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Additionally, the information here can be used when making a support call or using the support portal.<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p>Next, users will want to look at the Default Scan Results Tags. This option enables the allocation of a default Tag Name for each of ten (10) available tags. To rename a tag, either click the Rename button or simply double click on the highlighted name and type in the new name. Changes to the default tag names will not be applied retrospectively to previous scan results. In subsequent scan results the new tag names will be available.&nbsp;<\/p>\n{% video_player &#8220;embed_player&#8221; overrideable=False, type=&#8217;scriptV4&#8242;, hide_playlist=True, viral_sharing=False, embed_button=False, width=&#8217;1916&#8242;, height=&#8217;1238&#8242;, player_id=&#8217;24219971657&#8242;, style=&#8221; %}\n<p>Scan Information Fields allows you to create a template of information fields that can be used when running a scan. 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