Following are the reports available from Social Explorer, with their corresponding definitions as provided by the COUNTER Code of Practice. All four reports are available in Release 5 and Release 5.1.
| Report_ID | Report_Name | Details |
| PR | Platform Master Report | The Platform Master Report offers a customizable report summarizing activity across a provider’s platforms which allow the user to apply filters and select other configuration options for the report. |
| PR_P1 | Platform Usage | A Standard View of the Platform Master Report offering platform- level usage summarized by metric type. |
| DR | Database Master Report | A customizable report detailing activity by “Database” which allows the user to apply filters and select other configuration options for the report. |
| DR_D1 | Database Search and Item Usage | Reports on key “Search” and “Request” metrics needed to evaluate a “Database”. |
| Note: In Release 5.1, the Platform Master Report is called Platform Report and the Database Master Report is called Database Report. The Report_IDs (PR, DR) are the same. |
When you create a report in the admin panel, you can set:
- Report period start date and end date (month and year)
- Report format: Display on screen, Download CSV file, or Download TSV file
- Report granularity: Single period or Monthly
- For the Platform and Database reports: whether to include the Data_Type and Access_Method columns