Export a Summary of Violations

Important! Tenable is removing all Terrascan functionality from Tenable Nessus on September 30, 2025. For more information, see the Terrascan End of Support FAQ.

Tenable Nessus Expert allows you to generate and export a summary of violations for a completed Terrascan scan as an HMTL or PDF report.

Before you begin:

• Install Terrascan on your Nessus instance.

To generate and export a Terrascan summary of violations:

1. Under Resources in the left-side navigation pane, click Terrascan.

   The Scans page appears.

2. Click the row of the scan that you want to generate a report for.

   The scan details page appears, and the Violations tab opens by default.

3. In the upper-right corner, click the Report button.

   The Export Terrascan Results window appears.
   

4. Choose the report format, HTML or PDF.

5. Choose the report template:

   • Summary of Violations — Lists the detected violations by count.

   • Summary of Violations by File — Lists the detected violations by file.

6. Click the Generate Report button.

   Tenable Nessus Expert generates the report, and the report downloads to your machine.