# Use financial reports
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This guide explains how to create financial reports and provides essential information you will need during the process. For a conceptual overview, see [Understand financial reports](https://www.infobip.com/docs/analyze/financial-reports) page.
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## Before you create a report

Before generating your financial reports, check the following requirements and options.
This will help ensure your report is correctly configured and that the data you receive matches your needs.

### Permissions and access

Users with the **Finance Manager** or **Account Manager** role can view financial data for:

- Their account
- Related sub-accounts
- All accounts under their company (if applicable)

Sub-account users will continue to see only their account data.

IMPORTANT
The new financial reports are not available for legacy account setups. Contact [Support](https://www.infobip.com/contact) if you encounter issues.

### Data availability and time zone handling

You can generate financial reports for up to the **last three months**, including the current month (provisional data).
All financial reports are standardized to **UTC**. You cannot select a custom time zone.
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## Supported channels and services

The following channels and services are currently supported in financial reports:

- **Carrier lookup**
- **Email**
- **Email validation**
- **In-app messaging**
- **MMS**
- **Mobile Push**
- **Number lookup**
- **RCS**
- **SMS**
- **Viber Business Messages**
- **WhatsApp**

For a full breakdown of supported and unsupported channels and services, refer to [Channels and services coverage](https://www.infobip.com/docs/analyze/financial-reports#channels-and-service-coverage) section.
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## Create a financial report

To create a financial report:

1. Go to **Analyze** > **Financial reports.**

2. Select **Create report**.

3. In the **Channels and services** section:

     - All channels and services are selected by default.
     - Deselect any that are not relevant.

4. In the **Report period and schedule** section:

     - Choose between a one-time or recurring report.
     - Select a specific monthly date range.
     - Financial reports always use **UTC zone**.
     NOTE
Recurring reports now only support **monthly** scheduling. Daily and weekly options are no longer available.

5. Under **Structure your expense reports**, define how data is grouped and aggregated by selecting the dimension you want to include.

6. In the **Filters** section, optionally narrow down results by:

     - Account
     - User
     - Sender
     - Application (for CPaaS X accounts)
     - Entity (for CPaaS X accounts)
     - Country
     - Network

7. In the **Options** section:

     - Choose the file format (`.xlsx` or `.csv`)
     - Select an external [server configuration](https://www.infobip.com/docs/analyze/data-export#configuring-data-export) if required.
     - Enter the email addresses of the recipients.
     - Optionally generate a shareable direct download link (expires when report status changes to "Expired").

8. Select **Create report**.

Once generated, you can download the report or view it directly in the web interface.

For a detailed explanation of every column available in your report and advanced topic, see [Financial reports column reference](https://www.infobip.com/docs/analyze/financial-reports/column-reference) page.
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