Create DNS Records Report

You can create this report to view detailed information about the DNS records of your resolved, unresolved, and typosquatted domains.

To create this report, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Reports > Create Report > DNS Records.

   

2. On the Basic Details page, enter the Report Title and Report Description.

   

3. Click Next.
4. On the Report Source page, complete the sections below to define the data that you want to include in the report.

   

    

   Section	Action
   Include domains for the tags	Click  to select asset tags. Select the tags you want and click Add tag. To specify the condition for tags, select the Any or All option from the list. These options determine how domains are filtered and included in the report based on your selected tags. Any: When you select Any, the report includes domains if it has at least one of the selected tags. All: When you select All, the report includes domains if it has all the selected tags.
   Domain Type	Select the domain type to include in the report. You can select the following domain types from the list: Resolved Domains Unresolved Domains Typosquatted Domains
   Search Query	Define the list of DNS records to include in the report. Only DNS tokens can be used to generate DNS reports. Ensure you enter the query using the following tokens: dns:(type: dns:(source: dns:(value: For more information on these tokens, refer to Search Tokens.

5. Click Next.

6. On the Report Display page, select the columns that you want to show in the report from the Host Information section.

7. (Optional) Set up a Notification to send alerts of report generation to stakeholders through email. 

   Select Send Email (via Qualys) from the Actions list and complete the following steps:

   1. Enter the Recipients email addresses.

      You can enter up to a maximum of 50 email addresses separated by a comma.

   2. Enter the email Subject Line.
   3. Enter a Message.
   4. Select the Restrict downloads checkbox if you want to limit the number of times the report can be downloaded from the report link sent through the email notification.
   5. Enter the number in the Enter Limit field.

      The email notification is sent after the report is generated for reports with Completed, Failed, or Incomplete statuses. When you download the report, it is downloaded as a CSV file. When you attempt to download the report after the download limit you set is reached, a text file is downloaded instead. When you open the text file, it mentions that the Maximum download limit reached. In this case, contact Qualys Support.

   

8. On the Report Schedule page, you can select one of the following options to generate reports:

   • Run Now: Generate the report immediately after creating the report. Click On Demand, select the timezone, and click Next. 
   • Schedule: Set up a schedule to run the report automatically at specified intervals.
9. To set up a schedule, follow these steps:

   1. Click the Schedule tab.

   2. To generate the report at a specific time, select the Start Date and Start Time.

   3. Select the Recurring checkbox if you want the report to generate automatically at a specific interval.

   4. Complete the following fields that are displayed depending on the schedule you select from the Repeats list:

      Schedule	Description
      Daily	Select this option to schedule the report to run daily on the selected Start Date and Start Time.
      Weekly	Select this option to schedule the report to run on the selected days every week. The Start Date and Start Time indicate when the schedule begins.
      Monthly
      Date of the month	Select this option to schedule the report to run on the selected date  every month. The Start Date and Start Time indicate when the schedule begins.
      Day of the week	Select this option to schedule the report to run on the selected day of the week every month. The Start Date and Start Time indicate when the schedule begins.

   5. Use the End Date and End Time fields to specify when the recurring report schedule ends.
   6. Select the Timezone and click Next.
10. On the Review and Confirm page, review all the details.
11. Click the Edit icon to update information on the respective pages if needed.
12. Click Finish.

Once the report is generated, you can download it.

For Typosquatted Domains, the actual domain name is shown in brackets beside the typosquatted domain name in the report.