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4 June 2025

# How to Run a Report

## This article will guide Administrators through the process of running a new report.

Reporting is available to Administrators and Reporting Officers in the form of a dashboard and a variety of on-screen and exportable reports. 

**1.** Go to **Admin.**

**2.** Select **Reporting** and then **Reports** from the secondary dropdown menu.

**3.** From the Reporting dashboard, click the **New Report** option.

**4.** Click **New Report** to create a new report.

![Screenshot 2025-06-04 at 2.39.40 PM](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-06-04%20at%202.39.40%20PM.png?width=670&height=307&name=Screenshot%202025-06-04%20at%202.39.40%20PM.png)

**5.** Select your report type.

**6.** Select **Next** to either choose the content you want to report on, or apply any additional filters or restrictions to your report.

**7.** Click **Next** to generate your report.

![Screenshot 2025-06-04 at 2.43.09 PM](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-06-04%20at%202.43.09%20PM.png?width=670&height=307&name=Screenshot%202025-06-04%20at%202.43.09%20PM.png)

Large reports may take some time to generate. These can be viewed in the Past Reports tab once they have processed. 

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