---
title: "Create a report."
method: POST
path: "/reports"
tags: ["reports", "enterprise"]
---

# Create a report.

`POST /reports`

## Request

- Base URL: `/api` (relative, and the document’s source URL is not known)
- URL: `/api/reports`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in header `Authorization`

Available to org admins only and with a valid license.

You need to have a permission with action `reports.admin:create`.

## Request body

- CreateOrUpdateReport
  - `dashboards` ReportDashboard[]
    - `dashboard` ReportDashboardID
      - `id` integer
      - `name` string
      - `uid` string
    - `reportVariables` object
    - `timeRange` ReportTimeRange
      - `from` string
      - `to` string
  - `enableCsv` boolean
  - `enableDashboardUrl` boolean
  - `formats` Type[]
  - `message` string
  - `name` string
  - `options` ReportOptions
    - `csvEncoding` string
    - `layout` string
    - `orientation` string
    - `pdfCombineOneFile` boolean
    - `pdfShowTemplateVariables` boolean
    - `timeRange` ReportTimeRange
      - `from` string
      - `to` string
  - `recipients` string
  - `replyTo` string
  - `scaleFactor` integer
  - `schedule` ReportSchedule
    - `dayOfMonth` string
    - `endDate` string, date-time
    - `frequency` string
    - `intervalAmount` integer
    - `intervalFrequency` string
    - `startDate` string, date-time
    - `timeZone` string
    - `workdaysOnly` boolean
  - `state` string: +enum
  - `subject` string
  - `urls` ReportURLItem[]
    - `title` string
    - `url` string

## Response `200`

(empty)

- object
  - `id` integer
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `400`: BadRequestError is returned when the request is invalid and it cannot be processed.
- `401`: UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
- `403`: ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
- `404`: NotFoundError is returned when the requested resource was not found.
- `500`: InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.

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