Custom Dashboard Component Options

(Required) A name for the dashboard component.

A description for the dashboard component. The description appears on the Dashboards page when you hover over a dashboard component.

(Required for all except Matrix components) Specifies how often the component polls the data source to obtain updates:

• Never — The component never polls the data source.

• Minutely — Polls every 15, 20, or 30 minutes.

• Hourly — Polls every 1, 2, 4, 6, or 12 hours.

• Daily — Polls daily or every specified number of days at the specified time.

• Weekly — Polls weekly or every specified number of weeks at the specified time.

• Monthly — Polls monthly or every specified number of months at the specified day and time.

Caution: Excessively frequent updates may cause the application to become less responsive due to the added processing load imposed on the host OS.

The type of data: Vulnerability, Event, Mobile, User, Ticket, or Alert.

Predefined query used to further narrow down the data source options. If a query does not exist or is not desired, it may be left unselected. The query may be used as is or as a template on which to base the Filters option.

(If Type is Vulnerability or Event) Specifies the data source.

For vulnerability data, select Cumulative or Mitigated.

For event data, the data source is Active. Tenable Security Center can use only active event data for event-based components.

The analysis tool to use for creating the chart. For more information, see Vulnerability Analysis Tools and Event Analysis Tools.

Additional filters to use on the data source. For more information, see Filters.

The number of displayed results. You can choose to display up to 999 results.

If the Viewport Size setting is smaller than this setting, the results display is limited to the Viewport Size setting with a scrollbar to display the additional results.

The number of records (maximum: 50) to display along with a scrollbar to handle additional records. For example, if Results Displayed is set to 100 and Viewport Size is 15, 15 records are displayed with a scrollbar to view the additional 85 records.

(Not available if Type is Event) The column Tenable Security Center uses to sort the results.

(Not available if Type is Event) The sort direction: Descending or Ascending.

The type of data: Vulnerability, Event, Mobile, or Ticket.

Predefined query used to further narrow down the data source options. If a query does not exist or is not desired, it may be left unselected. The query may be used as is or as a template on which to base the Filters option.

(If Type is Vulnerability or Event) Specifies the data source.

For vulnerability data, select Cumulative or Mitigated.

For event data, the data source is Active. Tenable Security Center can use only active event data for event-based components.

The analysis tool to use for creating the chart. For more information, see Vulnerability Analysis Tools and Event Analysis Tools.

Additional filters to use on the data source. For more information, see Filters.

The number of displayed results. You can choose to display up to 100 results.

(If Type is Vulnerability or Ticket) The column Tenable Security Center uses to sort the results.

(If Type is Vulnerability or Ticket) The sort direction: Descending or Ascending.

The type of data: Vulnerability, Event, Mobile, or Ticket.

Predefined query used to further narrow down the data source options. If a query does not exist or is not desired, it may be left unselected. The query may be used as is or as a template on which to base the Filters option.

(If Type is Vulnerability or Event) Specifies the data source.

For vulnerability data, select Cumulative or Mitigated.

For event data, the data source is Active. Tenable Security Center can use only active event data for event-based components.

The analysis tool to use for creating the chart. For more information, see Vulnerability Analysis Tools and Event Analysis Tools.

Additional filters to use on the data source. For more information, see Filters.

The number of displayed results.

The column Tenable Security Center uses to sort the results.

The sort direction: Descending or Ascending.

Use the drop-down menus to select the number of columns and rows for the matrix. Tenable Security Center supports matrices from 1x1 to 10x10.

Click Generate Cells create a blank matrix with customizable cells.

Click the icon in a row or column header cell to manage the column or row.

• To edit the header name or refresh frequency, click Edit Header.

  Tip: You can choose to refresh the data more often to see the most current view. However, frequent refreshes can cause slow system performance.

• To delete the row or column, click Delete Cells.

  Tenable Security Center deletes the row or column.

• To copy the row or column, click Copy.

  Tenable Security Center copies the row or column.

Click the icon inside a cell to configure rules for the cell. For more information, see Matrix Component Query Options.

The type of data: Vulnerability, Mobile, Event, User, Alert, or Ticket.

The Data Type determines which query values are available in the Condition option.

The matrix component display type: Count or Ratio

(If Data Type is Vulnerability or Event) Specifies the data source.

For vulnerability data, select Cumulative or Mitigated.

For event data, the data source is Active. Tenable Security Center can use only active event data for event-based components.

(If Type is Count) Additional filters to use on the data source. For more information, see Filters.

(If Type is Ratio) The filters to apply to the ratio numerator. For more information, see Filters.

(If Type is Ratio) The filters to apply to the ratio denominator. For more information, see Filters.

Specifies the conditions for the matrix component. Use the drop-down menus to define the quantity and query value to use for the rule.

Quantities: Less than or equal to, Greater than or equal to, Exactly, or Not Equal to.

Query values: Events, Hosts, Vulnerabilities, Ports, Devices, Users, Alerts, or Tickets.

Note: The available query values depend on the Data Type.

Specifies the appears of the matrix component when the rule Condition is met.

• Text — Displays the Query Value or custom User-Defined text.

• Icon — Displays the selected indicator icon.

• (If Type is Ratio) Indicator — Displays a percentage.

The date type:

• Relative — A date relative to the current time when the chart is loaded.

• Absolute — An absolute time frame that is the same on each page visit.

The date range for the line or area chart.

If Date Type is Relative, select from the following options:

• Within x Minutes — Display data within the last 15, 20, or 30 minutes.

• Within x Hours — Display data within the last 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 24, 48, or 72 hours.

• Within x Days — Display data within the last 5, 7, 25, or 50 days.

• Within x Months — Display data within the last 3 or 6 months.

• Within 1 Year — Display data within the last year.

If Date Type is Absolute, select a date and time for the beginning and end of the range.

Click to add a series to the line or area chart. For more information, see Line and Area Chart Series Options.

The name of the series.

The type of data: Vulnerability or Event.

Note: For line/area charts, vulnerability data analysis often requires that the underlying repository be a trending repository. If the selected repository is not a trending repository, no historical analysis is available.

Predefined query used to further narrow down the data source options. If a query does not exist or is not desired, it may be left unselected. The query may be used as is or as a template on which to base the Filters option.

Additional filters to use on the data source. For more information, see Filters.