Viewing metrics for pull request alerts

Monitor CodeQL's performance in pull requests across your organizations to identify repositories where you may need to take action.

Who can use this feature?

Access requires:

  • Organization views: write access to repositories in the organization
  • Enterprise views: organization owners and security managers

Organizations owned by a GitHub Team account with GitHub Code Security, or owned by a GitHub Enterprise account with GitHub Code Security

In this article

Viewing CodeQL pull request alerts metrics for an organization

  1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the organization.

  2. Under your organization name, click Security.

    Screenshot of the horizontal navigation bar for an organization. A tab, labeled with a shield icon and "Security," is outlined in dark orange.

  3. In the sidebar, under "Metrics", click CodeQL pull request alerts.

  4. Optionally, use the date picker to set the time range. The date picker will show data based on the pull request alerts' creation dates.

  5. Optionally, apply filters in the search box at the top of the page.

  6. Alternatively, you can open the advanced filter dialog:

    • At the top of the page, next to the search box, click Filter.
    • Click Add a filter, then select a filter from the dropdown menu.
    • To search for repositories matching the selected filter, fill out the available fields for that filter, then click Apply. You can repeat this process to add as many filters as you would like to your search.
    • Optionally, to remove a filter from your search, click Filter. In the row of the filter you want to remove, click , then click Apply.

  7. You can use the Export CSV button to download a CSV file of the data currently displayed on the page for security research and in-depth data analysis. For more information, see Exporting data from security overview.

Viewing CodeQL pull request alerts metrics for your enterprise

You can also view metrics for CodeQL alerts in pull requests across organizations in your enterprise.

  1. Navigate to GitHub Enterprise Cloud.
  2. In the top-right corner of GitHub, click your profile picture.
  3. Depending on your environment, click Enterprise, or click Enterprises then click the enterprise you want to view.
  4. At the top of the page, click Security.
  5. In the sidebar, under "Metrics", click CodeQL pull request alerts.

Tip

You can use the owner filter in the search field to filter the data by organization. For more information, see Filtering alerts in security overview.