Add functionality to render pre-existing SARIF files

[vlkl-sap]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I have a recurring use-case where I have a CodeQL database and a SARIF file. The database and the SARIF file originate from another machine (CICD) / another person / etc.

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like the CodeQL extension (which I already have) to offer a way to render such SARIF files similar to results generated from a query in the extension.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I would like not to install yet another extension, esp. since the generic SARIF extension does not work directly with CodeQL databases (yes, I know, I can unpack the source archive, but it's extra steps).

Additional context
N/A

Thanks!

[jf205]

Hi @vlkl-sap

Thanks for the feedback. Just for confirmation, when you say 'pre-existing SARIF files' do you mean results from code scanning which may include many results from a whole suite of queries? If that's the case then the CodeQL extension is not really the place for viewing those results as it's aimed at CodeQL authors running one-off queries. The SARIF viewer extension is optimized for that experience.

[vlkl-sap]

Thanks, @jf205. I see.
Your guess is correct - my SARIF files have results from multiple queries.

Closing this request, then.