User Guide Chapter 4

4. Reports

The Reports area gives you standard financial statements, drill-down explorers, and polished PDF reports you can share with clients. Open it from Modules → Reports.

  • Reports Center URL: /a/<team-slug>/qbo/reports/
  • Available to 👁️ Members (view/download) and 👤 Admins.

4.1 Reports Center

The Reports Center is the hub for generating shareable PDFs. From here you can:

  • Generate any of the standard dashboard reports as a PDF.
  • Open the Report Builder to create and save custom report templates.
  • Pick a report theme (cover style) — set the house default in Settings.

4.2 Standard financial statements

Report URL What it is
Profit & Loss /qbo/reports/pnl/ Income statement for a chosen period.
P&L by Period /qbo/reports/pnl/by-period/ P&L laid out in monthly (or quarterly) columns.
P&L vs Budget /qbo/reports/pnl/vs-budget/ Actuals next to your budget, with variances.
Balance Sheet /qbo/reports/balance-sheet/ Assets, liabilities, and equity as of a date.
Balance Sheet by Period /qbo/reports/balance-sheet/by-period/ Balance sheet across columns over time.
Cash Flow Statement /qbo/reports/cash-flow-statement/ Formal statement of cash flows.
Trial Balance /qbo/reports/trial-balance/ Debits/credits by account.
AR Aging /qbo/reports/ar-aging/ Receivables bucketed by age.
AP Aging /qbo/reports/ap-aging/ Payables bucketed by age.

(URLs are relative to /a/<team-slug>.)


4.3 The Explorers (drill-down) 🔍

The P&L Explorer and Balance Sheet Explorer are split-screen, click-to-drill views.

  • P&L Explorer/qbo/reports/pnl/explorer/
  • Balance Sheet Explorer/qbo/reports/balance-sheet/explorer/

How to use them:

  1. The left side shows the statement. Click any number (cell) to drill into it.
  2. The right side fills in with the underlying transactions that make up that figure.
  3. A chart and KPI panel update to reflect the account you're exploring.

This is the fastest way to answer "what's actually inside this line?" without leaving OML.

Note: If a drill-down cell ever appears unclickable, refresh the page; the explorer rebuilds its drill links on load.


4.4 Generating a PDF report

  1. Go to the Reports Center.
  2. Choose the dashboard/report you want and click Generate.
  3. The report runs in the background. You'll see a status indicator while it builds.
  4. When ready, download the finished PDF.

Reports use your real QuickBooks numbers and the report theme your Team has selected. Large reports may take a few moments to render — this is normal.


4.5 Report Builder (custom reports) 👤 Admin

Build reusable, custom report templates:

  • Report Builder URL: /a/<team-slug>/qbo/reports/builder/
  • Create a template, choose what it includes, and save it.
  • Saved templates can be generated on demand or deleted when no longer needed.

4.6 General Ledger export

For transaction-level detail, open General Ledger (/qbo/gl/) and use Export to pull the ledger out (/qbo/gl/export/). Useful for reconciliations and handing detail to other tools.