With CitizenLab's Report Builder, you can create clear, visual, and tailored reports that enable you to share your community engagement results with colleagues and your community.

Reports can be generated quickly using your platform’s data. Within a few clicks, you can:

We have made it incredibly easy to use the Report Builder through a clean drag-and-drop interface. You can use a report template to build your report quickly or create your own report. Here is how you can do it:

Enter the report builder via de ‘Reporting’ tab in the back office. Click "Reporting" > click "Report builder" > click "Create a report".

Add a title for your report. You'll then need to choose between "Start with a blank page" or "Start with a project template". Click "Create a report" to enter the report builder.

If you "start with a blank page" you'll enter a the report builder that is completely empty. Below you'll find instructions on how to add content to the empty page using results and charts, and how you can edit the layout of this content.

If you "start with a project template" you'll first need to select the project that you want to create a report about. After clicking "Create a report," the report builder will be filled with a couple of items:

Some of these items will be automatically filled with data from the project, such as charts and timelines. Other sections need to be filled in manually with the right information.

Enter the report builder via your Project. Create an Information phase first → this is the entry point to our ‘Phase Reports’ functionality.

If you have run an ideation, surveying or voting phase you want to summarize the outcomes of, head over to the ‘report’ tab within your Information phase, and click on ‘Create Report’

Upon clicking you will be given the chance to start from a Blank page or select an automated draft report capturing data from a previous phase.

Upon creation, the Phase Report will show under the ‘Report’ tab of your information phase. It will only get published when your phase is active, but if you still want to keep it hidden, you can use the ‘Visible’ toggle to control what your end-users can see.

Here’s a view of the report as shown in the front office of your platform.

On the left side of the Report Builder, you'll see a menu that consists of 4 parts: Layout, Content, Results, and Charts. In each of these parts, there are items you can drag and drop to the middle of the screen to use them. The differences between layout, content, results, and charts are explained in detail below.

If you want to edit a part of the section you just dragged and dropped in - for instance, to add an image or edit the text - click on the part you want to edit, and the editor will pop up on the right side of the screen.

You can also adjust how the different blocks of a section are arranged; or, if no longer needed, you can delete the block.

If you are building your report from a blank page, you start by dragging different columns to the middle of the screen. You can change the alignment of the columns on the right and if you want multiple rows of columns, you can add white space to make sure the alignment of the rows is set how you want it. You can even drag and drop columns within other columns!

Under 'Content' there are 4 items to choose from: 'About this report', 'Title', 'Text', and 'Image'.

The section 'About this report' consists of 3 items. At the top, the logo of the platform is displayed. Below that, the title of the report is shown. And finally, the third part lists the title of the report, the period of the project, and the project managers. The title and the text of 'About this report' can be edited when you click on the part you want to change.

The section 'Title' can be used for the title of a new chapter or part within your report. It automatically enlarges the text so it's clear that it's a heading.

The section 'Text' is a frame to add text to your report.

The section 'Image' allows you to add an image.

When you picked one of the four sections, you can still edit them by changing the layout or adding other content. Changing the layout can be done by clicking and holding the section you want to move and dragging it to your preferred spot. If you want to edit a section, you simply click on it and the editor will appear to the right.

Once you have dragged your desired number of columns into place, you can start filling them with information. There are a couple of options you can choose from to create content with: 'Results' and 'Charts'.

There are several charts that you can add to the report. When you have selected a certain chart, the title and attributes of the chart can be selected and edited on the right side.

To share a report, click on 'Print' in the top right corner of the report builder or select it on the right from the list of all the reports that you've created.

The file will be downloaded and added to your download folder on your device. You can share this with whomever you choose.

Need more help or support? Contact our Support Team via the chat bubble.