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. Do one of the following:

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

      The Findings page appears.

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

      The Assets page appears.

  3. Do one of the following:

  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.