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Creating a Security Dashboard from JSON Data

In the previous tutorial, you displayed individual security events in a table. In this tutorial, you will create a simple dashboard that summarises the data and highlights important security information.

The dashboard will display:

  • Total Devices
  • Total Events
  • Critical Events
  • High Severity Events
  • Medium Severity Events

Using the sample JSON file, there are 2 devices and 3 events, including one critical event.

Create a Dashboard Section

Open:

script.js

Replace the existing code with:

fetch("smart_security_data.json")
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => {

        let totalDevices = data.devices.length;

        let totalEvents = 0;
        let criticalEvents = 0;
        let highEvents = 0;
        let mediumEvents = 0;

        data.devices.forEach(device => {

            device.events.forEach(event => {

                totalEvents++;

                if (event.severity === "critical") {
                    criticalEvents++;
                }

                if (event.severity === "high") {
                    highEvents++;
                }

                if (event.severity === "medium") {
                    mediumEvents++;
                }

            });

        });

    });

This code calculates summary statistics from the JSON data.

Create Dashboard Cards

Below the calculations, add:

let html = `
    <h2>Security Dashboard</h2>

    <div class="card">
        <h3>Total Devices</h3>
        <p>${totalDevices}</p>
    </div>

    <div class="card">
        <h3>Total Events</h3>
        <p>${totalEvents}</p>
    </div>

    <div class="card">
        <h3>Critical Events</h3>
        <p>${criticalEvents}</p>
    </div>

    <div class="card">
        <h3>High Events</h3>
        <p>${highEvents}</p>
    </div>

    <div class="card">
        <h3>Medium Events</h3>
        <p>${mediumEvents}</p>
    </div>
`;

Display the Dashboard

Add:

document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = html;

The completed code should now display the dashboard cards.

Add Dashboard Styling

Open:

index.html

Inside the <style> section, add:

.card {
    border: 1px solid #cccccc;
    border-radius: 8px;
    padding: 15px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.card h3 {
    margin-top: 0;
}

Save the file.

View the Dashboard

Open:

http://localhost/json-demo/

Using the sample JSON file, you should see something similar to:

Security Dashboard

Total Devices: 2
Total Events: 3
Critical Events: 1
High Events: 1
Medium Events: 1

Display the Event Table Below the Dashboard

The dashboard is useful, but users often want to see the detailed events as well.

Add the following code underneath the dashboard cards:

html += `
    <h2>Security Events</h2>

    <table border="1">

        <tr>
            <th>Device ID</th>
            <th>Event Type</th>
            <th>Severity</th>
        </tr>
`;

Add Event Rows

Add:

data.devices.forEach(device => {

    device.events.forEach(event => {

        html += `
            <tr>
                <td>${device.deviceId}</td>
                <td>${event.eventType}</td>
                <td>${event.severity}</td>
            </tr>
        `;

    });

});

Close the table:

html += "</table>";

Complete JavaScript File

fetch("smart_security_data.json")
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => {

        let totalDevices = data.devices.length;

        let totalEvents = 0;
        let criticalEvents = 0;
        let highEvents = 0;
        let mediumEvents = 0;

        data.devices.forEach(device => {

            device.events.forEach(event => {

                totalEvents++;

                if (event.severity === "critical") criticalEvents++;
                if (event.severity === "high") highEvents++;
                if (event.severity === "medium") mediumEvents++;

            });

        });

        let html = `
            <h2>Security Dashboard</h2>

            <div class="card">
                <h3>Total Devices</h3>
                <p>${totalDevices}</p>
            </div>

            <div class="card">
                <h3>Total Events</h3>
                <p>${totalEvents}</p>
            </div>

            <div class="card">
                <h3>Critical Events</h3>
                <p>${criticalEvents}</p>
            </div>

            <div class="card">
                <h3>High Events</h3>
                <p>${highEvents}</p>
            </div>

            <div class="card">
                <h3>Medium Events</h3>
                <p>${mediumEvents}</p>
            </div>

            <h2>Security Events</h2>

            <table border="1">

                <tr>
                    <th>Device ID</th>
                    <th>Event Type</th>
                    <th>Severity</th>
                </tr>
        `;

        data.devices.forEach(device => {

            device.events.forEach(event => {

                html += `
                    <tr>
                        <td>${device.deviceId}</td>
                        <td>${event.eventType}</td>
                        <td>${event.severity}</td>
                    </tr>
                `;

            });

        });

        html += "</table>";

        document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = html;

    });

You now have a dashboard that summarises JSON data and displays detailed event information underneath.

Next tutorial: Filtering and Highlighting Critical Security Events.

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