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Basic Search

This article details how to use the basic search filters to retrieve data.

You can use the basic search function on any page within your Brinqa Platform that supports basic search filters, including the pages under Inventory, Findings, or Remediation. For example, the following screenshot displays what the filters may look like on your Findings page:

findings page basic filters

While the default attribute filters vary by page, you can add more filters to your basic search by clicking More and selecting the attribute filters you want to display.

To use the basic search filters to find all critical findings from specific integration sources in your data, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Findings.

  2. Click the icon to the left of the search area, and then select Basic.

    Query switcher

  3. Click the Risk rating filter, select Critical, and then click Apply.

    • If the Risk rating filter is not available, click More, locate and select Risk rating, and click Apply.

  4. Click the Sources filter. The Sources filter is a multi-valued attribute filter, therefore you can select from multiple operators:

    • CONTAINS ANY: Returns results if any of the selected values are present.

    • NOT CONTAINS ANY: Excludes results if any of the selected values are present.

    • CONTAINS ALL: Returns results only if all of the selected values are present.

    • NOT CONTAINS ALL: Excludes results if all of the selected values are present.

  5. From the Sources filter drop-down, select CONTAINS ANY, select the integration sources you want to retrieve critical findings from, such as Qualys Vulnerability Management (VM) and Snyk, and then click Apply.

The list view updates automatically upon making a selection.

To view the Brinqa Query Language (BQL) equivalent of a basic search, click the icon to the left of the search area, and then select BQL after you run a basic search. For example, the following BQL query is equivalent to the basic search example:

FIND Finding AS f WHERE f.dataIntegrationTitles CONTAINS ANY ["Qualys VM", "Snyk"] AND f.riskRating = "Critical"

You can use this method to learn and get familiar with BQL.