# Reports

## Overview <a href="#overview" id="overview"></a>

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**Required role to configure:** [Admin](/external-docs/fundamentals/settings/user-roles.md) or higher.

Users with lower roles can view scheduled reports but cannot create, edit, or delete report schedules.
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Reports include:

* Total cost for the selected period
* Difference compared to the previous matching period
* Percentage increase or decrease
* A compute-unit cost table

Comparison logic:

* **Daily:** today vs. yesterday
* **Weekly:** this week vs. last week

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### Delivery Channels <a href="#delivery-channels" id="delivery-channels"></a>

Reports use your configured **Channels**, including: ([how to set channels](/external-docs/fundamentals/settings/communication-channels.md))

* Slack
* Microsoft Teams
* Email groups

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### Scheduling <a href="#scheduling" id="scheduling"></a>

Reports can be scheduled as:

* **Daily reports**
* **Weekly reports**

You can:

* Enable or disable each report type
* Choose the days reports are delivered
* Select which channels receive each report

Reports are generated and delivered automatically.

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### How to Configure Reports <a href="#how-to-configure-reports" id="how-to-configure-reports"></a>

1. Go to **Settings → Notifications → Reports**.
2. Choose whether you want to configure the **Daily Summary** or **Weekly Summary**.
3. Switch the toggle to enable the report type.
4. Select the days on which the report should be sent.
5. Assign one or more delivery channels (Slack, Microsoft Teams, Email groups).
6. Your settings are saved automatically. Reports will now be delivered on the selected schedule.​

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