Create a Scan Report
You can create a scan report to help you analyze the vulnerabilities and remediations on affected hosts. You can create a scan report in PDF, HTML, or CSV format, and customize it to contain only certain information.
When you create a scan report, it includes the results that are currently visible on your scan results page. You can also select certain hosts or vulnerabilities to specify your report.
To create a scan report:
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In the top navigation bar, click Scans.
The My Scans page appears.
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Click a scan.
The scan's results page appears.
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(Optional) To create a scan report that includes specific scan results, do the following:
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Use search to narrow your scan results.
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Use filters to narrow your scan results.
- In the Hosts tab, select the checkbox in each row of a host you want to include in the scan report.
- In the Vulnerabilities tab, select the checkbox in each row of each vulnerability or vulnerability group that you want to include in the scan report.
Note: You can make selections in either Hosts or Vulnerabilities, but not across both tabs.
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In the upper-right corner, click Report.
The Generate Report window appears.
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From the drop-down box, select the format in which you want to export the scan results.
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Configure the report for your selected format:
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Click the Report Template you want to use.
A description of the report template and a list of the template's applied filters appear.
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(Optional) To save the selected report template as the default for PDF or HTML reports (depending on which format you selected), select the Save as default checkbox.
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Click Generate Report.
Tenable Nessus creates the scan report.
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Select the checkboxes for the columns you want to appear in the CSV report.
Tip: To select all columns, click Select All. To clear all columns, click Clear. To reset columns to the system default, click System.
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(Optional) To save your current configuration as the default for CSV reports, select the Save as default checkbox.
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Click Generate Report.
Tenable Nessus creates the scan report.
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