Reportes

Reportes are documents that communicate information about a subject, event, or activity to a specific audience. In both Spanish and Portuguese, the term is used for written summaries that gather data, describe results, and often offer analysis and recommendations. In Spanish, reporte denotes a report or briefing; in Portuguese, reporte appears as a loanword or regional usage, while the formal term for a report is usually relatorio/relatório.

Common types include business reports (financial, operations, project status, market analyses), scientific or technical reports (methodology, results, conclusions), incident or safety reports, and annual or audit reports. In journalism, a reporte can also mean a field report or filed story.

Typical structure includes a title, date and author, an executive summary or abstract, introduction or objectives, scope and methods, findings or results, conclusions, and recommendations, followed by references or appendices. The exact format varies by field, organizational standards, and legal or regulatory requirements.

Producing a reporte involves data collection, verification, analysis, and synthesis, followed by writing and revision. Regardless of field, good reportes emphasize clarity, objectivity, and traceability of sources. In digital environments, reports may include tables, charts, dashboards, and hyperlinks to data sources.