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title: "Create a Communications Report"
slug: "create-a-communications-report"
updated: 2026-07-21T20:31:29Z
published: 2026-07-21T20:31:29Z
canonical: "knowledge.technolutions.net/create-a-communications-report"
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create a Communications Report

Use this example report as a starting point for communication reporting in Slate. The report summarizes message activity, message tracking, and message mailings with high opt-outs so your team can review communication performance in one place.

#### Try a Slate example 💼

Copy this [Suitcase](https://knowledge.technolutions.net/docs/en/suitcase) ID and paste it in **Database → Suitcase Import** to import the example communications report:

```SuitcaseID
f80fb52e-1869-4852-8717-4ed47cf89b6d:slate-outreach
```

![Communications report with report parts for email names, message tracking, and mailings with high opt-outs](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/01-7uvDWNkeNRh5JfmdnXN9g.webp?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-15T00%3A44%3A25Z&se=2026-11-15T01%3A44%3A25Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=BebOoD69ebEFbrP7nU%2F4og4GVW0MbwHVLkd49LiJr0w%3D)

> [!TIP]
> ⭐ Get Inspired
> 
> This article was adapted from [a post by Technolutions staff](https://community.technolutions.net/get-inspired/post/communications-report-with-suitcase-link-LnPwBncxknUVp7a) in the Slate Community Forums' Get Inspired space. Have a great idea for a Get Inspired post? [Let us know](https://community.technolutions.net/get-inspired/new?post_type=gnHx7As1gZ8r6Ld)!

## What's included

The example report includes three report parts:

- **Email Names**: Summarizes message counts by selected statuses and, where applicable, by a narrower delivery date window.
- **Message Tracking**: Helps review engagement and tracking-related message data.
- **Message Mailings with High Opt Outs**: Highlights mailings that may need additional review because of opt-out activity.

## Review the report bases

Two report parts are built on message-related bases. The Messages table can be large because it stores one row per message sent from your database.

> [!WARNING]
> 📝 Note
> 
> The example includes top-level filters to limit how much message data the report parts render. If your report still returns long lists of data, add more top-level filters, such as filters by mailing name, folder, status, or delivery date.

## Review the Email Names part

The **Email Names** part is grouped first by message mailing folder and then by message mailing name. This grouping lets users start with a folder-level view, then select a folder to review individual message mailings.

The part is sorted descending by **CR - Past Year** in the source example.

> [!TIP]
> ⭐ Best practice
> 
> If your team wants to see message mailings without first opening a folder group, adjust the grouping so the report groups by message mailing only.

## Customize the report

- Copy the report or report parts before making major changes.
- Update filters so the report reflects the communication types, folders, and date windows your team reviews.
- Adjust grouping and sorting to match how your team scans communication performance.
- Test each report part after changing filters because message-related tables can return large result sets.

📖 [Creating, Editing, and Rendering Reports](https://knowledge.technolutions.net/docs/en/creating-editing-and-rendering-reports)