# Hours reports as PDFs out of bexio ## mReport is not only an online dashboard but your PDF report generator for bexio – for projects, employees and the whole company. {#mreport-ist-nicht-nur-ein-online-dashboard-sondern-dein-pdf-rapport-generator-fur-bexio-fur-projekte-mitarbeitende-und-die-ganze-firma src=6456ce85} ## Dashboard to check, PDF to share {#dashboard-zum-prufen-pdf-zum-teilen src=31929bee} ^^ Two routes, one set of figures On the dashboard you check and analyse your [bexio hours](/en/analyse-time-tracking/). The moment you want to hand the result on, send it or archive it, you export the hours report as a PDF – with no detour through Excel or Word. An hours report as a PDF is a different thing from a data export: it is not there to be processed further but to be read, filed, and pulled out again years later if it comes to that. So every document holds everything it needs to make sense on its own – sender, recipient, period, and the figures in context. **How the work divides:** - Dashboard: check, filter, analyse - PDF: share, send, archive, document - Both from the same bexio source – identical figures - Nothing to rework by hand after the export ## A PDF for every report type {#ein-pdf-fur-jeden-rapport-typ src=3792798b} ^^ All four reports Whether it is an hours report for a client, a project analysis or a time report for the personnel file – all four report types export, in the same consistent layout, so the documents are professional and recognisable. ### Work report for the client The [work report](/en/work-report/) as a PDF with sender and recipient, the hours by client service and the hour budget with the balance left – ready to send to the client or to attach to the monthly invoice as evidence. ### Project report for project control The [project report](/en/project-reports/) with estimate against booked hours, budget and the hourly rate achieved, plus the breakdown per work package and by employee – for a status meeting, or for the project lead on the client's side. ### Employee report for the personnel file The [employee report](/en/employee-reports/) with time worked, expected hours, overtime, vacation figures and overtime paid out – for an annual review, payroll or the personnel file. ### Company report for management The [company report](/en/company-dashboard/) with total hours, the trend over the period, the project table and the breakdown by employee – for management, a meeting or your records. ## A clean, consistent layout {#sauberes-einheitliches-layout src=a7ceffdc} ^^ PDF quality The PDFs are not a data export but finished documents. The layout, the structure and the header data are already set – there is nothing left to rebuild. Each PDF can carry your company logo and reads as a piece straight away. You decide how the document looks once, for the whole workspace: seven typefaces with and without serifs, the logo left or right and at the height you want – or no logo at all – plus the four corners of the footer, each of which you fill with the report type, the company name, the title, the period, the page number or the date. You place the recipient's address to the Swiss SN 010130 standard or to DIN 5008 form A or B, so that it falls in the envelope window; a return line above the address can be switched on. Beside the settings stands a sample report that redraws on every change – so you see the finished document before you save. Charts and tables go into the document in the same state as on the dashboard, including the colours of your client services. An optional disclaimer can be recorded for client-facing reports. Because every report type uses the same grid, a consistent archive builds up over time: last year's time report as a PDF looks like this month's, which makes finding and comparing them considerably easier. ## From the dashboard to the finished document {#vom-dashboard-zum-fertigen-dokument src=19ec8614} ^^ Structure and export Every report follows the same structure, whatever its type: the logo and sender at the top – on client-facing reports the recipient's address as well, in the position you chose – and below that the title, the report type, the date it was created and the period analysed. Then come the charts showing the split and the tables with the totals, with a disclaimer added if you want one. Anyone who has read one mReport PDF finds their way around every other one immediately. The export itself is one click: you pick the report type, the period and the view, check the figures and charts on the dashboard and export that same state as a PDF – ready to send, print or file. Reports running to several pages are broken automatically, with a header and footer carrying the page number on every page. How many PDF exports a month your plan includes is on the [pricing page](/en/pricing/).