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title: "Importing and Exporting Custom Reports"
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You can export and import custom reports as XML files to facilitate report distribution and sharing. Appropriate permissions are required:

- To export custom reports, administrative permissions to run reports are required.
- To import custom reports, administrative permissions to create, edit and delete custom reports are required.

> ⚠️ **Note**
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> ⚠️ During a NetMRI upgrade, if a standard report has the same name as an existing custom report, the custom report is renamed using the pattern "<report_name - N", where N is a random number. Currently scheduled versions of the report are also renamed.

> ⚠️ **Note**
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> ⚠️ Chassis Inventory reports are limited to 2000 items.

To export a custom report, do the following:

1. In the **Reports **>** Report**** Gallery** tab, hover over the custom report, then click the **Export** link.
2. Open or save the custom report file.

To import a custom report, do the following:

1. In the **Reports** > **Report** **Gallery** tab, click **Import** **Custom** **Report**.
2. Click **Browse** to select the custom report file.
3. Open the **Select** **Category** list and designate the report category where the report will reside.
4. Click **Import**.
5. If the custom report has the same name as an existing custom report, you are prompted to rename the incoming report or overwrite the existing report.
6. If the custom report has the same name as an existing report, you are prompted to rename the new report.