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[role="xpack"]
[[automating-report-generation]]
== Automating report generation
You can automatically generate reports with {watcher}, or by submitting
HTTP `POST` requests from a script.
Automatically generate PDF and CSV reports by submitting HTTP `POST` requests using {watcher} or a script.
include::report-intervals.asciidoc[]
[float]
=== Get the POST URL
=== Create a POST URL
Generating a report either through {watcher} or a script requires capturing the **POST
URL**, which is the URL to queue a report for generation.
Create the POST
URL that triggers a report to generate.
To get the URL for triggering PDF report generation during a given time period:
To create the POST URL for PDF reports:
. Load the saved object in *Visualize* or *Dashboard*.
. To specify a relative or absolute time period, use the time filter.
. In the {kib} toolbar, click *Share*.
. Select *PDF Reports*.
. Click **Copy POST URL**.
. Go to *Visualize* or *Dashboard*, then open the visualization or dashboard.
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To specify a relative or absolute time period, use the time filter.
To get the URL for triggering CSV report generation during a given time period:
. From the {kib} toolbar, click *Share*, then select *PDF Reports*.
. Click *Copy POST URL*.
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[role="screenshot"]
image::images/report-automate-pdf.png[Generate Visualize and Dashboard reports]
To create the POST URL for CSV reports:
. Load the saved search in *Discover*.
. To specify a relative or absolute time period, use the time filter.
. In the {kib} toolbar, click *Share*.
. Select *CSV Reports*.
. Click **Copy POST URL**.
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To specify a relative or absolute time period, use the time filter.
. From the {kib} toolbar, click *Share*, then select *CSV Reports*.
. Click *Copy POST URL*.
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[role="screenshot"]
image::images/report-automate-csv.png[Generate Discover reports]
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=== Use Watcher