New Feature Request: Exclude Latest Version from Dashboard Version Statistics on ControlUp

A user suggested a new feature to exclude the latest version of an application when looking at version statistics on the dashboard, in order to have a more accurate view of older versions and their progress after remediation. This feature would require some backend query language updates and would be considered for implementation based on its priority.

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I think it’s great that the dashboards for physical machines are available and that you can use both default and custom dataindexes. I have a request, and I’m curious if others feel the same: when monitoring the progress of replacing, for example, an application with a vulnerability, the important part isn’t the progress of the version you’re rolling out, but rather the versions that remain behind from a proactive management perspective. In such cases, it would be useful to have the option not only to select the Top 10 but also to be able to set Skip 1.

So you’d want to see devices 2-11 out of the top11?

Actually, my intention isn’t to exclude specific devices, but to exclude the latest version of an application when looking at version statistics. That way, a dashboard or chart shows all older versions at a glance, without the current top version dominating the view. This helps to quickly identify remaining outdated or vulnerable versions and track progress after remediation has been applied, supporting proactive management.

Ah gotcha. And you don’t want to add a not filter because then you’d have to hard code it. You just want the code to ignore the most common version

Not a specialist but did some research: our backend query language, Elasticsearch, which is what dashboards currently "speaks" does not support this in a single query, so the way you would usually do this is :

1. run an aggregation query to determine the most common version
2. take the outcome from that into the next query with an exclude filter

I assume that we did not build this into code and requires a bit of thinking. I will check the backlog if this has come up before and if not will add it but priority will depend on various factors

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