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title: Get started with Optimizely Reporting for Experimentation
slug: experimentation-strategy/docs/get-started-with-optimizely-reporting-for-experimentation
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createdAt: 2026-07-20T15:45:17.309Z
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- Optimizely Web Experimentation
- Optimizely Feature Experimentation

View dashboards and reports for Optimizely Experimentation using Optimizely Reporting, which you can access through your [Opti ID account.](docId\:pbehd96P529DqHZ0HOQlm)

## Prerequisites

- You must have an [Opti ID account.](docId\:pbehd96P529DqHZ0HOQlm)
- Your Opti ID user account must have a role for an Experimentation instance.

## Site navigation

Log in to Optimizely Reporting through [home.optimizely.com](https://home.optimizely.com/). Click **Reporting** or use the product switcher in the global navigation bar.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/xf7PN_eQSBYKFMx93toCD-20260720-144742.png)

Your product instances and dashboards display on the landing page. Each product instance has pre-defined dashboards, click a dashboard to view it. Learn about the [Experimentation reporting dashboards](docId\:fFvrkQM-xwbKT0iP0wlar).

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The dashboards include tooltips for each metric and a graph that explain exactly what data each metric and graph displays. To view the tooltips, hover your cursor over **Information**:

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On each dashboard, you can

- [Filter to further refine the data](docId\:YWh1V46NbUVu2h0Wjy3zH).
- [Expand, download, or view a visualization for specific tiles within the dashboard](docId\:YWh1V46NbUVu2h0Wjy3zH).
- [Download the entire dashboard](docId\:YWh1V46NbUVu2h0Wjy3zH).
- [Change the time zone](docId\:YWh1V46NbUVu2h0Wjy3zH).

### Filter dashboards

Each dashboard has filters you can use to further refine the data, which you can optionally hide and reset. You can only filter by projects and experiments that your user account has access to.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/sIqOF7zHZOkKF7erZuCel-20260720-144742.png)

The filters include a **matches (advanced)** option, which supports [Looker string filter expressions](https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/filter-expressions#string).

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/wgEbTs5dzznWAycXCbL-c-20260720-144742.png)

The last time the system refreshed the data displays at the top. Any time you adjust the filters, you must click **Reload** to apply your new filters.

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### Expand, download, and view dashboard tiles

To expand a tile on a dashboard, click **Tile actions (⋮) > View > Expanded**. From the expanded view, use the left and right arrows to scroll through other dashboard tiles.

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To download data for a specific dashboard tile, complete the following steps:

1. Click **Tile actions (⋮) > Download data**.
2. Select your desired **Format**.
3. (Optional) Expand the **Advanced data options** section and adjust how to format the data for the download.
4. Click **Download**.

:::hint{type="info"}
**Note**

For some file format types, you can click **Open in Browser** to view the results in a new browser tab.
:::

Specific dashboard tiles have the option to view a data table by clicking the data on the tile.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/QNUNcTSqNT5I-PeJAgKlO-20260720-144742.png)

On the data table view of a dashboard tile, you can

- Expand and view the filters for the data.
- Drag and drop to reorder columns.
- Sort columns in ascending or descending order.
- Freeze and unfreeze columns.
- Copy column values.
- Autosize the columns and reset the column widths.
- Download the data table.
- View experiment details of each experiment.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/CCPrAR13zT2pDTEjgBqXl-20260720-144742.png)

### Download a dashboard

Similar to downloading a single dashboard tile, you can download the entire dashboard.

1. Click **Dashboard actions (⋮) > Download**.

   ![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/upar7T4iz4IFz-3Jb49mY-20260720-144742.png)
2. Complete the following fields:
   - **Format** – Select **PDF** or **CSV**.
     - **PDF** – Generates one file for the entire dashboard.
     - **CSV** – Generates a file for each tile within the dashboard.
   - **Paper Size** – Select **Fit Page To Dashboard**, **Letter**, **Legal**, **Tabloid**, **A0**, **A1**, **A2**, **A3**, **A4**, or **A5**. For more information on A paper sizes, see [papersizes.org](https://www.papersizes.org/a-paper-sizes.htm).

     :::hint{type="info"}
     **Note**

     An additional **Orientation** option (**Portrait** or **Landscape**) displays for **Letter**, **Legal**, and **Tabloid**.
     :::
   - **Expand tables to show all rows** – Select this checkbox to display all rows in each table.
   - **Arrange dashboard tiles in a single column** – Select this checkbox to display dashboard tiles in a single column.
3. (Optional) Click **Open in Browser** to view the results in a new browser tab.
4. Click **Download**.

### Update the time zone

If you want to change the time zone for your dashboard, click **Dashboard actions (⋮) > Dashboard time zone**.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/FkHGfiWrr6hjDUNIZsViW-20260720-144742.png)

Select your desired time zone from the **Viewer time zone** drop-down list, then click **Update**.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/IPZWyy2RlGzsDBCm4zokc-20260720-144742.png)
