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title: "Report Templates"
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The Reports and Timesheets for Jira app enables you to quickly get started with various pre-designed templates organized into different report categories.

## Watch the interactive video to Get started with Report templates

> Macro (iframe)

## **Navigate to Templates**

Follow the step-by-step instructions to explore templates.

- Once the app is installed, go to **Jira > Apps > Reports and Timesheets**.** **The **Create your first report **page opens.
- To view the list of templates and to begin creating your reports, click **Explore more templates **or **Create new Report**.

![Choose templates screen.jpg](media://930a6fe0-f261-4f58-9b63-32f50c59448f)

> 📝 If you have any saved reports, the **My Reports** page opens. To create a new report, click **Create new Report**. 
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> 📝 ![My Reports_Create new.jpg](media://2498403c-66c9-48db-ac8a-5a13cddd7c52)

- The *All Templates* dialog opens.
- To create a new report, choose a template and click **Use template**. Alternatively, If you prefer to build the report from scratch, click** Start from scratch**.

### How to explore and use the templates

To select a template, you can either scroll through all templates, navigate by categories, or search for a template. 

**Scroll through All Templates**: The *All Templates*** **dialog shows a list of all available templates by default. Simply scroll through the list and choose a template.

**Navigate by categories**: The left panel lists the various report categories. To view templates within a specific category, click the category name, and you will view the templates in that category. 

- For example, clicking on the **Status reporting** category, displays only the templates related to Status reports.

**Search a template**: To find a specific template, enter the keyword in the search text field. The search result will display the templates that match your keyword from all templates under the *All Templates* category.

- For example, searching for *Status* will display all the templates matching the keyword *status*.

## Create a report using templates

Once you have chosen a template using any of the above options:

- Click **Use template** to open the report interface.
- The selected template runs automatically and generates the report.
- If you want to stop executing the report, click **Cancel**.
- The report is generated and displays the result. The template outlines the report type and the fields used to create the report.
- Make the required changes to customize the report, and then click **Save As** to save the report.

> 📝 If you do not save the report, it will not be saved and will not be available under **My Reports**.

- The *Save report* dialog opens. Enter the **Name**, **Category**, and **Description**, and click **Save**.
- The success message is displayed.
- The report is saved and displayed in the reporting interface. You can view the list of saved reports under **Reports** > **My Reports**.

## Create a report from scratch

To create a custom report, click **Start from scratch**. The report designer interface opens, and you can start creating your custom report. For more information, refer to [Reporting Overview](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ART/pages/1577123942).

![Report from scratch.jpg](media://f891ff1e-4c59-4c21-91d2-1c7d12486bc6)

## Related articles 

For more details about using the report designer interface, refer to:

- [Navigation and features overview](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ART/pages/1578500345)
- [Reporting Designer interface overview](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ART/pages/1577123942)