Add a Template Chapter to a Report

Required Tenable Security Center User Role: Organizational user with appropriate permissions. For more information, see User Roles.

In Tenable Security Center, you can add template chapters to template reports and custom PDF reports.

To add a template-based chapter to a report definition:

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

    The Reports page appears.

  2. In the reports table, click the name of the report you want to edit.

    -or-

    Right-click the row for the report you want to edit, and click Edit.

    The Edit Report page appears.

  3. On the left side of the page, click Definition.

    The report outline appears. This outline is, by default, expanded. For more information, see Edit a Report Outline.

  4. At the bottom of the outline, click Add Template Chapter.

  5. Do one of the following:

    • 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.

    • Click a template category icon to view the related templates.

  6. Click the report template that contains chapters you want to include in your custom report.

  7. (Optional) Modify the default options for the report template:

    1. 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.
    2. Do one of the following:
      • In the Focus section, target all systems in the report.

        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.
    3. (Optional) Edit text in the Description box.

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

  8. Click Add.

    Tenable Security Center adds the template chapter or chapters to your custom report and displays the Add Report page again.

  9. (Optional) Change the template chapter options.

    1. Click the edit icon next to the chapter you added.
    2. In the Name box, edit the chapter title.
    3. In the Location box, change the relative location for the chapter within the report.
    4. In the Style box, select a style for the chapter.
    5. Click Submit to save your changes to the chapter.
  10. Click Submit to save your changes to the report.