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Create a custom Pro Report in Fathom

Create a Fathom Pro Report from scratch or from a template

Pro Reports are included with Fathom Pro - the plan with access to all of Fathom's features. Companies on Portfolio can generate Summary Reports. They can also be upgraded to Fathom Pro at any time.

Create a Pro Report

For companies on a Fathom Pro plan, you can access the ‘Reports Centre’. From here, you can create custom reports completely from scratch or by basing the report on a template.

Fathom has several Predefined or pre-made templates for you to use to help build your report. If you create the perfect report, you can save it as a custom template to generate future reports from.

You’re also able to quickly generate Excel reports of your company’s financials and KPI data in the ‘Excel Reports’ section.

To create a custom report for a company on a Fathom Pro plan:

  1. From the My Companies page, navigate to the Reports Centre

  2. Go to the Draft section of the Report Centre and select the option to Create report
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  3. Choose to create a report from scratch or from a template.
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  4. If creating a report from a template:

    • Select the reporting period (month, quarter, or year)

    • Choose a template
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  5. If creating a report from scratch:

    • Type in a title for the report (this can be changed later)

    • Choose the reporting period (month, quarter, or year)

    • Choose the default page orientation (portrait or landscape). Sections in the report can be in a different orientation; this will simply be the main orientation for your report.

Once your report has been created, you can use the Report Editor to customise your report with:

💡Smart Tip: If you are looking to create a quick, simple report you can generate a Summary Report directly from the Insights Dashboard.


Create your first custom Pro Report

There are a few tips and tricks for creating your first custom report:

  • Start off with a predefined template that you can edit and customise.

    • Allows you to see the types of reporting components available in Fathom

    • You might also find it less overwhelming to start with many components you can pick and choose from rather than a blank page.
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  • Use the first section of your report to sum up the report and point out key metrics or results.

    • You can also mention plans or actions to improve business performance in this section.

    • You can dive into detail for any key metrics or results in later sections of the report. The first section is for the highlights.
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  • Use page ‘Layouts’ to add several components to a report at once.

    • Allows you to see the types of components available

    • Enables you to build a report more quickly.
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  • If you spend time creating the perfect report, you’re able to turn that report into a template and schedule to automatically create future reports.

💡Smart Tip: Watch our 18-minute Reporting Overview Video to learn more about reporting in Fathom.


Next steps

Now that you've learned how to create a custom Fathom report, you'll want to learn how to further customise and edit that report. Choose from the options below to learn more about reporting in Fathom for companies on a Fathom Pro plan:

What you want to do:

Where to go next:

Want to learn about custom reporting in Fathom?

Share your reports with others or enable them to comment on reports

Turn your report into a custom template to generate future reports from

Invite others into your Fathom account to share insights


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