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.

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

Switch between dashboards using Dashboards pane.

You can modify each dashboard's filters with controls in the Filters pane. Hover over a filter and select Edit Filter (or select Include All) to adjust the scope of a dashboard.

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

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

Third-party cookies

Important: If you use Google™ Chrome or Safari®, you must allow third-party cookies to use the Dashboards page.
Google Chrome In Google Chrome, select Customize and control Google Chrome > Settings > Privacy and security > Third-party cookies. Ensure the use of third-party cookies is allowed (Allow third-party cookies) or add Polaris to the list of sites under Customized Behaviors.
Safari In Safari, select Safari > Preferences > Privacy. Ensure Prevent cross-site tracking is disabled.

After you update your browser's settings, refresh Polaris.

Refresh rate

It can take up to 60 minutes for issue data from a test to be available on the Dashboards page.

Dismissed issues and excluded components (via issue and component triage) are not included in dashboards. It can take up to 60 minutes triage actions to affect dashboards.

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.
Issues 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. Select an issue quantity (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 reveal the 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.

Change a dashboard's default filters

To change your default filters for a dashboard, follow these steps:
Tip: Polaris caches the filter changes you make (even when you don't change your default filters). This way, if you modify a dashboard's filters, switch to a different dashboard, and then go back to the first dashboard, your filters are restored automatically.
  1. Adjust filters, as required.
  2. Select Filter Options (at the top of the Filters pane) > Set as My Default Filters.

Apply your default filters

To reapply your default filters, select Restore my default filters at the top of the Filters pane.

Restore a dashboard's default filters

To restore a dashboard's default (out-of-the-box) filters, follow these steps:
  1. Select Options at the top of the dashboard (or next to the filter's name in the Dashboards pane).
  2. Select Restore Dashboard.
  3. Select the checkmark .

Save a dashboard in PDF format

To save a dashboard in PDF format, follow these steps:
  1. (Optional) Apply filters and customize the dashboard, as required.
  2. Select PDF near the top of the dashboard.
    Note: Alternatively, you can select Options , and then select Download > Download PDF.

    The PDF Report Settings window opens.

  3. (Optional) Customize the PDF options, as required.
    After you customize PDF options, you can select Save to change your default PDF export options. Use Edit mode to manually adjust the size of widgets on each page.
    Note: See Customizing PDF Reports in the Sisense documentation for more information.
  4. Select Download .

Save a dashboard in PNG format

To save a dashboard in PNG format, follow these steps:
  1. (Optional) Apply filters and customize the dashboard, as required.
  2. Select Options , and then select Download > Download Image.
    The Download Image window opens.
  3. (Optional) Customize the image options, as required.
    Note: See Downloading a Dashboard as an Image in the Sisense documentation for more information.
  4. Select Download.

Export issue metadata (image, CSV, PDF, Excel)

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.
You can export issue metadata to image, CSV, or Excel using the Issues Summary Dashboard. To do so, follow these steps:
Important: Exporting issue metadata from the Dashboards page is not supported in Firefox.
  1. Select an issue quantity near the top of the dashboard.
    The drill list (_drill_issue_list) appears.
  2. (Optional) Adjust filters, as required.
    Note: Image, CSV, and Excel exports are limited to 50,000 issues at a time. PDF exports are limited to 3,000 issues at a time. The total issue quantity is listed below the table.
  3. Select Options > Download, and select an export format (Image, CSV File, PDF File, or Excel File).


    When you select PDF File, the PDF Report Settings window opens. Adjust the PDF settings and select Download.