Add a Custom Dashboard Component

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

You can configure a custom dashboard component to add a table, bar chart, pie chart, line chart, area chart, or matrix to a dashboard. For more information, see Dashboards and Dashboard and Component Templates.

For an example matrix component configuration, see Configure a Simple Matrix Dashboard Component.

Before you begin:

• Add a dashboard, as described in Add a Template-Based Dashboard, Add a Custom Dashboard, or Import a Dashboard.

To add a custom dashboard component to a dashboard:

1. Log in to Tenable Security Center Director via the user interface.

2. Click Dashboard.

   The Dashboards page appears.

3. In the upper-right corner of the page, click the Switch Dashboard drop-down box.

4. Click the name of the dashboard for which you want to add a component.

   The dashboard page appears.

5. In the upper-right corner of the page, click the Options drop-down box.

6. Click Add Component.

   The Component Templates page appears.

7. In the Other section, click the type of component you want to configure.

   The component configuration page appears.

8. Configure the options for your component type, as described in Custom Dashboard Component Options.

9. Click Submit.

   Tenable Security Center Director saves your configuration.