Components Tab

The Components tab on the Global Component & License Lookup tab enables you to perform a filtered search for specific OSS or third-party components in the Code Insight data library and then explore those components in the search results.

For additional information about the tab, see the following:

• For instructions on how to access the Components tab, see Exploring Components and Licenses in the Data Library.
• For more information on how to use the Components tab, see Exploring Components Globally.

The following table describes the fields and mechanisms available on this tab.

Components Tab

Section

Field/Column

Description

Search By

Select one of the following criterion by which to search components in the Code Insight data library. Then click Search.

Key

Search for components by one or more strings in the component name.

Enter the string(s) in the associated Keyword field. Multiple strings must be separated with spaces (not commas) and can be listed in any order, as in the example:

tomcat apache 

Search results are filtered to those components whose names contain all the strings listed.

URL

Search for components within a specific forge by entering forge’s URL in the associated URL field. Example URLs include https://github.com/jquery/jquery or http://jqueryui.com.

Forge

Search for a specific component by the name of its forge and third-party project or repository. First, select the forge name from the Forge dropdown. Then provide a value for each additional field required to identify the project or repository within the forge.

Search results grid

The results of the component search are displayed in a grid list below the search criterion. The list contains the following columns to describe the attributes of each component. Certain attributes provide mechanisms that enable you to examine more information about the component.

Component Name

The name of the component. Click the icon next to the component name to open the Component Details Window. This window provides publicly available details about the component, such as whether it has security vulnerabilities, supports your product’s encryption capabilities, and is a custom component.

Forge

The name of the forge that contains the component.

No link to the web page of the forge itself is provided here. However, see the next field, URL, for a link to the component’s project/repository location within the forge.

URL

The URL of the component’s third-party project or repository within the forge. When you click the hyperlinked text, the external web page of the project or repository is opened in a separate browser tab.

Possible License(s)

Licenses that might associated with the component. Click the icon next to a license to open the License Details Window and view details about the license.

Versions

Click the View Versions in this column to open the Versions for <componentName> Window, which lists information about each version of the component, including the licenses and vulnerability totals (by severity) associated with each version.

Grid Control

You can do the following to manage the grid.

• Control the column presentation in the grid:
• Click the up (or down arrow) in the Component Name column header (or select the appropriate sorting order from the header’s dropdown) to sort the component list in ascending or descending alphabetical order.
• Click the dropdown in any column header to select the columns you want to display or hide in the grid.
• Use the navigation icons at the bottom of the grid to move between next or previous pages or to a specific page number in the search results.
• Click the refresh icon to keep the data in the results current.