Any changes you make to a dashboard used in a report are reflected the next time the report is sent. For example, if you change the time range in the dashboard, then the time range in the report changes as well.
- SMTP must be configured for reports to be sent. Refer to [SMTP]({{< relref "../administration/configuration.md#smtp" >}}) in [Configuration]({{< relref "../administration/configuration.md" >}}) for more information.
- The Image Renderer plugin must be installed or the remote rendering service must be set up. Refer to [Image rendering]({{< relref "../administration/image_rendering.md" >}}) for more information.
- **Name -** Name of the report as you want it to appear in the Reports list.
- **Source dashboard -** Select the dashboard to generate the report from.
- **Recipients -** Enter the emails of the people or teams that you want to receive the report.
- **Reply to -** (optional) The address that will appear in the **Reply to** field of the email.
- **Message -** (optional) Message body in the email with the report.
- **Time range -** (optional) Use custom time range for the report. For more information check [Report time range]({{< relref "#report-time-range" >}}).
> We're actively working on developing new report layout options. [Contact us](https://grafana.com/contact?about=grafana-enterprise&topic=design-process&value=reporting) if you would like to get involved in the design process.
Simple | Portrait | v6.4+ | Generates an A4 page in portrait mode with three panels per page. | {{<docs-imageboximg="/img/docs/enterprise/reports_portrait_preview.png"max-width="500px"max-height="500px"class="docs-image--no-shadow">}}
Simple | Landscape | v6.7+ | Generates an A4 page in landscape mode with a single panel per page. | {{<docs-imageboximg="/img/docs/enterprise/reports_landscape_preview.png"max-width="500px"class="docs-image--no-shadow">}}
Grid | Portrait | v7.2+ | Generates an A4 page in portrait mode with panels arranged in the same way as at the original dashboard. | {{<docs-imageboximg="/img/docs/enterprise/reports_grid_portrait_preview.png"max-width="500px"max-height="500px"class="docs-image--no-shadow">}}
Grid | Landscape | v7.2+ | Generates an A4 page in landscape mode with panels arranged in the same way as at the original dashboard. | {{<docs-imageboximg="/img/docs/enterprise/reports_grid_landscape_preview.png"max-width="500px"class="docs-image--no-shadow">}}
Scheduled reports can be sent on a weekly, daily, or hourly basis. You may also disable scheduling for when you either want to pause a report or send it via the API.
All scheduling indicates when the reporting service will start rendering the dashboard. It can take a few minutes to render a dashboard with a lot of panels.
#### Hourly
Hourly reports are generated once per hour. All fields are required.
- **Day in month -** Day of the month when the report should be sent. You can select `last` for reports that should go out on the last day of the month.
- **Time -** Time the report is sent, in 24-hour format.
- **Time zone -** Time zone for the **Time** field.
Reports which are scheduled to never be sent have no parameter and will not be sent to the scheduler. They may be manually generated from the **Send test email** prompt or via the [Reporting API]({{< relref "../http_api/reporting.md" >}}).
The last saved version of the report will be sent to selected emails. You can use this to verify emails are working and to make sure the report is generated and displayed as you expect.
You can send reports programmatically with the [send report]({{< relref "../http_api/reporting.md#send-report" >}}) endpoint in the [HTTP APIs]({{< relref "../http_api" >}}).
When generating reports, each panel renders separately before being collected in a PDF. The per panel rendering timeout and number of concurrently rendered panels can be configured.
To make a panel more legible, you can set a scale factor for the rendered images. However, a higher scale factor increases the file size of the generated PDF.
You can also specify custom fonts that support different Unicode scripts. The DejaVu font is the default used for PDF rendering.
- Setting a time range via **Time range** field in the report form. If specified, then this custom time range overrides the one from the report's dashboard.
The page header of the report displays the time range for the dashboard's data queries. Dashboards set to use the browser's time zone will use the time zone on the Grafana server.
If the time zone is set differently between your Grafana server and its remote image renderer, then the time ranges in the report might be different between the page header and the time axes in the panels. We advise always setting the time zone to UTC for dashboards when using a remote renderer to avoid this.
You can configure report-specific template variables for the dashboard on the report page. The variables that you select will override the variables from the dashboard, and they are used when rendering a PDF file of the report. For detailed information about using template variables, refer to the [Templates and variables]({{< relref "../variables/_index.md" >}}) section.
You can configure organization-wide report settings in the **Settings** tab on the **Reporting** page. Settings are applied to all the reports for current organization.
To troubleshoot and get more log information, enable debug logging in the configuration file. Refer to [Configuration]({{< relref "../administration/configuration.md#filters" >}}) for more information.
