Deactivate or activate a watch topic

You can deactivate or activate a watch topic in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_vul.vulnerability_analyst, sn_vul_container.vulnerability_analyst, sn_vul.vulnerability_admin, sn_vul.app_sec_manager, sn_vul_container.vulnerability_admin, or sn_vulc.admin

About this task

• All the inactive watch topics are displayed in the Inactive module in the navigation pane.
• You can't create a remediation effort or a recurring remediation effort for an inactive watch topic.
• You can't refresh an inactive watch topic.
• The details of an inactive watch topic and its associated remediation efforts aren’t updated.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Workspaces > Vulnerability Manager Workspace > Watch Topics.
2. Open the watch topic that you want to deactivate.
3. Click the three dots and click Deactivate.
   The watch topic appears in the Inactive module.
4. To activate a watch topic, select a watch topic in the Inactive module, select the three dots menu and select Activate.
   The activated watch topic moves to the appropriate module in the navigation pane.