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title: Greenbone OpenVAS Data Export Guide
slug: rbvm-help/greenbone-openvas-data-export-guide
createdAt: 2026-10-26T13:51:24.161Z
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**Summary**: How to export data from OpenVAS for ingestion in Ivanti Neurons.

## Overview

The Greenbone Networks web user interface and the OpenVAS vulnerability assessment system provide a framework to scan and report on your systems’ vulnerabilities. Ivanti Neurons supports OpenVAS scan results exported as an .XML file.

### Exporting OpenVAS Data to a File

To save OpenVAS data to a file that you can upload to the Ivanti Neurons platform, open the OpenVAS client and confirm that a scan has been completed.

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Select the scan to export.

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From the main navigation menu, select **Reports > Export**.

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In the **Export Report** dialog box, select the **Save** location. Then, select **XML** from the Report file format drop-down list and specify the name of the report.

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Click **OK** to save the report in XML format. The file is now ready to upload to Ivanti Neurons.