Run large reports in the background so you can keep working in Salesforce without waiting for results to display. This is a good way to run data-intensive reports that might otherwise time out due to the large number of report results.
Required Editions
| Available in: Salesforce Classic |
| Available in: Group, Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To export reports to the background: | Background Report Export |
| To view reports exported to the background by other users: |
Background Report Export AND View All Data |
| To manage reports exported to the background by other users: |
Background Report Export AND Modify All Data |
Reports exported to the background run sequentially, one at a time. Therefore, the latest report exported to the background runs after all reports previously exported to the background finish running.
You can export an unlimited number of reports to the background.
Note Running reports in the background is only supported in the Report Wizard. The Report
Builder doesn’t support running reports in the background.
- Export a Report to Run in the Background
To set up a report to run in the background, you have to export it in a special way. - View and Manage Background Reports
After you've set up a report to run in the background, you can view and manage it from the background report exports list.