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Trends requirements

Review the requirements before you install and use Trends.

Tanium dependencies

Component	Requirement
Platform	7.3.314.4101 or later
Tanium™ Client	6.0.314.1540 or later recommended
Tanium Content	The initial gallery uses sensors that are included in Tanium™ Patch and the Initial Content packs. If this content is not present when you import the gallery, the corresponding sources, boards, panels, and sections are not created.
License	Core platform entitlement. Contact your Technical Account Manager (TAM) if Trends does not appear on the Tanium™ Console solutions page.

Tanium™ Module Server

Trends installs and runs as a service on the Module Server. The impact on Module Server sizing is minimal and depends on usage. Consult with your TAM for details.

Host and network security requirements

Specific ports and processes are needed to run Trends.

Ports

The following ports are required for Trends communication.

Component	Port number	Direction	Service	Purpose
Module server	17452	Loopback	node.exe	Internal purposes; not externally accessible
Module Server	17462	Loopback	postgres.exe	Internal purposes; not externally accessible

Security exclusions

If the Module Server is deployed in an environment that has security software to monitor and block unknown host system processes, your security administrator must create exclusions to allow the Tanium processes to run without interference.

Table 1: Trends security exclusions
Target Device	Process
Module Server	<Tanium Module Server>\services\twsm-v1\twsm.exe
	<Tanium Module Server>\services\trends\node_modules\@tanium \postgresql\lib\win32\bin\postgres.exe
	<Tanium Module Server>\services\trends\node_modules\@tanium \postgresql\lib\win32\bin\pg_ctl.exe

User role requirements

The predefined roles are Trends Administrator, Trends Author, Trends Board Author, Trends Board Viewer, and Trends Service Account.

Table 2: Tanium Trends User Role Permissions
Permission	Trends Administrator	Trends Author	Trends Board Author	Trends Source Author¹	Trends Board Viewer	Trends Service Account
Show Trends² Access to the Trends workbench (built-in)	³	³	³	³	³
Trends Administrator Unrestricted access to all Trends content, actions, and workbench.
Trends Board Read (deprecated) View and list boards, sections, and panels. In Trends 3.0 and later, use the Trends API Board Read, Show Trends, and Trends Data Read permissions instead.	⁴	³	³
Trends Board Write (deprecated) Create, edit, delete, and configure boards, sections, and panels. In Trends 3.0 and later, use the Trends API Board Write, Show Trends, and Trends Data Read permissions instead.	⁴
Trends Data Read⁵ Run data queries against sources.	⁴	³	³		³
Trends Publish Generate and publish reports	⁴
Trends Source Read (deprecated) ⁶ View and list sources. In Trends 3.0 and later, use the Trends API Source Read, Show Trends, and Trends Data Read permissions instead.	⁴	³		³
Trends Source Write (deprecated)^6,7 Create, edit, and delete sources. In Trends 3.0 and later, use the Trends API Source Write, Show Trends, and Trends Data Read permissions instead.	⁴
Trends Export⁷ Export boards and sources	⁴
Trends Import⁷ Import from file or gallery Does not grant access to create new or custom boards and sources	⁴
Trends Setting Write Access to module-level settings for Trends	⁴
Trends View Recent Results⁸ View recent saved question results on the panel page	⁴
Trends API Board Read⁵ View boards, sections, and panels for specified content sets.	⁴	³	³		³
Trends API Board Write⁵ Create, edit, delete, and configure boards, sections, and panels for specified content sets.	⁴	³	³
Trends API Source Read⁵ View and list sources for specified content sets.	⁴	³	³	³
Trends API Source Write⁵ Create, edit, and delete sources for specified content sets.	⁴	³		³
Trends Integration Service Account⁵ Provides access for module service accounts to read and write data, and to define sources and boards.	⁴
Trends Service Account Provides access for the Trends service account to read and write data, and to define sources and boards.	⁴					²
¹ The Trends Source Author role is deprecated and not available in Trends 3.0 and later. Users that were created in earlier versions of Trends with the Trends Source Author role will retain the same privileges in Trends 3.0 and later. ² To install Trends, you must have the reserved role of Administrator. ³ Denotes a provided permission. ⁴ Permission is implied by Trends Administrator permission. ⁵ Denotes a permission that determines access to content sets. ⁶ Module sources require administrator access. ⁷ Requires content set permissions for the sensors that Trends uses. ⁸ Requires Read Sensor permission for the content set that contains the sensor used by a source. To view recent results for all sources, you need access to all content sets that contain sensors used by sources.

Content sets

In Trends 3.x and later, all boards, sources, and saved questions must be assigned to a content set. The following table shows the predefined content sets. You can create your own content sets in addition to these content sets.

Table 3: Tanium Trends Content Sets
Content set	Description	Predefined roles with access
Trends	Default content set for Trends boards, sources, and saved questions.	Trends Administrator¹ Trends Author Trends Board Author Trends Board Viewer Trends Service Account²
Trends Unassigned Content	Trends boards, sources, and saved questions whose content set is deleted. Read-only.	Trends Administrator Trends Service Account
Trends Service	Trends internal service content. Read-only.	Trends Administrator Trends Service Account
¹ Users with the Trends Administrator role can access Trends boards and sources in any content set, but can only access Trends saved questions in the prebuilt content sets (Trends, Trends Service, and Trends Unassigned Content). ² The Trends Service Account role has Write Saved Question permission and Read Sensor permission on all content sets.

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