What is a report?

The dictionary defines report as "a document, either a printed copy, digital or audiovisual which looks to transmit information to its recipient". This information could be the result of a research, status of the situation, a press article. Usually the text of the report is complemented with images, graphs, tables and anything that could make it easy to read.

In business  reports are used to show profits, billings, sales statistics, cyclical trends.

How do you generate reports for your projects?