Widget Creation and Configuration

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Important Information

Changes to the Dashboard cannot be undone, we recommend saving the Dashboard regularly.

Prerequisites

An Admin Account

Guided walk-through: How to Add a Widget to a DashboardGuided walk-through: How to Add a Widget to a Dashboard

❶	Click on a Dashboard. Default Dashboards cannot be modified.
❷	Right click anywhere inside the Dashboard click
❸	Select a Dashboards Widgets and drag onto the Dashboard. Use the button to review your changes. You can move the Widget where you need it.
❹	Right click Widget, click to configure it
❺	Apply Widget Configurations as needed and click Dashboard To save changes click

Discovery: Widget Configurations (Properties)Discovery: Widget Configurations (Properties)

This menu is available upon right-click on the widget ('Edit')

Name (Internal Use Only)	The widget name (not visible outside the Widget Editor).
Task Name (Available for the Task Widgets)	The name of the task the widget illustrates.
Task Interval (Available for the Tasks Widgets)	The task can be repeated daily, weekly, after the custom interval, or never (select None to create a non-recurring task widget).
Label	The label you assign to a particular widget.
Time (Available for the Tasks Widgets)	You can configure the task completion time by changing the value in the corresponding field.
Show Title	If the option is checked, write the widget title in the corresponding field to make it visible.
Title Align (Available for the Tasks Widgets)	This option allows you to configure the title alignment on the widget.
Style	A Task widget can be either a button or rectangle.
Show icon	You can select a widget image in the Appearance section of the widget. However, if you don’t want the image to be shown on the widget, you can uncheck this box.
Show Legend	If the option is checked, the legend becomes visible.
Legend Position	You may select whether the legend is shown at the bottom, to the left, to the right, or at the top of the widget if you make it visible.
Action (Available for the Queries and Patches Widgets)	Click Action	Show	Widget is only a display
		Scan	Turns widget into a scan task. Uses Devices and Patches as defaults for the task.
		Deploy	Turns widget into a patch deploy task. Uses Devices and Patches as defaults for the task.
Data	Time Frame (Available for the Patches Widgets)	Patches released within what time frame should be scanned or deployed.
	Vulnerability Type	Patches	The Patch query is used
		Security	The Vulnerability query is used.
	Graph Shows	Devices (Available for the Devices Widgets)	Graph is organized by count devices. This must match the device type within the Data section.
		Vulnerabilities	Graph is organized by a count of vulnerabilities. This must match the patch type within the Data section.
		Unlicensed	Graph is organized by the count of unlicensed software. This must match the patch type within the Data section.
Devices (Available for the Queries Widgets)	Select the group of devices to be used by the query.
Vulnerability (Available for the Queries Widgets)	Select the group of vulnerabilities to be used by the query.
Top X (Available for the Queries Widgets)	Select the Top X vulnerable devices to be used by the query.
Appearance	Cutout		Changing the cutout percent, you configure the amount of empty space inside the doughnut-type widgets. By changing the value to 0%, you turn the doughnut type chart into a pie chart (and vice versa)
	No Data Message (Available for the Queries Widgets)		Configure the appearance of the No Data Message using HTML tags
	Column Sets (Available for the Queries Widgets)		Select the pre-configured column sets from the dropdown list
	Line Thickness (Available for the Line Widgets)		You can configure the thickness of a line widget by changing the value in the corresponding field
	Orientation (Available for Some Decorates Widgets)		You can select whether the widget is displayed horizontally or vertically
	Line Style (Available for the Line Widgets)		The style of a line widget (None, Solid, Dotted, Dashed, or Doubled)
	Background Color		Background color of the widget
	Foreground		The foreground color of the widget
	Colors Image		You can select an icon for the widget from the given images
	Highlight Color		The highlight color of the widget
	Chart Type (Available for the Query Graph Widgets)	Doughnut	A doughnut chart
		Horizontal Bar	A horizontal bar chart
		Pie	A pie chart
	Center Text		This field allows you to change the text inside the diagram
	Z-Index		Ordering of overlapping widgets 10 by default if not set
	Custom CSS		You can paste your custom CSS code into this field to modify your console design, including colors, fonts, layout, etc

Video Tutorials: Examples of Adding Widgets to the DashboardVideo Tutorials: Examples of Adding Widgets to the Dashboard

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Last Update: July, 2024