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Reports

3DPrintForge can send automatic email reports with statistics and activity summaries — weekly, monthly, or both.

Go to: https://localhost:3443/#settings → System → Reports

Prerequisites​

Reports require email notifications to be configured. Set up SMTP under Settings → Notifications → Email before enabling reports. See Notifications.

Enabling automatic reports​

  1. Go to Settings → Reports
  2. Enable Weekly report and/or Monthly report
  3. Select Send time:
    • Weekly: day of week and time
    • Monthly: day of month (e.g. 1st Monday / last Friday)
  4. Enter Recipient email (comma-separated for multiple)
  5. Click Save

Send a test report to see the formatting: click Send test report now.

Contents of the weekly report​

The weekly report covers the last 7 days:

Summary​

  • Total number of prints
  • Number successful / failed / cancelled
  • Success rate and change from previous week
  • Most active printer

Activity​

  • Prints per day (mini graph)
  • Total print hours
  • Total filament consumption (grams and cost)

Filament​

  • Consumption per material and vendor
  • Estimated remaining per spool (spools below 20% highlighted)

Maintenance​

  • Maintenance tasks completed this week
  • Overdue maintenance tasks (red warning)
  • Tasks due next week

HMS errors​

  • Number of HMS errors this week per printer
  • Unacknowledged errors (require attention)

Contents of the monthly report​

The monthly report covers the last 30 days and includes everything from the weekly report, plus:

Trend​

  • Comparison with previous month (%)
  • Activity map (heatmap thumbnail for the month)
  • Monthly success rate development

Costs​

  • Total filament cost
  • Total electricity cost (if power monitoring is configured)
  • Total wear cost
  • Combined maintenance cost

Wear and health​

  • Health score per printer (with change from previous month)
  • Components approaching replacement time

Statistics highlights​

  • Longest successful print
  • Most used filament type
  • Printer with highest activity

Customizing the report​

  1. Go to Settings → Reports → Customization
  2. Check / uncheck sections to include
  3. Select Printer filter: all printers or a selection
  4. Select Logo display: show 3DPrintForge logo in header or disable
  5. Click Save

Report archive​

All sent reports are saved and can be reopened:

  1. Go to Settings → Reports → Archive
  2. Select a report from the list (sorted by date)
  3. Click Open to view the HTML version
  4. Click Download PDF to download the report

Reports are automatically deleted after 90 days (configurable).