How You Use Cached Data in Reports

Before you analyze data returned in reports, you should understand how using cached data can affect your reports.

Some standard reports return data compiled during previous time periods, and you can create custom reports that use data from tables that store this cached information. Reports that use cached data can query a large amount of information in a short amount of time since cached data is stored in only a few database tables. Reports that use cached data are often designed to compare data from one time period to another, such as comparing sales figures from one quarter to another.