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How to view and export Action Items reports

This guide covers Valotalive's Action Items Tracker report. Shared via a public URL without login, it features filtering, sorting, a full version history audit trail, and flexible CSV exports for Excel.

Written by Leonie

To view a report of all action items in your tracker, open the reporting page URL from the Action Items Tracker configuration tab in the Valotalive Dashboard. The page shows all items with their current status, assignee, dates, and notes, and lets you filter, sort, and download the data as a CSV file.

No login required: The reporting page is accessible to anyone with the URL — no Valotalive account is needed. Share it with managers or team leads who need visibility of action items without access to the dashboard.

file that shows all action items.


How to find your reporting page URL

The reporting page URL is available in the Action Items Tracker app configuration in the Valotalive Dashboard.

  1. Log in to the Valotalive Dashboard.

  2. Open the Action Items Tracker app.

  3. Go to the Configuration tab in the left navigation.

  4. Scroll to the bottom of the Configuration tab. Find the field labelled Your access URL to the report.

  5. Click Copy to clipboard to copy the reporting page URL. You can also click Show to preview the URL in your browser first.

  6. Copy the URL and share it with anyone who needs access to the report.

Page name: The reporting page title is taken from the Title field in your app configuration. If you named your app 'Acme's Actions', that is what appears as the page heading. To change the page title, update the Title field in the Configuration tab.

Regenerating the URL: If you need to invalidate the current reporting URL — for example if it has been shared too broadly — click + Regenerate next to the field in the Configuration tab. This creates a new URL immediately and the old one will no longer work. Share the new URL with anyone who needs access.


What's on the reporting page

The reporting page shows all action items currently in your tracker. At the top of the page:

  • Todo count: The total number of open (non-completed) items is shown prominently at the top left.

  • Generated timestamp: The top right shows when the page was last generated, in yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm format.

Columns

The report table has seven columns, all sortable by clicking the column header:

Column

What it shows

Notes

Status

Current status badge of the action item

Colour-coded: Pending, In progress, Not started, Completed, Rejected, Expired

Action Item

The task name as entered in the Digital Tier Board

Click to expand version history if previous edits exist

Assigned To

The person the item is assigned to

Matches the Assigned to field in the Digital Tier Board

Due Date

The deadline set for the action item

Sortable — click column header to sort ascending or descending

Created Date

When the action item was first created

Timestamp in yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm format

Edited Date

When the action item was last modified

Updates whenever any field is changed on the item

Notes

Any notes added to the action item

Full notes text visible in this column


How to filter the report

Use the filter controls at the top of the page to narrow the list:

  • Due From / Due To: Filter items by due date range. Enter dates in dd.mm.yyyy format.

  • Status: Filter by a specific status — Pending, In progress, Not started, Completed, Rejected, or Expired. Default shows all statuses.

  • Assigned To: Filter by a specific team member. Default shows items assigned to all team members.

To clear all filters and return to the full list, click Reset.

Tip: Filter by Status = Not started or In progress and sort by Due Date to quickly identify the most urgent open items before a meeting.


Viewing version history

Each action item in the report keeps a full version history — a record of every change made to it since it was created.

To view the history of an item:

  1. Click the arrow (>) to the left of the action item row.

  2. The row expands to show VERSION HISTORY and the number of previous versions.

  3. Each previous version shows the status, action item name, assignee, due date, created date, edited date, and notes at the time of that version.

Audit trail: Version history gives you a complete audit trail of every action item — who it was assigned to, when it changed status, and what notes were added at each stage. This is available on the reporting page only, not in the Digital Tier Board view.


How to export the data

Two CSV export options are available at the top right of the page:

  • Download CSV: Exports the current list of action items with their latest field values. Filters applied on the page are reflected in the export.

  • Download CSV with History: Exports all action items including their full version history. Each version of an item appears as a separate row, giving you a complete change log.

The exported CSV can be opened in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, or any spreadsheet application for further analysis or reporting.

Tip: Use Download CSV with History for management reporting or compliance purposes where you need to show the full lifecycle of each action item, not just its current state.


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