# Storage

## General <a href="#general" id="general"></a>

‌Storware Backup & Recovery provides reporting functionality for obtaining information on historical activity.\
You can reach this from the main dashboard in the Activity section via the button `Reporting`

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You can also open the storage reports in the reporting section using the left menu.

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### Summary

In the beginning, you should see the summary page.

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From here, you can set the date range or go to a detailed summary of backup, restore jobs, and backup size.

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Now that you have set the date you are interested in, you can move to the next tabs to view the details of each task performed by Storware Backup & Recovery.

### Backup Statistics

Now you can see all the tasks completed within the set date, or ...

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additionally filter them by status, rules, or instance.

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### Restore Statistics

The functionality is the same as for backup statistics, you can see all the tasks completed within the set deadline, or filter them by status, policy, or instance.

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Report sections that you might need for chargeback reporting:

### Transfer Size

Transfer size tab shows the amount of data transferred during the backup operations. ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/0FWMFN0y1yUTAd3cSRaK/blobs/BsmAAznnOYwX0fdPaPtf/administration-reporting-storage-transfer_size_1.PNG)

### Backup Size

Backup Size section shows the current exported data.

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**Note:** You can use the **Export** button to send these reports by email or export them as PDF or HTML.
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