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description: This recipe outlines a method to generate reports using Directus Flows.
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# Generate Work Reports

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## Explanation

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## The Recipe

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### Get Stakeholders

- cron job
- read data
  - Get relevant authors/managers/etc.
- trigger flow
  - pass array of users/stakeholders into payload

### Generate and Send Report

- another flow: for user in user_list
- read data
  - get data/content using a query
  - get authors and managers
  - send data
- run script (optional)
  - format data for report
- email or notification
  - send to managers or stakeholders

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