# Reports

A **Report** in Smartsheet is a tool that allows you to work with real-time data from multiple sheets in a single consolidated view. Reports are bidirectional, meaning changes made to a report automatically update the underlying sheets, and vice versa. You can filter, group, and summarize data across sheets to create custom views for different stakeholders or initiatives, and then share or publish reports without requiring recipients to have access to the original sheets.

This section provides guides on working with reports via the API.

[Create a report from multiple sheets](/api/smartsheet/guides/reports/create-a-report) - The Smartsheet `POST /2.0/reports` endpoint allows you to create reports from multiple sheets with custom filtering, grouping, and sorting. This article demonstrates how to create a report that pulls data from two task sheets and organizes it by task assignee.