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title: "Reports and recap"
description: "Read the BackTalk report: a period rollup of mentions, sentiment and AI share of voice for any day, week or month, plus a shareable one-image recap you can drop into Slack or a deck."
source: https://backtalk.sh/docs/reports
---
# Reports and recap

The **Report** is the whole workspace in one view over a stretch of time: how many mentions came in, how they felt, and where you stand in AI answers. Open it from **Report**.

## Pick a period

Choose **Day**, **Week**, **Month**, or a **Custom** range with **From** and **To** dates. Preset periods have previous and next arrows plus a jump-to-latest button (Today, This week, This month), so you can step back through history or land on the current period.

## What the report shows

- **Headline counts**: mentions **Found**, how many you **Replied** to, and your all-time **Unread**.
- **Trend**: the volume of mentions over the period, bucketed by hour, day or week to fit the span.
- **Sentiment**: the **net sentiment** number (positive minus negative) with its change versus the previous period, and the positive / neutral / negative split.
- **AI share of voice**: where you rank on each tracked topic, with a link to open [AI visibility](/docs/ai-visibility) in full, and any AI events (rank changes, new competitors) you can review in the inbox.
- **By source**: a per-platform count so you can see which communities are talking.

## The shareable recap image

Every report can be turned into a single **recap image**: a one-glance card with the mentions, sentiment, AI visibility and opportunities for that period, sized for Slack, a deck, or social.

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    src="/docs/recap-example.png"
    alt="Example BackTalk recap image: a one-card weekly summary showing mentions found, net sentiment, AI share of voice, and a by-source breakdown."
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  <figcaption className="mt-2 text-xs leading-6 text-muted">An example weekly recap.</figcaption>
</figure>

Three controls sit under the report:

- **Download recap image** saves it as a PNG.
- **Copy image** puts the PNG straight on your clipboard to paste into a chat or doc.
- **Preview** opens the image in a new tab.

The recap is generated from the same period you are viewing, so switch to the week or month you want first, then download or copy. The image reflects only your own workspace and is scoped to your session.

## Digests

The report is a pull. To get it pushed on a schedule, set up a personal [email digest](/docs/notifications) or a workspace [Slack, Discord or webhook](/docs/integrations) destination.