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Overview

Customers that have the relevant license can create their own Analytics Dashboards to visualise and analyse the incoming log data. This functionality is available from Snare Central v8.6.0.

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Create a new empty Dashboard

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Provide the following details in the dialog:

Name - dashboard name (up to 254 characters)

Description - optional description (up to 500 characters)
Search Container - container/folder to add Grant full access to - select at least one of the groups the User belongs to, so that the User can access the Dashboard after its creation.
Note: Snare Central Administrators and SuperUsers groups have full access regardless of the selection.
Description - optional description (up to 500 characters)
Search Container - container/folder to add this dashboard to.
Note: custom dashboards can not be placed under Built-in Dashboards.
Configure Layout for Dashboard - select initial layout, for example 3 rows x 3 columns. Layout can be further customised after creation.

Click Create. The dashboard will be added in the desired location.

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Add New Directory

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Provide the following details in the dialog:

Name - directory name (up to 254 characters)

A directory can As of version 8.6.2, a container can be created at any hierarchical level as long as the user has Change permissions to the parent container. 
In earlier versions, a container could only be created at the root level of the Analytics Dashboards, and then had to be dragged and dropped to the desired location.

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A new directory is a temporary item that only exists for the duration of the session of the current logged in user (i.e. two hours by default), and will not be visible to other users of Snare Central. It will not become permanent, or visible to other users, until a Dashboard is added to the directory.

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Import Dashboards

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Import dashboard(s) from previous export from another Snare Central

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Search dashboards and directories by name

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Click x in search window to clear search results.

After navigating into a found directory, use Back to Search Results link in the Reports breadcrumbs area to return to your search results.

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Sort all dashboards and directories by name

Click sort button to toggle sorting in Ascending or Descending order.

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Rename, Move, Export or Delete a dashboard

by clicking the ellipsis (...) in the custom dashboard line.
These options are not available for built-in dashboards.

Rename opens a dialog that allows to change custom dashboard’s Name and Description, and move it to another parent directory

Export Dashboard opens a dialog that allows to generate an export file with the dashboard definitions or send this file by email to a desired recipient (email setup needs to be configured in the Wizard)

Delete opens a confirmation dialog, and if confirmed, proceeds with deletion of the dashboard and its widgets. The container/folder will be removed if it is the last dashboard to be removed.

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Rename, Export or Delete a directory

by clicking the ellipsis (...) in the directory line.
These options are not available for built-in dashboards.

Rename opens a dialog that allows to rename the directory

Export Directory opens a dialog that allows to generate an export file with the definitions of all the dashboards in the directory, or send this file by email to a desired recipient (email setup needs to be configured in the Wizard)

Delete All opens a confirmation dialog, and if confirmed, proceeds with deletion of all the dashboards in this directory.

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Configure Threshold - value in the status card is colour-coded according to the configured “Warning” and “Problem” thresholds:
red - value is equal to or exceeds the “Problem” threshold
orange - value is equal to or exceeds the “Warning” threshold, but is lower than the “Problem” threshold
green- value is under the “Warning” threshold

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