Reports

You can create a report that summarizes the details of all your inventories across different indexes such as CVEs, web servers, ports, and so on. You can use the report to measure the size and scope of your organizational attack surface map.

Note: To create reports, you must have the Manage ad hoc queries permission. To run the reports, you must have the Run ad hoc queries permission.

To access the Reports page,

  1. On the Inventory page, in the upper-right corner, click the button.

    The Reports page appears with the following details:

    Column Description
    Name Name of the report.
    Status Indicates the status of the report. Available statuses are: Waiting, Running, Done, and Error.
    Last Modified Indicates when the report was last changed.
    Last run Indicates when the report was last generated.

You can do the following actions from the Reports page.

  1. In the Reports page, click Add Report.

    The Add Report page appears.

  2. In the Name box, type a name for the report.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • Add Report — Click to add the report to the Reports page and to run it at a later time. The entries appear in bold on the Reports page indicating the reports are new and remain so until you refresh the page.

    • Add and Run Report — Click to add the report and then run it immediately. If you selected Add and Run Report, the Status column on the Reports page shows Running.

    Tenable Attack Surface Management adds the report to the Reports page.

  1. On the Reports page, run a report or multiple reports:

    Scope Action
    Run a single report

    1. Do one of the following:

      • In the row of the report you want to run, click the button.

        A menu appears.

      • Select the check box next to the report you want to run.

        Tenable Attack Surface Management enables the action bar.

    2. Click Run Report.
    Run multiple reports

    1. Select the check boxes next to the reports you want to run.

      Tenable Attack Surface Management enables the action bar.

    2. Click Run Reports.

Tenable Attack Surface Management shows a confirmation message when the report generation is complete.

  1. On the Reports page, in the row of the report you want to view the details, click the button.

  2. Click View Report Details.

    The Report Details page appears with the following information:

    Section Description
    Download PDF A link to download the generated report.
    Summary Shows details such as the start time, end time, duration of the report generation and the current status of the report.
    Log Shows any errors that occurred when generating the report. Click Copy to copy the log to share or for further analysis.

  3. Click Done to close the Report Details page.

  1. On the Reports page, in the row of the report you want to edit, click the button.

  2. Click Edit Report.

    The Edit Report page appears.

  3. Edit the report details as needed.

  4. Click Save.

    Tenable Attack Surface Management saves the updated report.

  1. On the Reports page, to delete a report or multiple reports:

    Scope Action
    Delete a single report

    1. Do one of the following:

      • In the row of the report you want to delete, click the button.

        A menu appears.

      • Select the check box next to the report you want to delete.

        Tenable Attack Surface Management enables the action bar.

    2. Click Delete Report.
    Delete multiple reports

    1. Select the check boxes next to the reports you want to delete.

      Tenable Attack Surface Management enables the action bar.

    2. Click Delete Reports.

Tenable Attack Surface Management shows a confirmation message that the report is permanently deleted.