Explore Tables

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You can access Explore tables in the Explore section of Tenable Vulnerability Management. Explore tables present your organization's data in a single pair of workbenches: the Findings workbench and the Assets workbench. Each workbench contains tables of findings or asset data. This topic describes how to apply filters to Explore tables and how to customize them.

Filter an Explore Table

In the Explore section, you can filter your organization's assets and findings on the Assets and Findings pages. For a list of available filters, see Asset Filters or Findings Filters.

To optimize performance, Tenable limits the number of Findings filters that you can apply to 18 and the number of Asset filters that you can apply to 35.

To filter a table in the Explore section:

  1. In the upper-left corner, click the Menu button.

    The left navigation plane appears.

  2. In the navigation plane, click Findings to open the Findings workbench or Assets to open the Assets workbench.

  3. Do one of the following:

    1. In the upper-left corner, click the Filter button.

      The filters plane expands with a list of default filters selected.

    2. Click Select Filters.

      The Select Filters box appears with all available filters.

    3. Select the filters you want to apply.

    4. Click outside the Select Filters box.

      The Select Filters box closes.

    5. For each filter, choose the appropriate operator and option. For example, to return vulnerabilities with Critical Severity, select an operator of is equal to and the Critical option, as shown in the following image:

      Search operators are contextual, depending on the filter you select. For a complete reference, see the following table:

      Operator Description
      exists Filters for items for which the selected filter exists.
      does not exist Filters for items for which the selected filter does not exist.
      is equal to

      Filters for items that match the filter value.
      is not equal to Filters for items that do not include the filter value.
      is greater than

      is greater than or equal to

      		Filters for items with a value greater than the specified filter value. If you want to include the value you specify in the filter, then use the is greater than or equal to operator.
      is less than

      is less than or equal to

      		Filters for items with a value less than the specified filter value. If you want to include the value you specify in the filter, then use the is less than or equal to operator.
      within last Filters for items with a date within a number of hours, days, months, or years before today. Type a number, then select a unit of time.
      after Filters for items with a date after the specified filter value.
      before Filters for items with a date before the specified filter value.
      older than Filters for items with a date more than a number of hours, days, months, or years before today. Type a number, then select a unit of time.
      is on Filters for items with a specified date.
      between Filters for items with a date between two specified dates.
      wildcard

      Filters for items with a wildcard (*) as follows:

      • Begin or end with – Filters for values that begin or end with text you specify. For example, to find all values that begin with "1", type 1*. To find all values that end in "1", type *1.

      • Contains –Filters for values that contain text you specify. For example, to find all values with a "1" between the first and last characters, type *1*.

      • Turn off case sensitivity – Filters for values without case sensitivity. For example, to search for findings with a Plugin Name of "TLS Version 1.2 Protocol Detection" or "tls version 1.2 protocol detection", type *tls version 1.2 protocol detection.

    6. (Optional) To remove or clear filters, do one of the following:

      • To clear the values for a filter, hover on the right side of the filter and click Clear.

      • To remove a single filter, hover on the right side of the filter and click Remove.

      • To remove all filters, at the top of the filters plane, click Clear All.

    7. Click Apply.

      Tenable Vulnerability Management filters your data.

    1. In the upper-left corner, click Advanced.

      A box appears with the current filters displayed.

    2. Click inside the box.

      A drop-down menu appears.

    3. In the drop-down menu, select the AND or OR conditions or type them in the box.

    4. In the drop-down menu, select a filter or type its name in the box.

    5. In the drop-down menu, select one of the following operators or type it in the box.

      6. Note: If you want to filter on a value that starts with (') or ("), or includes (*) or (,), then you must wrap the value in quotation marks (").

      Note: Filters can have a maximum of two nesting levels.

      Operator Description
      exists Filters for items for which the selected filter exists.
      does not exist Filters for items for which the selected filter does not exist.
      is equal to

      Filters for items that match the filter value.
      is not equal to Filters for items that do not include the filter value.
      is greater than

      is greater than or equal to

      		Filters for items with a value greater than the specified filter value. If you want to include the value you specify in the filter, then use the is greater than or equal to operator.
      is less than

      is less than or equal to

      		Filters for items with a value less than the specified filter value. If you want to include the value you specify in the filter, then use the is less than or equal to operator.
      within last Filters for items with a date within a number of hours, days, months, or years before today. Type a number, then select a unit of time.
      after Filters for items with a date after the specified filter value.
      before Filters for items with a date before the specified filter value.
      older than Filters for items with a date more than a number of hours, days, months, or years before today. Type a number, then select a unit of time.
      is on Filters for items with a specified date.
      between Filters for items with a date between two specified dates.
      wildcard

      Filters for items with a wildcard (*) as follows:

      • Begin or end with – Filters for values that begin or end with text you specify. For example, to find all values that begin with "1", type 1*. To find all values that end in "1", type *1.

      • Contains –Filters for values that contain text you specify. For example, to find all values with a "1" between the first and last characters, type *1*.

      • Turn off case sensitivity – Filters for values without case sensitivity. For example, to search for findings with a Plugin Name of "TLS Version 1.2 Protocol Detection" or "tls version 1.2 protocol detection", type *tls version 1.2 protocol detection.

    6. In the drop-down menu, select a filter value or type one in the box.

    7. (Optional) To add or remove filters, do one of the following:

      • To add multiple filters, press Space and then select another condition, operator, filter, and value.

      • To remove one filter, click the button on the right side of the filter.

      • To remove all filters, click the button in the right corner of the text box.

    8. Click Apply.

      Tenable Vulnerability Management filters your data.

  4. (Optional) Save the filters to access later or share with other team members.

    Tip: Tenable Vulnerability Management runs Findings searches in the background so that you can navigate away from the Findings page and return when a complex search is complete. You can also Cancel a search. Finally, Tenable Vulnerability Management caches your most recent search for 30 minutes, notes the date and time in the top toolbar, and saves the state of the Findings page for your next visit.

Filter By Value

With Filter By Value, you can filter your data by any value in an Explore table. For example, in the Findings table, you can view all findings with a certain IPv4 address through a single action.

To filter by value: 

  1. In the upper-left corner, click the Menu button.

    The left navigation plane appears.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • In the left navigation plane, under Explore, click Assets.

      The Assets page appears.

    • In the left navigation plane, under Explore, click Findings.

      The Findings page appears.

  3. Right-click the table cell whose value you want to filter by.

    A menu appears.

  4. In the menu, click Filter By Value.

    Tenable Vulnerability Management filters your data.

Filter Out Value

With Filter Out Value, you can customize an Explore table to remove all entries with certain value. For example, in the Assets table, you can remove assets with a certain operating system through a single action.

To filter out a value: 

  1. In the upper-left corner, click the Menu button.

    The left navigation plane appears.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • In the left navigation plane, under Explore, click Assets.

      The Assets page appears.

    • In the left navigation plane, under Explore, click Findings.

      The Findings page appears.

  3. Right-click the table cell whose value you want to filter out.

    A menu appears.

  4. In the menu, click Filter Out Value.

    Tenable Vulnerability Management removes the selected data from the table.

Copy to Clipboard

With Copy to Clipboard, you can get any value from an Explore table. For example, when creating a tag, you can copy an operating system value from a cell in the Assets table and add it to your tag.

To use Copy to Clipboard, from either the Findings or Assets table, right-click any cell and click Copy to Clipboard.

Customize an Explore Table

In the Explore section, on the Findings or Assets pages, you can customize the columns in the tables that display your data.

To customize an Explore table:

  1. In the upper-left corner, click the Menu button.

    The left navigation plane appears.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • In the left navigation plane, under Explore, click Assets.

      The Assets page appears.

    • In the left navigation plane, under Explore, click Findings.

      The Findings page appears.

  3. On the right side, above the table that contains your data, click Columns.

    The Customize Columns dialog appears.

    Customize Columns dialog

  4. Do one of the following: 

    Action Description
    Add or remove a column In the Customize Columns dialog, select or clear the check box next to the column.
    Find a column to add In the Customize Columns dialog, search for a column and select its check box.
    Reorder columns In the Customize Columns dialog, click and drag columns from top to bottom.
    Change column width In the Assets or Findings tables, hover on the separator between column headings and drag left or right.
    Reset column width to default In the Customize Columns dialog, click Reset Column Width.
    Reset all column customizations to default In the Customize Columns dialog, click Reset to Defaults.