# Reports and exports

Source: https://help.businessradar.com/articles/reports-and-exports
Updated: 2026-10-29T16:44:16.970Z

Business Radar can export your portfolio data, compliance results, news coverage and plan usage. Exports are generated in the background: you can keep working while one is prepared, and you are notified when it is ready.

## How exports are delivered

Every export arrives in two places:

*   **In Business Radar**: a notification appears under the bell icon, first as "Your export is being processed" and then as "Your export is ready", with the file ready to open.
    
*   **By email**: you receive an email from [info@businessradar.com](mailto:info@businessradar.com) with the subject "BusinessRadar Export Available", containing a download link, the file name and size, and the export type and format.
    

Download links expire **seven days** after the export is requested. After that, run the export again.

![An Administration notification in the notification inbox saying Your Compliance export is ready, with a Compliance export PDF file card to click to download the file.](https://0rve0okedayxv2xs.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/helpcenter/495124482/bfc394fa79b1d36a-image-20261019-071803.png)

## Exporting companies from a portfolio

1.  Open the portfolio and go to the **Companies** tab.
    
2.  Select the companies you want to export. The **Export** button stays greyed out until you select at least one row.
    
3.  Click **Export** and choose **Export (PDF)** or **Export (Excel)**.
    

The export contains the portfolio companies and their metadata. The Excel version is a spreadsheet with multiple sheets; the PDF is a print-ready document.

![A compliance check with three of its entities selected and the Audit Trail button clicked. The Export audit trail menu says it exports the full audit trail by default, and offers a choice of PDF or Excel format, an Advanced filters section and an Export button.](https://0rve0okedayxv2xs.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/helpcenter/495124482/60a6f7d26407f95a-image-20261019-071920.png)

## Exporting an audit trail

The audit trail records the compliance results for a check and the review decisions made on them. It is the export to use for evidencing your screening work.

1.  Open the compliance check for a company.
    
2.  Click **Audit Trail**.
    
3.  Choose a **format**: PDF or Excel.
    
4.  Optionally open **Advanced filters** to narrow what is included.
    
5.  Click **Export**.
    

By default the full audit trail is exported. The advanced filters let you limit it to:

| Filter | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Only selected entities | Includes just the entities you ticked in the check, rather than all of them. |
| Exclude false positives | Leaves out hits rated as false positives. |
| Only confirmed or to-investigate results | Includes only hits you rated Risk Confirmed or To Investigate. |
| Minimum confidence | Includes only hits at or above the confidence level you set. |
| Result types | Limits the export to Sanctions, PEP, Adverse Media, Enforcements or Government Linked/Owned. |

![The Export audit trail menu with Advanced filters expanded, showing checkboxes for Only selected entities, Exclude false positives and Only confirmed or to-investigate results, a Minimum confidence slider set to Any, and the result types Sanctions, PEP, Adverse Media, Enforcements and Government Linked or Owned, above the Export button.](https://0rve0okedayxv2xs.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/helpcenter/495124482/d707f5cf647adf44-image-20261019-072011.png)

## Exporting news articles for a company

1.  Open the company and go to the **News Articles** tab.
    
2.  Apply any filters you want the export to reflect.
    
3.  Click the download icon above the article list and choose **Send as PDF** or **Send as Excel**.
    

The articles are sent to you by email. This export is only available for selections of fewer than 25,000 articles, so narrow your filters if you reach that limit.

![The News Articles tab of a company page with the download icon above the article list clicked, opening a menu with Send as PDF and Send as Excel.](https://0rve0okedayxv2xs.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/helpcenter/495124482/b6e840f0c3f24a80-image-20261019-072604.png)

## Emailing a company report

A company report brings together recent developments for a single company and its compliance results.

To request one, open the company page, click the settings icon and choose **Email Company Report**. Business Radar confirms the request and emails the report to you; it usually arrives within a couple of minutes.

![The company page for Heineken N.V. with the settings icon clicked. The menu offers Add to portfolio, Feedback, Add Tradename, Create News Alert and Email Company Report.](https://0rve0okedayxv2xs.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/helpcenter/495124482/0f83960ff979fbd8-image-20261019-072736.png)

The email contains:

*   An **AI summary** of recent developments, grouped by theme, with numbered references to the articles it is based on. As with all AI-generated summaries, verify against the original sources before acting on them.
    
*   A **Top Articles** section listing the most relevant articles with their category, source, date and sentiment.
    
*   Two PDF attachments: a **company report** and a **compliance report**.
    

![The top of an emailed company report for Heineken N.V., opening with an AI summary of recent developments under the theme Other developments, each point followed by numbered references to the source articles.](https://0rve0okedayxv2xs.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/helpcenter/495124482/bab208bce7b0a9fc-image-20261019-073117.png)![An article from the Top Articles section of the company report, showing its category Strike or Walkout, the headline and opening lines, the source and date, and the companies mentioned with a sentiment icon for each.](https://0rve0okedayxv2xs.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/helpcenter/495124482/384ff3b772be6deb-image-20261019-073006.png)

## Exporting usage

Administrators can export plan usage from **Settings**, under **Usage**, using **Usage Export**. The Usage page also shows companies monitored or screened, UBO calls and compliance checks against your plan, along with the date your usage resets.

![The Usage page in Settings. Plan usage lists Companies Monitored or Screened and Compliance Checks Performed, with the date usage resets. Below, the Usage analytics chart shows companies and compliance checks per month, with a Usage Export button and a Monthly period selector.](https://0rve0okedayxv2xs.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/helpcenter/495124482/a48e95c272d19960-image-20261019-073216.png)

## Related

*   [Reviewing results and handling false positives](/articles/reviewing-results-and-handling-false-positives) — rating hits before exporting an audit trail.
    
*   [Setting up your first portfolio](/articles/setting-up-your-first-portfolio) — building the portfolio you export from.