Manage Reports

On the Reports page of Tenable Security Center, you can manage report definitions and launch reports. For more information, see Reports.

Create a Custom Report

For more information, see Reports.

Before you begin:

• If you want to create a CyberScope, DISA ASR, DISA ARF, or DISA Consolidated ARF report, confirm an administrator user enabled the corresponding report generation options, as described in Configuration Settings.
• If you want to create a CyberScope, DISA ARF, or DISA Consolidated ARF report, create report attributes as described in CyberScope and DISA Report Attributes.

To create a custom report definition:

1. Log in to Tenable Security Center via the user interface.

2. In the left navigation, click Reporting > Reports.

   The Reports page appears.

3. At the top of the table, click Add.

   The Report Template page appears.

4. In the Other section, click a report tile. For more information, see Report Templates.

5. Configure the options for the report.

   Tenable Security Center displays options relevant to the report format you selected.

6. (Optional) Edit the report outline.

7. Click Submit to save your report.

   Tenable Security Center saves your configuration.

Create a Template Report

Template reports are formatted reports that can be customized using chapter and target selections. For more information, see Reports.

To create a template report:

1. Log in to Tenable Security Center via the user interface.

2. In the left navigation, click Reporting > Reports.

   The Reports page appears.

3. At the top of the table, click Add.

   The Report Template page appears.

4. Do one of the following to locate a specific template:

   • In the Search Templates box in the top right corner of the page, search for a specific template by keyword.

     Tip: After the initial search, you can limit search results by template category.

   • In the Common section, click a template category to view the related templates. For more information, see Report Templates.

5. Click a template report.

   Note: Each template description specifies which Tenable Security Center data must be available to obtain a complete report. For more information, see Data Required for Template-Based Reports.

6. (Optional) In the Chapters section, select which chapters from the template you want to include in your report. By default, the report includes all chapters from the template.

7. In the Focus section, do one of the following:

   • Target all systems in the report.

     Note: This is the default setting.

     To return to this setting, click All Systems in the Targets drop-down box.

   • Target specific assets in the report.

     1. In the Targets drop-down box, click Assets.

     2. Select Assets and Repositories.

   • Target specific IP addresses in the report.

     1. In the Targets drop-down box, click IP Addresses.

     2. In the IP Addresses box, type the IP address or addresses where you want the report to focus. Use commas to separate multiple addresses.

     3. In the Repositories box, select a target repository or repositories.

   • Target specific repositories in the report.

     1. In the Targets drop-down box, click Repositories.

     2. In the Repositories box, select a target repository or repositories.

8. (Optional) Edit the default text in the Description box.

   Note: You cannot modify any information in the Details section of the page.

9. Click Add.

   Tenable Security Center creates a report based on the template and displays the Reports page. The new report appears as the last entry in reports table.

10. (Optional) Modify report options that are common to both custom and template reports. For more information, see Report Options.

    For example, the default value for the Schedule option for all template-based reports is On Demand. If you want to run the report automatically, modify the Schedule option for the report.

11. (Optional) Customize the report outline, as described in Edit a Report Outline.

    For example, you might want to use text elements to add your business context to template-based chapters.

Launch a Report on Demand

To launch a report on demand:

1. In the left navigation, click Reporting > Reports.

   The Reports page appears.

2. (Optional) Filter the reports table, as described in Apply a Filter.

3. In the table, right-click the row for the report you want to launch.

   -or-

   Select the check box for the report you want to launch.

   The actions menu appears.

4. Click Launch.

5. (Optional) Monitor the status of the report in the Report Results page.

   To view this page, do one of the following:

   • In the launch notification message, click View Report Results.
   • In the left navigation, click Reporting > Report Results.

   Note: In the Report Results page, you can also stop the currently running report.

Stop a Running Report

If you want to stop a report that is currently running:

1. Click Reporting > Report Results.

   The Report Results page appears.

2. (Optional) Filter the report results table, as described in Apply a Filter.

3. Right-click the row for the report you want to stop, and click Stop.

   Tenable Security Center stops the report run.

   Note: You cannot restart a stopped report run. You can only launch the report again.