# Looking for help posting automating data explorer reports to my forum

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-help-posting-automating-data-explorer-reports-to-my-forum/355265
**Category:** Data & reporting
**Tags:** dashboard-reports
**Created:** [March 2, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-help-posting-automating-data-explorer-reports-to-my-forum/355265 "2025-03-02T03:20:34Z")
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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-help-posting-automating-data-explorer-reports-to-my-forum/355265/7 "2025-03-20T18:09:42Z")

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I moved your topic to #data-reporting where it might be noticed by people interested in reporting. If you have a budget, you may want to post an opportunity to #Marketplace.

Have you had a look at the reference guide?

> [@Admin dashboard report reference guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-dashboard-report-reference-guide/240233):
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> bookmark This is a reference guide for describing how the Admin Dashboard Reports function, the data they’re displaying, the corresponding [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) SQL queries, and where to find the Ruby code for each report. person_raising_hand Required user level: Staff Discourse contains several built-in admin dashboard Reports that can be useful for exploring stats about a community. To access these reports, you can visit discourse.example.com/admin/dashboard/reports on your site ( or click the…

All reports in the dashboard are generated using sql queries, which are listed in the guide and you can add as [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) queries, assuming you have that plugin enabled. Then you can use [Discourse Automation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-automation/195773) to have those queries run on a schedule and posted in your forum or as PMs to yourself, as you see fit.

If site tracking is a priority for you, you may want to use an external tool like google analytics instead of trying to get all of this out of Discourse’s reports.

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