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Overview

A Report is a scheduled automation that pulls analytics from your store, optionally adds an AI-written summary, and delivers it to a notification hub (Slack, Email, Telegram, or Discord) on a recurring schedule. Where a Trigger reacts to an event, a Report runs on a clock — daily, weekly, or monthly — so you don’t have to open the Shopify admin to know how the store is doing. Reports live alongside Triggers and Goals under the Automations section.

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Data Source

Each report pulls its data one of two ways:

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Pre-built Report Templates

Reports run on Shopify’s analytics engine (ShopifyQL). The full set of stats is available without any extra setup beyond connecting a hub.

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AI Summaries (Pro / Max)

On paid plans, Alius can prepend a short, plain-English AI summary above the report data:
AI Summary: Revenue is up 12% week-over-week, driven mainly by repeat customers. Three products are now low on stock.
(the full report table follows)
  • Generated by AI from the rendered report — fast and inexpensive.
  • Fail-open: if the summary can’t be generated, the report still sends with its data intact.
  • The deterministic data table is always included; the AI text is an addition, never a replacement.
Free plan reports send the data table without an AI summary.

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Creating a Report

  1. Click Create Automation → choose the Report tab.
  2. Pick a pre-built template or Blank to start from scratch.
  3. Set the Title.
  4. Choose a Data source (pre-built template or custom ShopifyQL).
  5. Choose a Schedule and UTC hour (non-daily schedules require Pro/Max).
  6. Select a Hub and its channels/recipients.
  7. Save.
Use the Fire (test) button to send the report immediately and verify the output — this runs the real data + AI path.

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Limits

Only active reports count toward the limit. See Pricing for full details.