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Option to set Security Dashboard as default view for groups

Problem to solve

Security Teams use the dashboard as the primary tool for their work. They should be able to set it as the default view for a group, so going to the group will show it immediately.

Proposal

Add an option in user settings to define a default dashboard for groups.

If set to Security Dashboard, users should be redirected to the Security Dashboard when visiting a group.

  1. Add a new dropdown in the User Settings > Preferences page to define the default for the group overview page: you can select Security Dashboard in this dropdown.

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  1. If you go to a group "flat" url (e.g., https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/) you will see the default you selected in settings, the address bar is always https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ and the right entry is highlighted.
details as default security dashboard as default
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  • if you click on Overview, it will link to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/
    • Overview is the /gitlab-org URL:
      • if Details is selected we render details as today,
      • if something different we perform redirect_to
  • if you click on Overview > Details, it will link to /gitlab-org/-/details.
  • if you click on Overview > Security Dashboard (or any other entry), it will redirect to the security dashboard gitlab-org/-/security/dashboard/

In this way, you can access the default content by entering https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/, but then you can navigate any other page using the specific links.

The dropdown will only show for EE users because we want to avoid have only 1 selection in a dropdown, and CE users would, in this case, only be able to select details.

Edge case:

If the user doesn't have permission to view a dashboard or the dashboard is not setup they will see this empty state:

Permission/config empty-state
empty-state

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

Count the number of users that have the default for groups set to Security Dashboard.

This information should be added to the usage ping data that is set to GitLab.

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Edited by Andy Volpe

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