Work with dashboards

Use the Dashboards page to analyze and visualize SAST, SCA, and DAST test and issue data from your applications and projects.

Overview

The Dashboards page is available for all Polaris users, along with all the dashboards on it; however, users can only view data from the applications they have access to. Except for the Test Summary dashboard, SAST/SCA issue data and test quantities are only retrieved from default branches in SAST & SCA projects (and SAST/SCA issue data and test quantities from non-default branches is ignored). Dismissed issues and excluded components (via issue and component triage) are not included in dashboards. Issues you import from third-party tools appear in dashboards, but the components and licenses associated with issues you import do not.

Note: See Roles and permissions for more information on roles and permissions.

Switch between dashboards using the dropdown menu near the top of the page.

Interact with charts

All of the charts on the Dashboards page are interactive. You can:

  • Hover over chart segments to see additional information.
  • Select chart segments to quickly apply filters.
  • Select an item in a chart's legend to hide/show data.

Filters

Use the options in the Filters panel and select APPLY FILTERS (near the bottom of the Filters panel) to adjust the scope of the dashboard. Available filters vary from dashboard to dashboard.

Note: To restore a dashboard's default filters, select CLEAR ALL > APPLY FILTERS.

Refresh rate

It can take up to 60 minutes for:

  • Issue data from a test to affect dashboards.
  • Issue and component triage actions to affect dashboards.
    Note: Dismissed issues and excluded components (via issue and component triage) are not included in dashboards.
  • Changes made to application, project, and branch settings (including application tags) to affect dashboards.
Important: Manually refreshing a dashboard (options > Refresh dashboard) or chart/widget (options > Force refresh) doesn't affect the refresh rate.

Dashboard reference

The table below includes short descriptions of the dashboards included with Polaris:

Dashboard name Summary
Executive Overview Dashboard Provides an overview of application security and policy compliance in your organization. Includes charts that show open, introduced, and absent issues in your portfolio over time. While the default (out-of-the-box) filters are active, the dashboard includes results from the past year.
Issue Summary Dashboard Visualize your organization's security profile across applications and projects. While the default (out-of-the-box) filters are active, dismissed issues are ignored. Open the Issue List tab (near the top of the dashboard) to view issue data in a sortable table. Columns include Application, Project, Issue Type, Severity, Test Type, CWE ID, Location, and Link (a direct link to each issue's details in Polaris).
Tip: Apply a Standard filter to populate the Standard Categories By Total Issues chart.
Onboarding Dashboard View the quantity of applications and projects created in a time period, and how many of the applications and projects were tested. Includes trend charts for applications and projects created, and a table with the total number of tests run per project.
Policy Overview Dashboard View the quantity of issues in your portfolio that violate your organization's policies. Includes charts that show applications and projects with the most policy violations, and widgets that show the quantity of applications and projects using your organization's default policies.
Tip: Apply the Policy Name filter to limit results to issues that violate specific policies.
Portfolio ROI Dashboard View the impact of Polaris on your portfolio's security profile over time. Includes charts that show open, detected, reintroduced, and absent issues in your portfolio over time. By default, results are limited to issues first detected in the last 12 months. You can extend or shorten this duration with the Issues First Detected in filter.
Table - Component Search View all the components used in your organization's applications and projects, along with the license each component is subject to.
Table - License Search View all the licenses your organization's applications and projects are subject to, along with a description of each license, and each license's family.
Test Summary Visualize the quantity of tests run against applications and projects in your organization.
Note: To include DAST test results, the Display Default Branch filter must be set to Include all (default) or true.
Tip: Apply the Application Tag filter (available on all dashboards) to limit data to applications with particular tags.

Restore a dashboard's default filters

To restore a dashboard's default (out-of-the-box) filters, select Reset Filters near the top of the page.
Note: Alternatively, you can select CLEAR ALL (near the bottom of the Filters panel), and then select APPLY FILTERS.

Save a dashboard (PDF, image)

To save a dashboard as an image or PDF, follow these steps:
  1. (Optional) Apply filters and customize the dashboard, as required.
  2. Select the options button near the top of the page, Download, and select a format (Export to PDF or Download as Image).
    Note: Saving a dashboard as an image is not supported in Firefox.

Export issue metadata (CSV, Excel, image)

You can export issue metadata to CSV, Excel, or image using the Issue Summary Dashboard. To do so, follow these steps:
Tip: We strongly recommend you use the issue export functions available on the Portfolio Project page instead. See How to export issues to CSV or JSON for more information.
  1. After you open the Issue Summary Dashboard, open the Issue List tab.
  2. (Optional) Adjust filters, as required.
    Note: Exports are limited to 100,000 issues at a time.
  3. Select Options > Download, and select a format (Export to .CSV, Export to Excel, Download as image).