Understand methods for applying scorecards

You can choose the method of applying the scorecard when you create a scorecard using the field How should this scorecard be applied?

Scorecards in Compass can be applied using one of the following methods:

All selected type(s) of components

This method allows you to apply scorecards to all components of selected type(s), where Compass implicitly applies it to all components with a matching component type that you set when you created the scorecard.

Use this method to apply organization-wide criteria to components and ensure that all teams are following the same operational best practices.

Individual selected types of components

This method is a manual way to apply scorecards, where a component’s type matches the component type that you set in the scorecard’s settings. These scorecards are not mandatory but are the ones that your organization recommends the teams use for all applicable components.

Use this method to apply criteria defined by cross-product or platform teams, such as SRE, security, or DevOps, to components of a particular type.

By a component label

This method of applying scorecards is based on component labels, where a component’s type and component label matches the component type and label that you set when you created the scorecard. These scorecards are not mandatory across the organization, but you can use them for specific components as per your needs.

Use this method to bulk apply scorecards to components of selected type(s) in a more granular way, or apply using labels that match your team or organization structure, categorization, or specific groups of people.

By a component tier

This method of applying scorecards is based on component tier, where a component's type and tier match the type and tier that you set when you created the scorecard. These scorecards are not mandatory across the organization, but you can use them for specific components as per your needs.

Use this method to bulk apply scorecards to components of selected type(s) in a more granular way, or apply using tiers that match your team's prioritization or importance of component(s).

Use regular expressions in scorecard criteria

Use regular expressions (regex) in scorecard criteria to set up policies that specific links be added to components.

A scorecard criterion with regex validation compares the links of the particular type on a component with the regex you provide. The criterion is met when at least one link or its display text matches the regex.

例

Suppose you want to set up a policy that every service component has a documentation link to a disaster recovery plan. In that case, you can add a scorecard criterion for the Documentation field with regex as \bdisaster\b.*\brecovery\b. This criterion passes when two separate words — disaster and recovery — case-insensitive, but in that order, are part of a documentation link or its display text.