diff --git a/app/controllers/reports_controller.rb b/app/controllers/reports_controller.rb
index 3a0dcbc73..3b97e8b00 100644
--- a/app/controllers/reports_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/reports_controller.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class ReportsController < ApplicationController
   before_action :load_vars_nested, only: %i(create edit update generate_pdf
                                             generate_docx new_template_values new_docx_template_values project_contents)
   before_action :load_wizard_vars, only: %i(new edit)
+  before_action :load_repositories_vars, only: %i(new edit create update)
   before_action :load_available_repositories, only: %i(index save_pdf_to_inventory_modal available_repositories)
   before_action :check_project_read_permissions, only: %i(create edit update generate_pdf
                                                           generate_docx new_template_values new_docx_template_values project_contents)
@@ -355,13 +356,6 @@ class ReportsController < ApplicationController
   def load_wizard_vars
     @templates = Extends::REPORT_TEMPLATES
     @docx_templates = Extends::DOCX_REPORT_TEMPLATES
-    live_repositories = Repository.viewable_by_user(current_user).sort_by { |r| r.name.downcase }
-    snapshots_of_deleted = RepositorySnapshot.left_outer_joins(:original_repository)
-                                             .where(team: current_team)
-                                             .where.not(original_repository: live_repositories)
-                                             .select('DISTINCT ON ("repositories"."parent_id") "repositories".*')
-                                             .sort_by { |r| r.name.downcase }
-    @repositories = live_repositories + snapshots_of_deleted
     @visible_projects = current_team.projects
                                     .active
                                     .joins(experiments: :my_modules)
@@ -375,6 +369,16 @@ class ReportsController < ApplicationController
     @default_docx_template = Extends::DOCX_REPORT_TEMPLATES.keys.first.to_s if Extends::DOCX_REPORT_TEMPLATES.one? && custom_templates(Extends::DOCX_REPORT_TEMPLATES)
   end
 
+  def load_repositories_vars
+    live_repositories = Repository.viewable_by_user(current_user).sort_by { |r| r.name.downcase }
+    snapshots_of_deleted = RepositorySnapshot.left_outer_joins(:original_repository)
+                                             .where(team: current_team)
+                                             .where.not(original_repository: live_repositories)
+                                             .select('DISTINCT ON ("repositories"."parent_id") "repositories".*')
+                                             .sort_by { |r| r.name.downcase }
+    @repositories = live_repositories + snapshots_of_deleted
+  end
+
   def check_project_read_permissions
     render_403 unless can_read_project?(@project)
   end
@@ -407,7 +411,7 @@ class ReportsController < ApplicationController
 
   def report_params
     params.require(:report)
-          .permit(:name, :description, :grouped_by, :report_contents, settings: permit_report_settings_structure(Report::DEFAULT_SETTINGS))
+          .permit(:name, :description, :grouped_by, :report_contents, settings: permit_report_settings_structure(Report::DEFAULT_SETTINGS, @repositories))
   end
 
   def search_params
diff --git a/app/helpers/reports_helper.rb b/app/helpers/reports_helper.rb
index 47a49e6cf..7d7df14cc 100644
--- a/app/helpers/reports_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/reports_helper.rb
@@ -107,15 +107,19 @@ module ReportsHelper
     end
   end
 
-  def permit_report_settings_structure(settings_definition)
+  def permit_report_settings_structure(settings_definition, repositories)
     settings_definition.each_with_object([]) do |(key, value), permitted|
-      permitted << case value
-                   when Hash
-                     { key => permit_report_settings_structure(value) }
-                   when Array
-                     { key => [] }
+      permitted << if key == :excluded_repository_columns && repositories.present?
+                     { key => repositories.each_with_object({}) { |repository, hash| hash[repository.id.to_s] = [] } }
                    else
-                     key
+                     case value
+                     when Hash
+                       { key => permit_report_settings_structure(value, repositories) }
+                     when Array
+                       { key => [] }
+                     else
+                       key
+                     end
                    end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/report.rb b/app/models/report.rb
index 61f092e33..87d159e6a 100644
--- a/app/models/report.rb
+++ b/app/models/report.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ class Report < ApplicationRecord
       activities: true,
       repositories: [],
       excluded_repository_columns: {}
-    }
+    },
+    template: 'scinote_template',
+    docx_template: 'scinote_template'
   }.freeze
 
   def self.search(