Build a Trend Report 

From the CONNECT sidebar menu, select Report Builder > Trend to open the Report Builder page. Some fields will appear blank; others will be pre-filled with default options.

1. Name your report

Click the line that says Report Name and enter a title for your report. If you’ve created reports before, you may see a pop-up of your previous report titles to start with or adapt. 

Title your report something descriptive, like “Taylor Swift Song Sales Last Week - US National.” An ideal report title is short and to the point, but detailed enough to differentiate from your other reports (Report Builder > Management). 

2. Set time frame and location

Beneath the report title field, you can customize Time Frame, Location and Markets (if applicable). Use these fields or the top menu bar to change the default time frame and location.

Market selection

Within the U.S. and Canada, select National (default, nationwide view) or United States/Canada Market. Choosing the Market option enables selection from the list of top markets. Select All gives a market aggregate, but excludes some data from national providers (i.e. data that is reported nationwide but not at the market level). 

How many markets can I include? 

A Trend Report can only display separated market-level data for up to 5 markets at a time. Selecting more than 5 markets from the list will sum the selected markets into a combined figure.

3. Include Activities 

To the right of Time Frame, Location and Markets, you can choose to Include Activities. This determines what types of consumption will be included as columns in your Trend Report. 

Hit Click to add to open the Activity Options menu. Check or uncheck the boxes for Streams, Song Sales and Product Sales to include or exclude those activities from your report. 

Activity breakouts

If desired, click > to select breakout categories for Streams and Product Sales. Doing so will add columns to your report segmenting consumption within those activities. 

4. Add items 

Click ADD ITEMS to start compiling the list of entities in your Trend Report. Use the search bar to find artists, songs or releases by name. Start typing and suggested results will appear below. Check the box next to any result you want to include in your report. 

Filter your search by entity type by selecting Artist, Release Group or Song from the fields below the search bar.

Scroll to see all results

Search results initially display up to 60 items. Scroll to the end of the list to populate more entities. Keep scrolling to load more results for your query, ordered by popularity/consumption totals.  

Select up to 500

Check the box next to the Name field to include all results. A Trend Report can include up to 500 entities. If your search returns more than 500 results, the Select All option will only check the first 500 on the list. 

5. Finalize selection 

To the right of the RESULTS tab, the SELECTED tab displays a count of items you’ve chosen to include so far. Click this tab to view and edit your selections. Use the trash can icon at left to remove an item from the list.

Click SAVE SELECTION at bottom right to return to the main Report Builder page, which now displays your selected list and all your report parameters. 

From here, you can search your selections, check or uncheck items and delete entries if needed. If you’re still under 500 total, click ADD ITEMS again to reopen the search pop-up. 

6. Format your report 

When you’re ready, click CONTINUE at bottom right. The Report Format Options pop-up allows you to format your report based on time view and breakout options.

Use the Time Frame dropdown to select view options for your selected date range. Choose Total or Breakout for the other categories to see either combined or segmented data. 

Time Frame options

Depending on your selected timespan, the menu offers a choice between Daily/Weekly, Weekly/Quarterly or Quarterly/Yearly. 

• 1-60 days / 1-8 weeks: Daily (default) or Weekly

• 60-112 days / 9-17 weeks: Weekly only 

• 18-68 weeks / 1-2 years: Weekly (default) or Quarterly

• 69-105 weeks / 1-2 years: Weekly, Quarterly (default) or Yearly

• 106+ weeks / 2+ years: Quarterly (default) or Yearly

7. Submit your report 

When you’re ready, click BUILD REPORT at bottom right. From here, you can build another report using the same parameters as a starting point, build a new report from scratch or see your in-progress report on the Management page. 

When your report is complete, you’ll also be able to see details and export it using the Management tool.