> ### Fathom report terminology

> It is important to understand Fathom report terminology so that you can be sure you are creating reports based on and containing the kind of data you require.

> Remember the following terms as you create Fathom reports:

> - Report History — The history of how a report ran.
> - Report Instance — The report entity that you schedule to run in order to produce the report result. The report instance identifies specific details that you want reported on; a report instance can specify, for example, a particular resource on which to report or a period of time that the report covers. You specify these report instance details and also schedule when you want the report to run. A report instance is based on a report template.
> - Report Log — A file where error messages and debug tracing information for a report is written.
> - Report Output — The formatted data returned when a report instance is run.
> - Report Template — The report template defines the characteristics of the report. When you want to create a report instance, you begin by selecting the template on which the report is to be based. If you want, you can make changes to some of the properties inherited from the template for a particular report instance so that you get the reporting data you require; for example, you can specify when you want the report to run and what period of time the report should cover. There are template properties that you cannot change in the report instance; for example, you cannot change the type and number of resources in the report or the location in which the report results are written when the report is run.

> In summary, to create reports in Fathom, you use a report template to create a report instance that runs to produce the report output.

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