Answers.Body: <p>Via the UI, you'll need to create reports using one of the templates available (e.g., from /civicrm/report/template/list?reset=1 ).  If you have coding experience, you can create custom reports from scratch, yes.  Here is the report reference from the Civi wiki: <a href="https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/CiviReport+Reference" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/CiviReport+Reference</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Yes, you can make a CiviCRM Extension.
  Within that extension you can make a (or more) custom report(s).</p>
  
  <p>For more info about creating the extension: <a href="https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Create+an+Extension" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Create+an+Extension</a></p>
  
  <p>For more info about creating the report within the extension: <a href="https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Create+a+Module+Extension#CreateaModuleExtension-Addareport" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Create+a+Module+Extension#CreateaModuleExtension-Addareport</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I never start from scratch! I always look for a core report that mostly closely resembles what I need to do - then I clone that and start from there to add in my fields (columns), my filters, group by, from, display alter etc. </p>
  
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Body: <p>In the reports section, I see that I can change and adjust default reports. Is there a way for me to build a report entirely from scratch?</p>
  
Tags: <reports>
Title: Create Report From Scratch?
ThreadText: # Create Report From Scratch?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-20)
  
  In the reports section, I see that I can change and adjust default reports. Is there a way for me to build a report entirely from scratch?
  
  **Tags:** reports
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-07-20. Score: 2
  
  Via the UI, you'll need to create reports using one of the templates available (e.g., from /civicrm/report/template/list?reset=1 ). If you have coding experience, you can create custom reports from scratch, yes. Here is the report reference from the Civi wiki: <https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/CiviReport+Reference>
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-07-20. Score: 1
  
  Yes, you can make a CiviCRM Extension.
  Within that extension you can make a (or more) custom report(s).
  
  For more info about creating the extension: <https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Create+an+Extension>
  
  For more info about creating the report within the extension: <https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Create+a+Module+Extension#CreateaModuleExtension-Addareport>
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-07-23. Score: 1
  
  I never start from scratch! I always look for a core report that mostly closely resembles what I need to do - then I clone that and start from there to add in my fields (columns), my filters, group by, from, display alter etc.
  
  
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