Add or Save a Query

Required User Role: Organizational user with appropriate permissions. For more information, see User Roles.

You can add queries from the Queries page or from the Vulnerabilities page, Events page, or Mobile page. For more information about query options, see Queries.

Note: If you want to create a mitigated vulnerabilities query, you must add the query from the Vulnerabilities page.

To add a query from the Queries page:

Log in to Tenable Security Center Director via the user interface.
Click Analysis > Queries.

The Queries page appears.
At the top of the table, click Add.
Type a Name and Description.
(Optional) If you want to add a tag, type select a Tag from the drop-down. For more information, see Tags.
Select a Type.

The Tool drop-down updates with options for that type.
Select a Tool.
Click Add Filter.

The Filters section expands. For more information, see Filters.
Select a filter component from the Select a Filter drop-down.

The filter component criteria box appears.
In the filter component criteria box, type or select filter component criteria.
Click the button.

Tenable Security Center adds the filter component.
(Optional) To add other filter components, repeat step 8.
Click Submit.

Tenable Security Center Director saves your configuration.

To save a query from an analysis page:

Log in to Tenable Security Center via the user interface.
Do one of the following to navigate to an analysis page:
- Click Analysis > Vulnerabilities
- Click Analysis > Events
- Click Analysis > Mobile
The analysis page appears.
Apply a filter for the query, as described in Apply a Filter.

The page updates to reflect the filter you applied.
Click Save > Save Query.

The Save Query panel appears.
In the Name box, type a name for the query.
In the Description box, type a description for the query.
(Optional) If you want to add a tag, type or select a Tag from the drop-down. For more information, see Tags.
Click Submit.

Tenable Security Center Director saves your configuration.