API Overview Tab

The API Overview tab displays the basic information for the API in question:

api overview tab
Field No. Field Name Editable Description

1

Edit

N/A

Clicking this enables the user to edit some of the fields presented in the Overview tab. Only fields marked as editable in this table are able to be edited.

2

Delete

N/A

Only user accounts with associated Administrator privileges will see this option. Clicking this enables API assets to be deleted. For more details, refer to: Deleting API Assets.

3a

API Name

Yes

The name you have associated with this API.

3b

Primary Hostname

No

The primary hostname for this API.

3c

WhiteHat Asset ID

No

The unique asset ID associated with this API by Black Duck

3d

Custom Asset ID

Yes

This is used if you have an asset ID you wish to associate with the API. It’s displayed in reports in parentheses after the API Name.

3e

Asset Owner

Yes

The Continuous Dynamic Portal user who is assigned as the owner of this API.

3f

Asset Status

Yes

An asset may be active or inactive.

3g

Asset Phase

Yes

The Asset Phase may be pre-production, production, discontinued, or none.

3h

Client Name

No

Customers with multiple clients on their account can assign an asset to a specific client.

3i

Industy

Yes

This is required so that the Peer Benchmarking Dashboard provides information relevant to your company and its industry.

3j

API Description

Yes

This is a free text field for any information that you may have about your API.

sk

Keep Unreachable Findings Open

Yes

Controls whether unreachable findings are kept open and denoted by the Unreachable symbol on the Asset Management page. Disabled by default. For more information, see Unreachable Findings.

3l

Service Level

No

This will say "Standard Edition (SE)" for AutoAPI sites. API BLAs will show up in the portal as Premium Edition (PE) DAST sites. For additional information on service levels, please click here.

3m

Service Type

No

Indicates the service type of this API.

3n

Website Is

No

Indicates if this API is available externally, or is an internal-only API.

3o

Uses Satellite

No

Indicates whether or not this API uses a satellite appliance.

3p

Satellite Name

Yes

The name of the satellite used by this API, if any.

3q

Satellite Status

No

The connection status of the appliance used by this API, if any.

3r

Users with Access

No

A link to a list of users who have permissions for this API in the Portal.

3s

Timezone

No

The time zone associated with the API. Note that this affects the scan schedule; scanning scheduled for particular hours will begin and end based on this time zone.

3t

Service Renewal Date

No

Renewal date for this license.

3u

Security Index

No

The WhiteHat Security Index score for this API (available for the Advanced Rating Methodology only).

3v

Global

No

The WhiteHat Security Index score for this API (available for the Advanced Rating Methodology only), in comparison to all other APIs.

3w

Industry

No

The WhiteHat Security Index score for this API (available for the Advanced Rating Methodology only), in comparison to other APIs in the indicated industry.

3x

Priority

Yes

The priority rank that you have associated with this API, if any.