description ms.date ms.topic title List of PSScriptAnalyzer rules 03/27/2024 reference List of PSScriptAnalyzer rules PSScriptAnalyzer Rules The PSScriptAnalyzer contains the following rule definitions. Rule Severity Enabled by default Configurable AlignAssignmentStatement Warning No Yes AvoidAssignmentToAutomaticVariable Warning Yes AvoidDefaultValueForMandatoryParameter Warning Yes AvoidDefaultValueSwitchParameter Warning Yes AvoidExclaimOperator Warning No AvoidGlobalAliases1 Warning Yes AvoidGlobalFunctions Warning Yes AvoidGlobalVars Warning Yes AvoidInvokingEmptyMembers Warning Yes AvoidLongLines Warning No Yes AvoidMultipleTypeAttributes1 Warning Yes AvoidNullOrEmptyHelpMessageAttribute Warning Yes AvoidOverwritingBuiltInCmdlets Warning Yes Yes AvoidSemicolonsAsLineTerminators Warning No AvoidShouldContinueWithoutForce Warning Yes AvoidTrailingWhitespace Warning Yes AvoidUsingAllowUnencryptedAuthentication Warning Yes AvoidUsingBrokenHashAlgorithms Warning Yes AvoidUsingCmdletAliases Warning Yes Yes2 AvoidUsingComputerNameHardcoded Error Yes AvoidUsingConvertToSecureStringWithPlainText Error Yes AvoidUsingDeprecatedManifestFields Warning Yes AvoidUsingDoubleQuotesForConstantString Information No AvoidUsingEmptyCatchBlock Warning Yes AvoidUsingInvokeExpression Warning Yes AvoidUsingPlainTextForPassword Warning Yes AvoidUsingPositionalParameters Warning Yes AvoidUsingUsernameAndPasswordParams Error Yes AvoidUsingWMICmdlet Warning Yes AvoidUsingWriteHost Warning Yes DSCDscExamplesPresent Information Yes DSCDscTestsPresent Information Yes DSCReturnCorrectTypesForDSCFunctions Information Yes DSCStandardDSCFunctionsInResource Error Yes DSCUseIdenticalMandatoryParametersForDSC Error Yes DSCUseIdenticalParametersForDSC Error Yes DSCUseVerboseMessageInDSCResource Error Yes MisleadingBacktick Warning Yes MissingModuleManifestField Warning Yes PlaceCloseBrace Warning No Yes PlaceOpenBrace Warning No Yes PossibleIncorrectComparisonWithNull Warning Yes PossibleIncorrectUsageOfAssignmentOperator Warning Yes PossibleIncorrectUsageOfRedirectionOperator Warning Yes ProvideCommentHelp Information Yes Yes ReservedCmdletChar Error Yes ReservedParams Error Yes ReviewUnusedParameter Warning Yes Yes2 ShouldProcess Warning Yes UseApprovedVerbs Warning Yes UseBOMForUnicodeEncodedFile Warning Yes UseCmdletCorrectly Warning Yes UseCompatibleCmdlets Warning Yes Yes2 UseCompatibleCommands Warning No Yes UseCompatibleSyntax Warning No Yes UseCompatibleTypes Warning No Yes UseConsistentIndentation Warning No Yes UseConsistentWhitespace Warning No Yes UseCorrectCasing Information No Yes UseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssignments Warning Yes UseLiteralInitializerForHashtable Warning Yes UseOutputTypeCorrectly Information Yes UseProcessBlockForPipelineCommand Warning Yes UsePSCredentialType Warning Yes UseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions Warning Yes UseSingularNouns Warning Yes Yes UseSupportsShouldProcess Warning Yes UseToExportFieldsInManifest Warning Yes UseUsingScopeModifierInNewRunspaces Warning Yes UseUTF8EncodingForHelpFile Warning Yes 1 Rule is not available on all PowerShell versions, editions, or OS platforms. See the rule's documentation for details. 2 The rule has a configurable property, but the rule can't be disabled like other configurable rules.
