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# Compass Reports
Compass is TalentMap's online reporting tool. Once your survey closes and TalentMap enables results, you use it to read scores, compare groups, review comments, and export what your leaders need.
[LOGIN TO COMPASS](https://compass.talentmap.com/)
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**Start with the Snapshot.** If you have your Compass login and are ready to read results, open the [Snapshot Report Overview](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/snapshot/webpage/snapshot-report-overview.md) first. It gives you the high-level scores every other report builds on.
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## What each report is for
* **Snapshot**: dimension and item scores with benchmark and previous period comparisons, plus key driver analysis. Your primary report.
* **Heatmap**: scores across demographic groups side by side, so you can see highs and lows at a glance. See [Heatmap Overview](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/heatmap/heatmap-overview.md).
* **Comments**: open-ended responses with AI summaries, sentiment, and word clouds. See [Comments Overview](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/comments/comments-overview.md).
* **Correlations**: which items move most closely with engagement. See [Correlations](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/correlations.md).
* **Insights**: guided reading of your results. See [Insights](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/insights.md).
* **Response Rate**: live and historical response rates by demographic. See [Monitor Response Rates](/knowledge-base/step-4-deploy-employee-survey/monitor-response-rates.md).
* **Dashboard**: a configurable page of the metrics that matter most, built by a Site Admin. See [Dashboard Editor](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-admin/results/dashboard-editor.md).
The [Report Access and Exports](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/general.md) section explains how to filter any report and how to run reports in bulk.
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## Which export do I need?
Every export contains aggregate results, meaning scores and counts for groups, unless the row says otherwise. Use this table to pick the right one before you start.
| You want | Report | Format | What the file contains | How to get it |
| ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| A presentation of overall results | Snapshot | PowerPoint | Dimension and item scores, with optional slides for response rate, lookup and lookdown, heatmap, key drivers, AI summaries, and ranked choice | [Export to PowerPoint](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/snapshot/export-to-powerpoint.md) |
| Scores in a spreadsheet | Snapshot | Excel | 3 sheets of dimension and item scores, plus a Ranked Choice sheet when the survey has one | [Export Snapshot Results to Excel](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/snapshot/export-to-excel.md) |
| Group comparisons in a spreadsheet | Heatmap | Excel | Dimension scores on one sheet, dimension and item scores on a second, with any filter details in cell A1 | [Heatmap Overview](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/heatmap/heatmap-overview.md) |
| Comments to read or share | Comments | Excel | One sheet per comment question, one comment per row | [Export Comments to Excel](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/comments/export-to-excel.md) |
| Comments as a document | Comments | PDF | Comment report for a demographic group, run through bulk export | [Bulk Export](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/general/bulk-export.md) |
| Correlation grid | Correlations | Excel | Dimensions, items, and both together on 3 sheets | [Correlations](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/correlations.md) |
| Response rates | Response Rate | Excel | Overall and demographic response rates, timestamped in UTC | [Monitor Response Rates](/knowledge-base/step-4-deploy-employee-survey/monitor-response-rates.md) |
| The dashboard as slides | Dashboard | PowerPoint | The cells configured on your dashboard | [Dashboard Editor](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-admin/results/dashboard-editor.md) |
| Many reports at once | Snapshot, Dashboard, Heatmap, Comments, Correlations, AI Summary | PowerPoint, Excel, or PDF by report | One file per demographic value you select | [Bulk Export](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/general/bulk-export.md) |
| Who has responded | Participants page | Excel | Participant records with response status | Export from the **Participants** page of the survey |
| One participant's full answers | Individual Reports | PDF | A single participant's complete responses, including comments | [Individual Reports](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/general/individual-reports.md) |
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**Individual answers are the exception.** Every report and export above protects confidentiality by showing groups, not people. To see a single participant's full answers, use Individual Reports, which TalentMap must enable for a survey and which removes confidentiality for that survey. See [Individual Reports](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/general/individual-reports.md) before you ask for it.
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## Report confidentiality
All reports in Compass have built-in confidentiality. No group can be reported on without **5 responses** or more. Snapshot reports also block a filter that differs from a recent report by fewer than 5 respondents, and Site Admins can hide sensitive demographic fields from restricted users. See [Confidentiality and Permissions in Compass](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/confidentiality-and-permissions-in-compass.md) for how each control applies to each report.
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## Related Articles
* [Snapshot Report Overview](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/snapshot/webpage/snapshot-report-overview.md)
* [Report Access and Exports](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/general.md)
* [Confidentiality and Permissions in Compass](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/confidentiality-and-permissions-in-compass.md)
* [Reporting FAQ](/knowledge-base/step-5-analyze-interpret-and-report/compass-reports/reporting-faq.md)
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