both static markdown and HTML versions of every entity page.

  • Markdown pages (generate_connector_docs.py): Primary data source — all content, counts, tables, and formatting are defined here.
  • HTML entity pages (generate_interactive_docs.py → _generate_html_pages()): Auto-generated from markdown via Python markdown library.

In most cases, changing generate_connector_docs.py is sufficient because HTML pages derive from markdown. But if the change involves:

  • Navigation or link targets
  • HTML-specific rendering (e.g., DataTables on schema tables)
  • Heading structure changes

...also update generate_interactive_docs.py.