Create an Analysis-Focused Dashboard

One of the first and most critical tasks to perform as an analyst is to build a dashboard to give yourself the best possible situational awareness.

About Dashboards

Epiphany gives you the power to choose the way it presents data to you, so you can always see what matters most to you. Epiphany includes many widgets you can add to a dashboard. You can name and save your dashboard, so you can have easy access to the information you need on a regular basis.

When you log into Epiphany for the first time, you’ll see a blank dashboard.

An empty dashboard waiting to be filled.

Any time you want to make a new dashboard, just select New Dashboard in the left navigation menu and it will be ready to populate with your chosen components.

Once you’ve created a dashboard, you can select it at any time from the left navigation menu, under Dashboards. Your dashboard may only include a few widgets, or it may include all of Epiphany’s widgets. You get to decide how much information you want to view at one time. Additionally, you can create multiple dashboards.

Building a Dashboard

It’s easy to build a dashboard.

1. In the left navigation menu, select Dashboards and then select New Dashboard.

2. On the far right of the New Dashboard page, select the toolbox icon to expand the New Dashboard menu.
3. The New Dashboard menu lists all the widgets you can add to a dashboard. The list is long, so you'll need to scroll to see the entire list. Select Enable edit mode at the top of the menu.
4. Enter a name for the dashboard.
5. Click the next to a widget to add it to the dashboard. Repeat this for each widget you want to add.
6. When you've added all the widgets you want to add, select Save at the bottom of the widget list. Then select Yes to create the dashboard page.

   

7. The dashboard is still in edit mode. This means you can drag the widgets around to arrange them in the way that works best for you. And you can delete any widget by clicking the in the upper-right corner of the widget. When you are finished editing, select Disable Edit Mode to turn editing off.
8. Many widgets support variable column width sizing - when you are in edit mode you will see a resize hot corner on the bottom right of the widget window - you can use this to make the widget larger or smaller.

After you save your dashboard, its name displays in the left navigation menu. You can create multiple dashboards and each will appear in the menu.

For an example of a finished dashboard, see Example Analyst Dashboard.

For a list of each widget and the group it belongs to, see Dashboard Widgets.

For information on each individual widget in the toolbox, see the sections Attack Path Widgets, Exposure Widgets, Occurrence Widgets, Environmental Widgets, Administrative Widgets, and Ticketing Widgets.