# Generating reports

Generate reports from the data you are permitted to see.

Generate downloadable attendance, leave and expense reports from **Import & Export**. Report access and permission to view the relevant attendance, leave or expense records are both required. Expense reports are included in core HR.

## Steps

1. Open **Import & Export** and choose the report in the export data types.
2. Choose **Month** and a month, or **Date range** and the start and end dates. A custom range can cover at most 93 days, including both dates; split a longer period into separate reports.
3. Optionally select an employee to narrow the report. Review the filters before requesting it; filters from other workspace pages do not carry over.
4. Choose XLSX or CSV and request the export. The file is generated in the background.
5. Open **History** to check the result and download the completed file. See [Transfer history and downloads](https://czappstudio.com/ar/docs/administration/import-export#section-17).

![Exports: choose the report in Data to export (1), pick a file format (2) and Generate export (3).](https://media.czappstudio.com/screens/docs/reports/light-1de871357f-2880.webp)

## Choose a report

- **Attendance report** includes attendance records, check-in/out times and working hours.
- **Leave report** includes leave requests overlapping the selected period. Use it for requests and their status; use the leave entitlement export for initial annual entitlements.
- **Expense report** includes expenses dated within the selected period.

You can leave the page while a report runs. Check the result before sharing it: exports are snapshots, and later record changes do not update a downloaded file. Download before the expiry shown in History, seven days after the request.