Create and share Nightscout reports

Use a report when you want to review a defined period or share a snapshot with your clinic. Its completeness depends on records actually uploaded to Nightscout.

Generate a report

1. Open your Nightscout site, authenticate with the required viewing access, then open Menu → Reports.
2. Select the report type. Day to day shows individual days; Distribution and Daily Stats summarize the selected data; Treatments and Profiles inspect those records. Available types depend on Nightscout version.
3. Set From and To, or choose a supplied period such as Last Month. Check the timezone so date boundaries match your intention.
4. Review any weekday, event-type or notes filters. Remove an unintended filter before interpreting a blank result.
5. Confirm the report’s units and displayed target-range settings. These are reporting choices, not instructions to change treatment targets.
6. Select SHOW and wait for rendering. If the period is large, start with a shorter known-good period. After changing filters, select SHOW again.

Check before exporting or sharing

Compare a familiar day with the source. Note gaps, duplicated readings and any missing treatment/profile data. A cloud glucose route does not create insulin records; a transferred date range is not complete merely because today’s readings work.

Nightscout’s A1c/GMI-style values are estimates based on the available readings, not laboratory results. Unexpected figures require checking the app version and input data before relying on the report.

Save a shareable copy

After the full report has rendered, use your browser’s Print command and choose Save as PDF if available. Inspect the preview for the date range, all pages, chart legibility and any private header/footer URLs; remove a token-bearing URL from printed headers. Save and open the PDF to check the final result before sending through your clinic’s agreed channel.

For ongoing interactive access instead, create a separate read-only clinic token. If the clinic needs raw data rather than a PDF, ask which format and date range it accepts; support can identify the appropriate export route without promising an unavailable universal export button.

Blank or incorrect output

Report the report type, date range, timezone, filters and Nightscout version. Check whether the missing record exists on the dashboard/history. Do not delete or fabricate data to make a chart look complete.

Official report controls and version notes.