Squizzie can generate PDF versions of your reports — perfect for emailing to your team, attaching to board updates, or just having a polished copy of your numbers for a particular time period.
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Why This Matters
Reports give you a snapshot of how your store is performing. The PDF version packages that snapshot into a clean, branded document you can share with anyone — even people who don’t have access to your WordPress dashboard.
The important thing to know: Squizzie doesn’t archive reports on your server. Each time you generate or email a report, it creates a fresh PDF with the latest data, delivers it, and then cleans up after itself. Think of it like printing a document — you get the printout, but the printer doesn’t keep a copy of everything it’s ever printed.
This is by design. Your hosting storage stays tidy, and you always get current data rather than stale numbers from weeks ago. If you ever need a report for a specific date range again, you can regenerate it in seconds.
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How Reports Are Created
There are two ways to get a PDF report:
1. Download from the Dashboard
When you’re viewing a report in Tracksies > Squizzie, you can click the Export PDF button to generate and download a copy right away.
Here’s what happens behind the scenes:
- Squizzie pulls together your data for the selected date range
- It builds a branded PDF using your colours, logo, and fonts from the Designer
- The PDF is saved temporarily on your server so your browser can download it
- The next time you generate a report, the previous file is automatically removed
You’ll only ever have one PDF per report stored at any time — and even that one gets cleaned up when you generate the next one.
2. Scheduled Email Reports
You can set up schedules to automatically email reports to yourself, your team, or your accountant on a regular basis (daily, weekly, monthly — whatever works for you).
When a scheduled report runs:
- Squizzie generates the PDF
- Attaches it to an email and sends it to your recipients
- Immediately deletes the PDF from your server
Nothing is left behind. Your recipients have the report in their inbox, and your hosting stays clean.
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Common Questions
Will reports fill up my hosting storage?
No. Squizzie automatically cleans up old PDFs every time a new one is generated. Scheduled email reports are deleted immediately after sending. You’ll never have more than one PDF per report on your server at any given time.
Can I access previously generated reports?
Reports aren’t archived on your server — but you can regenerate any report for any date range at any time. Just select the dates you want and click Export PDF. If you’ve been using scheduled emails, those reports are in your recipients’ inboxes.
What about the debug HTML file I see in the logs?
If you’ve turned on debug logging for Squizzie (in Tracksies > Settings > Debug), Squizzie saves a copy of the report’s HTML alongside the PDF. This is only for troubleshooting font or layout issues — it’s only created when debug mode is on, and it’s a single file that gets overwritten each time. If you’re not actively troubleshooting, you don’t need debug mode turned on.
Where are the files stored?
The temporary PDF files live in your WordPress uploads folder under uploads/tracksies-squizzie/. You shouldn’t need to go looking for them — Squizzie manages this folder automatically. If debug mode is on, the HTML file is stored in uploads/tracksies-pdf-cache/.
My report uses the wrong fonts — how do I fix that?
Your PDF reports use the fonts configured in Tracksies > Designer > Branding. If you’ve uploaded custom fonts (TTF files), they’ll be used in your reports. If the fonts look wrong, try turning on debug logging for Squizzie — the debug logs will show you exactly which fonts are being loaded and whether there are any issues. See our Debug Logging guide for how to turn that on.