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Helicone OSS LLM Observability

Reports

Get automated weekly summaries of your LLM usage, costs, and performance delivered to email or Slack
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Receive comprehensive insights about your LLM application's performance with automated weekly reports. Stay informed about spending trends, usage patterns, and optimization opportunities without logging into the dashboard.

Why Reports#

Stay Informed

Weekly summaries delivered directly to your inbox or Slack

Track Trends

Monitor week-over-week changes in usage, costs, and performance

Share Insights

Keep stakeholders updated automatically

What's Included#

Weekly reports provide key metrics from the past 7 days:

  • Total cost and spending trends
  • Number of requests processed
  • Error rate percentage
  • Active users count
  • Security threats detected
  • Sessions count and average cost per session

Setting Up Reports#

Navigate to Settings → Reports in your Helicone dashboard.

Report configuration interface showing email and Slack delivery options
Configure report delivery settings for email and Slack

Choose delivery method

  • Email: Add recipient email addresses (comma-separated for multiple)
  • Slack: Select channels from connected Slack workspace
  • Both: Configure email and Slack for maximum visibility

Select frequency

  • Weekly (Recommended): Every Monday morning with previous week's data
  • Daily: For high-volume applications needing close monitoring
  • Monthly: For quarterly planning and budgeting

Enable reports

Toggle the report status to active and save your configuration

Report Format#

Helicone weekly report showing cost, requests, error rate, and session metrics
Example weekly report showing key metrics and trends

Email Reports#

Formatted HTML emails with your weekly metrics, trends, and direct links to the dashboard for deeper analysis.

Slack Reports#

Concise summaries posted to your team channels with key metrics and interactive buttons to view details in the dashboard.

Understanding Your Report#

Reports show week-over-week comparisons of your key metrics, helping you identify trends in usage, spending, and performance. All metrics cover the previous 7-day period.

Note

Reports rely on accurate cost data. If costs show as "not supported" for your model, contact support to add pricing.