Available for the following plans: Plus, Unlimited HR, Engage, Elite, Unlimited HR+Payroll
Available for the following HR classic plans: Premium, Platinum
Available for the following User Access level: Admin
Admins or Owners, they can use the Report Builder feature to craft their own custom report. You can also use this feature to preview a report, edit the data if it changes, download the information, and delete the record if it is no longer required. Before being able to use the Report Builder feature, you will need to enable Two-Factor Authentication on your account.
Interactive learning
Getting started
- Click the Reports menu.
- Click the Create New tab.
- Click the Click the Use Wizard button.
- Complete the following fields:
- Report name.
- Add a description.
- Report group.
- Under Visibility, choose who can access this report:
- 🔒 Private (Default) - Only you can view and access this report. Best for work-in-progress reports or personal data tracking.
- 👥 Some - Share with specific administrators or selected admin groups for targeted collaboration.
- 🌐 Public - Any administrator in your organisation can view and access this report. Use this for standard company-wide KPIs and general reporting.
- Click on Next.
- Complete the following fields:
- Table name.
- Select data fields.
- Click the Next button.
- Arrange the order of your data fields by dragging and dropping them in the desired order.
- Click the Create button.
Important
Reports with specific fields allow you to create visual column charts for easier data comprehension. Look for fields marked with a chart icon in your report builder. These fields support visual column charts:
- Termination type.
- Termination reason.
- Is manager.
- Employment status.
- Onboarding status.
- Gender.
- Nationality.
- Teams.
- Location.
- Employee address country.
- Employing entity.
- Location
- Team.
- Entity.
- Employment Status.
- Date Filter Target
- Date Range.
- Personnel.
- Age
Daily activities
Data management
Editing data
Deleting data
Important
Only reports you have created yourself can be deleted from the Reports page. System reports, which are pre-built and essential for the platform, cannot be deleted.
Further information
If a network error occurs while saving your sharing updates, the modal will remain open and your current selections will be preserved. You will see an error message: Unable to save. Please try again. You can retry the save or click Cancel to discard the changes.
Yes. The sharing step in the full report creation and editing wizard remains available and has been updated to include users with the "Create custom report" permission, ensuring you have the same sharing options regardless of which method you choose.
Encourage admins or managers to review an employee’s custom reports as part of your offboarding checklist and transfer any reports that need to be retained.
At this stage:
- There is no automatic recovery of deleted reports if a termination is cancelled or the employee is rehired later.
- There is no bulk transfer option – reports must be transferred one by one.
Advise customers to plan ahead for key users who own many reports and to transfer those reports proactively.
When choosing a new owner:
- The new owner must be an active employee.
- They must not be in an offboarding status.
- They must have the required permissions to use custom reports (for example, the “Create Custom Reports” permission, if applicable in your setup).
If the person you want to transfer to doesn’t appear or triggers an error, check their employment and permission status first.
Each ownership transfer is recorded in an audit trail so admins can see:
- Which report was transferred
- Who transferred it
- Who the report was transferred to
- When the transfer occurred
The previous owner and the new owner also receive basic email notifications when a transfer happens. Let customers know they can rely on these records for transparency and internal governance.
Users may see error messages when attempting to transfer ownership. Typical examples include:
- The selected employee is offboarding or inactive – choose a different active employee who is not being offboarded.
- The report is already being transferred – another transfer is in progress; wait for it to complete and try again.
- The target employee doesn’t have the right permissions – update their permissions first, or select another employee.
Advise users to follow the on-screen message, correct the underlying issue (employment status, permissions, or timing), and then retry the transfer.
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