Export Issues and Issues Reports

The Issues tool allows you to export individual, multiple, or all issues.

You can export issues directly from the Issues tool. You can also create issues reports, including the ability to schedule reports to generate automatically, from the Reports tool. Learn how to create and schedule reports in the Reports tool.

Export Individual Issues

In the Issues log, you can export individual issues in two ways:

Right click the relevant issue and click Export as PDF.

or
Click the to the right of the relevant issue and click Export as PDF.

Click Export in the dialog. You will receive an email with a link to download the issue report.

Export Multiple or All Issues

In the Issues Log, select multiple issues if desired. The export button will show the number of selected issues, for example Export (4).
Click or .
Select from Export report or Export as BCF.
- Export report: You can configure your issue report with the following:
  - Title: Edit this field to your desired title.
  - Type: Select either Issue detail or Issue summary.
    - To learn about each of these options and see a preview, review the following section on issue report types and see Issue Reports.
  - File format: Select either the PDF or XLSX file format when available.
  - Options: The available options will vary depending on the selected type. See Report Configuration Options for more information about options available when creating reports.
  - Click Run report.
- Export as BCF: You can export the selected issue or issues as a BCF file, including all linked attachments, and share them with other BCF-supported apps.
  - Attachments are exported in their original formats and included in the BCF file to ensure complete context. If a reference and an attachment share the same name, the attachment is exported with a unique identifier; for example, "_1" to avoid conflicts.
  - Attachments are stored in issue attachments.
  - In case of errors, the system will notify you via email about any attachments that failed to export, ensuring you are aware of potential missing information.
  - Enter a file name and click Export. The BCF file, along with its attachments, will be sent to your email once the export is complete. Learn more about BCF Export in the Issues tool.
  Note: A maximum of 250 issues can be exported into a BCF file. Any required fields on the exported issues are not marked on the BCF file.
  
  See About BCF File Format for more information.

Issue Report Types

There are two types of issue reports:

Detail reports
Summary reports
Issues on sheets report (available in beta)

Issue Detail Reports

Issue detail reports will display the first 500 issues exported from the Issues Log. They can only be exported in the PDF file format.

You can customize an issue detail report by choosing between a default and compact layout and by toggling to include certain pages and adjusting photo sizes. You can also toggle on the Save to Files option to save your report to a desired folder in the Files tool. Learn more about Issue Detail reports.

Default layout
Compact layout
Cover Page
Table of Contents
Sheet overview: Include sheets in your report displaying the issue pins on that sheet. Only pinned issues from the Sheets tool will be shown first, organized by sheet number. Issues that are not pinned in the Sheets tool or have no placement will be included in your report after. A report can have a maximum of 70 sheet overview pages.
Custom Fields
File Links
Photos: Select from the drop-down menu how many photos will appear in one row for each issue
Other references
Comments

Tip: You can also choose to save an issue detail report to the desired folder in Files by clicking toggling on or off the Save to Files

Issue detail report

Each issue in the report has links to the issue and placement (if applicable) in Autodesk® Build so that your team can easily reference the issue from the PDF.

Issue Summary Reports

An issue summary report can be exported in PDF or XLSX file format.

You can toggle on the Save to Files option to save your issue summary report to a desired folder in the Files tool.

You can also customize your report by toggling on to include:

Cover Page
Table of Contents

Note the following format-specific considerations:

The PDF file format will display the first 1000 exported issues.
The XLSX file format will display the first 10,000 exported issues.

With the PDF file format of the issue summary report, you can toggle to include the cover page and table of contents.

Issue summary report

The downloaded XLSX file contains the following columns:

ID
Title
Status
Category
Type
Description
Assigned to
Created on
Due date
Start date
Location
Location details
Placement
Root cause

Issues on Sheets Report

Note: This report is currently in public beta.

You can toggle on the Save to Files option to save your Issues on Sheets report to a desired folder in the Files tool.

You can also customize the Issues on Sheets report by toggling to include certain pages and adjusting photo sizes:

Cover Page
Table of Contents
Photos

Learn more about the Issues on Sheets report.

Note: All exported issue reports are recorded in the Reports tool where you can:

Also, if you create issue reports in the Reports tool, you can filter the data and change the sorting that appears in the report to capture the specific information you need. Learn more in Create and Schedule Reports.