API Overview Tab

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

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.

Field No.

Field Name

Editable

Description

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.

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.

API Name

Yes

The name you have associated with this API.

Primary Hostname

The primary hostname for this API.

WhiteHat Asset ID

The unique asset ID associated with this API by Black Duck

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.

Asset Owner

Yes

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

Asset Status

Yes

An asset may be active or inactive.

Asset Phase

Yes

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

Client Name

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

Industy

Yes

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

API Description

Yes

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

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.

Service Level

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.

Service Type

Indicates the service type of this API.

Website Is

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

Uses Satellite

Indicates whether or not this API uses a satellite appliance.

Satellite Name

Yes

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

Satellite Status

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

Users with Access

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

Timezone

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.

Service Renewal Date

Renewal date for this license.

Security Index

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

Global

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

Industry

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

Priority

Yes

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