About published and draft versions of a report

When you create an Interactive report, it saves as a draft until you click Publish. 

Once published, the report can be shared or scheduled. If you change a published report, such as by adding different metrics, a new draft version is created. The new draft doesn’t impact the published version you shared or scheduled. Anyone you've shared the published report with won't see your draft changes until you publish them.

You can view the latest version history of a report, including the last draft version and the latest published version.

Note that to run a report via the external API, the report must be published in Ad Manager. When a report is run via the API, only the published version is run.

In sum, you can make exploratory changes in a draft report, and control which version you publish for sharing and scheduling. 

Publish a report

1. Sign in to Google Ad Manager.
2. Click Reporting, then Interactive reports. 
3. Choose an option:
   • To publish a previously created draft report, on the table, click the report name.
   • To create a new report, click Create my own report, then create your report.
4. In the report, click Publish.

View and manage versions of a report

Different versions of a report can have the following statuses: 

• Latest changes: The most recent draft version of the report, reflecting your latest changes. 
  This version shows when you are actively drafting changes. After you end a session, this version becomes the "Last opened" version if you leave it as a draft, or the "Published" version if you publish it. 
• Last opened: The last draft version of the report. This version is available when you have an unpublished draft from a previous session, or begin making changes to a draft in your current session. 
• Published: The published version of the report. This version is used for sharing and scheduling.

To view a version of a report:

1. In a report, next to "Publish," click . 
2. Review the available versions.
   The version you are viewing in the report builder is labelled "current version." If you choose to export the report, the current version you are viewing is exported. 
3. To view the configuration of a specific version, click .
4. To open a version, click View this version.

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