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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 3 Using Dashboards
Working with Dashboards
Your dashboard is created and appears in the web interface. You can now tailor it to suit your needs by
adding tabs and widgets (and, if you based it on a preexisting dashboard, by rearranging and deleting
widgets). For more information, see
adding tabs and widgets (and, if you based it on a preexisting dashboard, by rearranging and deleting
widgets). For more information, see
.
Viewing Dashboards
License:
Any
By default, the home page for your appliance displays the default dashboard. If you do not have a default
dashboard defined, the home page shows the Dashboard Management page, where you can choose a
dashboard to view. At any time, to view the default dashboard you have configured for your appliance,
select
dashboard defined, the home page shows the Dashboard Management page, where you can choose a
dashboard to view. At any time, to view the default dashboard you have configured for your appliance,
select
Overview > Dashboards
; to view details of all available dashboards, select
Overview > Dashboards >
Management
.
Tip
You can configure your appliance to display a different default home page, including pages that are not
dashboard pages. You can also change the default dashboard. For more information, see
dashboard pages. You can also change the default dashboard. For more information, see
and
.
Each dashboard has a time range that constrains its widgets. You can change the time range to reflect a
period as short as the last hour (the default) or as long as the last year. When you change the time range,
the widgets that can be constrained by time automatically update to reflect the new time range.
period as short as the last hour (the default) or as long as the last year. When you change the time range,
the widgets that can be constrained by time automatically update to reflect the new time range.
Note that not all widgets can be constrained by time. For example, the dashboard time range has no effect
on the Appliance Information widget, which provides information that includes the appliance name,
model, and current version of the FireSIGHT System software.
on the Appliance Information widget, which provides information that includes the appliance name,
model, and current version of the FireSIGHT System software.
Keep in mind that for enterprise deployments of the FireSIGHT System, changing the time range to a
long period may not be useful for widgets like the Custom Analysis widget, depending on how often
newer events replace older events.
long period may not be useful for widgets like the Custom Analysis widget, depending on how often
newer events replace older events.
You can also pause a dashboard, which allows you to examine the data provided by the widgets without
the display changing and interrupting your analysis. Pausing a dashboard has the following effects:
the display changing and interrupting your analysis. Pausing a dashboard has the following effects:
•
Individual widgets stop updating, regardless of any
Update Every
widget preference.
•
Dashboard tabs stop cycling, regardless of the
Cycle Tabs Every
setting in the dashboard properties.
•
Dashboard pages stop refreshing, regardless of the
Refresh Page Every
setting in the dashboard
properties.
•
Changing the time range has no effect.
When you are finished with your analysis, you can unpause the dashboard. Unpausing the dashboard
causes all appropriate widgets on the page to update to reflect the current time range. In addition,
dashboard tabs resume cycling and the dashboard page resumes refreshing according to the settings you
specified in the dashboard properties.
causes all appropriate widgets on the page to update to reflect the current time range. In addition,
dashboard tabs resume cycling and the dashboard page resumes refreshing according to the settings you
specified in the dashboard properties.
If you experience connectivity problems or other issues that interrupt the flow of system information to
the dashboard, the dashboard automatically pauses and an error notice appears until the problem is
resolved.
the dashboard, the dashboard automatically pauses and an error notice appears until the problem is
resolved.
Note
Your session normally logs you out after 1 hour of inactivity (or another configured interval), regardless
of whether the dashboard is paused. If you plan to passively monitor the dashboard for long periods of
time, consider exempting some users from session timeout, or changing the system timeout settings. For
of whether the dashboard is paused. If you plan to passively monitor the dashboard for long periods of
time, consider exempting some users from session timeout, or changing the system timeout settings. For