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title: Reports
slug: content-marketing-platform/docs/reports
createdAt: 2026-07-20T15:45:17.031Z
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The **Reports** tab in the **Resources** module summarizes estimated versus actual hours across your team's completed steps. Use it to evaluate how accurately work was scoped and identify patterns in over- or under-estimation. 

For an overview of the **Resources** module and its prerequisites, see [Resource management](docId\:J54nWLSgNuizvUhTjeBSd).

## Understand the report

The report is organized by person. Each row displays a team member's aggregated totals across all completed steps in the current view. Expand the names to see their individual steps.

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**Note**

If you do not have access to a task, CMP hides the step and task names in that row. The estimated and actual hours remain visible, so you can still use them for planning. 
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- **People** – Team member name, job title, weekly capacity, and time zone
- **Due Date** – The due date set on the step
- **Completed Date** – The date the step was marked complete
- **Estimated Hours** – The total estimated hours set on the step
- **Actual Hours** – The hours logged by the assignee on the step
- **Under/Over Estimated** – The difference between actual and estimated hours. Positive values mean the step took longer than estimated, while negative values mean it took less time. A value of 0 means actual hours matched the estimate exactly.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/RJrM-foQWdal3IVXMVBWn_understand-the-report.png)

## Log actual hours

Any user with task-level permissions can log time on a step, including non-admin users, even if they are not the assignee. Complete the following to log time: 

1. Open [a task in CMP ](docId\:W7zf5eJAPZhHgHjzWK_m2)and locate the step.
2. Click **Set estimate**.
3. Enter the **Estimated Total Hours** in the **Set Estimate** modal and click **Save**.

The report always credits logged time to the step's assignee, regardless of who logged it.

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Time logging is not additive. To update a time entry, enter the total time spent to date. The new value replaces the previous entry. For example, if you previously logged four hours and have since spent three more, log seven hours total.
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## Filter, save, and reuse views 

See [Resource management ](docId\:J54nWLSgNuizvUhTjeBSd)for information on filtering, saving, and applying a saved view on your **Reports** tab.