Vendor Pulse produces two kinds of report, and both are generated per vendor:
| Report | Format | How it is produced |
|---|---|---|
| Executive | You add a remark and optional recipients, then generate | |
| Detailed | Excel workbook | Generated immediately, no extra input |
Reports are built in the background and emailed to you when they are ready. You can also collect them later from the History tab. There is no portfolio-wide, all-vendors report.
report:view)vendor:digital:view) if you want external attack surface data includedNavigation: Sidebar → Reports
The Reports page has two tabs: Reports and History.
On the Reports tab you get a card for each vendor showing their logo, name and onboarding status, 12 vendors per page with the most recently updated first. Use the search box to find a vendor by name, or the Onboarding Status filter to narrow the list.
On this page the onboarding statuses are labelled Pending (assessment not sent), Ongoing, Onboarded, Rejected and On Hold.
Each vendor card has two buttons.
Detailed produces the Excel workbook. Click it and generation starts straight away.
Executive produces the PDF. Clicking it opens a dialog where you:
Generation is asynchronous. A confirmation reads Report is being generated. You will receive it in your mail shortly! and a new row with status Generating appears on the History tab.
The email goes to you, and copies go to the vendor's relationship manager and business owner where they are recorded, plus any addresses you entered in the Executive dialog.
Navigation: Sidebar → Reports → History
The History tab lists every report generated for your organisation:
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Vendor Name | The vendor the report covers |
| Type | Executive or Detailed |
| Status | Generating, Completed or Failed |
| Generated By | Who requested it |
| Generated On | When it was requested |
| Remarks | The remark entered at generation time (hover to read it in full) |
Click a row with status Completed to open the report in a new browser tab. Use the Report Type filter to show only Executive or only Detailed reports. Clicking a row that is still Generating or has Failed does not open anything; a message says reports cannot be downloaded until they are completed.
Download links are time-limited. The link in the email works for five days. If it has stopped working, come back to the History tab and click the row again to get a fresh one.
The workbook opens on a Report Summary sheet and then carries:
| Sheet | Contents |
|---|---|
| Report Summary | Vendor Name, Primary Domain and Location, followed by an Overall Findings block counting vendor risks by severity, assessments completed, and — where digital risk is included — findings, discovered assets and GitHub patches |
| Vendor Risks | One row per risk, with Title, Description, Due Date, Status, Source, Likelihood, Impact, Exposure Score, Response Plan, Strategy, Mitigation, Control, Finding Name, Mitigation Plan and Risk Severity |
| One sheet per assessment | The questions and responses for each assessment |
Only assessments that are Ongoing or Completed are included — assessments that have not started yet are left out.
If you hold the digital risk permission and the vendor has external scan data, three further sheets are added:
| Sheet | Contents |
|---|---|
| Findings | External security findings |
| Discovered Assets | The vendor's discovered internet-facing assets |
| Github Patches | Public code references found for the vendor's domains, as clickable links |
When digital risk is not included, the summary sheet says so explicitly rather than leaving the section blank.
I cannot see Reports in the sidebar, or the page is blocked → Generating and viewing reports requires report:view. Ask your administrator to grant it.
The report never arrived → Check the History tab. If the row says Generating, it is still being built. If it says Completed, click the row to open the report directly rather than waiting for the email, and check your spam folder.
The status says Failed → Regenerate the report. If it fails again, contact support with the vendor name and the time you tried.
The report has no external attack surface data → Those sheets only appear when you hold the digital risk permission (vendor:digital:view) and the vendor has scan data. Check the vendor has a primary domain and that a scan has completed on their Digital Risk tab.
An assessment is missing from the workbook → Only Ongoing and Completed assessments are included. An assessment that has been scheduled but not started will not appear.
The emailed download link no longer works → Emailed links expire after five days. Open the History tab and click the report row to get a new one.
Clicking a History row does nothing → Only Completed reports can be opened. Also check that your browser is not blocking the new tab.
I want one report covering all my vendors → Reports are generated per vendor. Generate them individually from each vendor's card.
A colleague received the report and I did not expect them to → Copies automatically go to the vendor's relationship manager and business owner in addition to any addresses typed into the Executive dialog.
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