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title: "Publishing a Report"
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> Macro (aura-html)

Publishing a **saved **report is a way to **share the report **with users/stakeholders that **don’t have access to Jira **via a URL that can be sent to them to view the output. 

This article explains how to publish a saved report and related details. It also explains how to refresh a published report automatically.

## **Instructions**

To publish a saved report, follow the steps below

1. Go to **Reports** > **My Reports** to view your saved reports.
2. Click the **name of the report **that you want to Publish to open it in the report designer interface
3. Click **Run** to view the results in the bottom pane
4. Along with report results, more options become available which includes a ‘Share publicly(Publish)’ option under **Share** drop-down. Click **Share publicly (Publish)**. For more information, refer to [Reporting Designer interface overview](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ART/pages/1577123942).
  The success message displays the published link.
5. Once the report has been published, the **published URL **can be accessed via the **Reports **>** My Reports** section under the Published column.
6. An **access code **can also be set for the published view from this page. It can also be removed by clicking the same lock icon
  
7. When an access code is set, the users are needed to **enter that code **to access the published view
8. You can remove the published link by clicking the ‘**Remove Published View**’ icon.
9. You can view the published report by clicking the '**Go to published view**' icon. The published report is shown below.
  

**Report view of published link**

![Reports_published view.jpg](media://0b1f625b-dd23-46a5-91ce-6b67c536c1a9)

> ⚠️ The published links expire after 30 days from the date when it was last published

## **Automatic Refresh of Published Report**

To refresh the published report automatically, a subscription needs to be set up for the report. Please follow the steps listed below to setup the subscription:

1. Go to **Reports** > **My Reports** to see the list of all the saved reports
2. Click on ‘**Email this report**'  in the report row that you wish to refresh automatically.
3. On the subscription form, select the **checkbox for sharing** as highlighted below
4. To skip sending an email, **do not add any recipients**

**Related articles**

- [Sharing Reports with other Jira Users](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ART/pages/1581481987)
- [Scheduling Reports for Automated Delivery (Subscriptions)](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ART/pages/1577125513)
- [Reports overview](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ART/pages/1589936264)
- [My Area Overview](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ART/pages/1577125400)