Create, search, update and delete Elastic Security cases, their comments and tags, and create case connectors through Kibana.
Explore 14 workflow actions for Elastic Security, including account permissions and operation limits.
5 read actions9 write actions
WORKFLOW ACTIONS
What you can configure.
Choose an action in the workflow builder, connect an account, and map its inputs. These actions are available in the catalog; your account access and a successful test determine whether they work for your setup.
Add case comment
Write
Add a user comment to a case.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Add tag to case
Write
Add one tag, keeping the case's other tags.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Create case
Write
Open a case with a title, description, tags and severity.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Create connector
Write
Create a Kibana connector, such as Jira, ServiceNow or IBM Resilient, for pushing cases.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
Operation limits
Secrets come from a protected workflow file, never typed text, and are never returned.
NodeHub uses the call's idempotency key as the connector ID, so a repeated call cannot make a second connector.
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Delete case
Write
Delete a case and its comments.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Find case comments
Read
Read a page of a case's comments.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
Find cases
Read
Search a page of cases by status, severity, tags or text.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
Get case
Read
Read one case.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
Get case comment
Read
Read one comment on a case.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
Get case status summary
Read
Count open, in-progress and closed cases.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
Remove case comment
Write
Delete one comment from a case.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Remove tag from case
Write
Remove one tag, keeping the case's other tags.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update case
Write
Change a case's title, description, status, severity, tags or category at its current version.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
Update case comment
Write
Change a user comment at its current version.
Permissions and limits
Account permissions
Kibana Cases privileges for the case owner (Security cases: Cases All or Read)
A repeated request may repeat the external action. Review the previous result before retrying a write.
SETUP
Start with a controlled test.
01Connect the intended account
Use the account and permissions required for your process. Review the connection check before configuring a workflow action.
02Review inputs and access
Select a listed operation and map its required inputs. Use test records and add a human approval before writes that need review.
03Confirm the result
Inspect step outputs and confirm the result in Elastic Security. A saved workflow is not a completed provider action.