# Makefile Project - Discovery Options page

Use the Discovery Options page in the Makefile Projects preference panel to configure various options for the scanner configuration.

Makefile Project - Discovery Options page
Option | Description
--- | ---
Discovery profiles scope | Define the scope as configuration-wide or per language for this profile.
Automate discovery of paths and symbols | Activate this checkbox to scan the build output to populate the paths and symbol tables.
Report path detection problems | Activate this checkbox to report all path detection problems.
Discovery profile | Select the discovery profile to use for paths and symbol detection.
Enable build output scanner info discovery | Activate this checkbox to configure the scanner to parse the output from a build.
Local build output from file | Click Browse to select a file from disk or click Variables to open the Select Variables window to define the build output file.
Enable generate scanner info command | Activate this checkbox to specify use of the default scanner information command
Compiler invocation command | Type the command that invokes the compiler, for example: gcc, or click Browse to locate it.

Build overview

Including paths and symbols

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