diff --git a/public/plugin.ts b/public/plugin.ts
index c7e18f4b..553bc082 100644
--- a/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/public/plugin.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
 import {
   AppMountParameters,
   CoreSetup,
@@ -14,15 +15,14 @@ import {
   ReportsDashboardsPluginStart,
   AppPluginStartDependencies,
 } from './types';
-import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
 import './components/context_menu/context_menu';
 import { PLUGIN_ID, PLUGIN_NAME } from '../common';
 import { uiSettingsService } from './components/utils/settings_service';
 import { applicationService } from './components/utils/application_service';
+import { registerAllPluginNavGroups } from './plugin_nav';
 
 export class ReportsDashboardsPlugin
-  implements Plugin<ReportsDashboardsPluginSetup, ReportsDashboardsPluginStart>
-{
+  implements Plugin<ReportsDashboardsPluginSetup, ReportsDashboardsPluginStart> {
   public setup(core: CoreSetup): ReportsDashboardsPluginSetup {
     uiSettingsService.init(core.uiSettings, core.http);
     // Register an application into the side navigation menu
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class ReportsDashboardsPlugin
         );
       },
     });
-
+    registerAllPluginNavGroups(core);
     // Return methods that should be available to other plugins
     return {};
   }
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ export class ReportsDashboardsPlugin
     return {};
   }
 
-  public stop() {}
+  public stop() { }
 }
diff --git a/public/plugin_nav.tsx b/public/plugin_nav.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df1f3b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/plugin_nav.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { CoreSetup } from '../../../src/core/public';
+import { ReportsDashboardsPluginSetup } from './types';
+import { PLUGIN_ID } from '../common';
+import { DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS, DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES } from '../../../src/core/public';
+
+export function registerAllPluginNavGroups(core: CoreSetup<ReportsDashboardsPluginSetup>) {
+  core.chrome.navGroup.addNavLinksToGroup(DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS.observability, [
+    {
+      id: PLUGIN_ID,
+      category: DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES.visualizeAndReport,
+      order: 300,
+    },
+  ]);
+  core.chrome.navGroup.addNavLinksToGroup(DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS[`security-analytics`], [
+    {
+      id: PLUGIN_ID,
+      category: DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES.visualizeAndReport,
+      order: 300,
+    },
+  ]);
+  core.chrome.navGroup.addNavLinksToGroup(DEFAULT_NAV_GROUPS.search, [
+    {
+      id: PLUGIN_ID,
+      category: DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES.analyzeSearch,
+      order: 300,
+    },
+  ]);
+}
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