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# Use compliance reports

> How to create and configure automations to trigger compliance plans to run reports in Operations Manager.

Operations Manager automations trigger compliance plans to run reports the same way they trigger workflows to run jobs.

Automations for compliance plans work nearly the same as automations for workflows, with one exception: Manual and Schedule triggers for compliance plans do not have form data inputs, whereas compliance plans do accept form data.

## Create a compliance report automation

#### Open the Create Automation dialog

Click the **(+)** icon button in the top-left toolbar of Operations Manager. The **Create Automation** dialog appears.

#### Select the automation type

Select **Compliance Report** as the automation type and click **Create**. After creation, you cannot change the automation type.

#### Select a compliance report

Choose which Compliance Report to automate from the **Compliance Report** dropdown and click **Save Changes**.

Identify the automation type by the icon to its left in the **Automations** list. Compliance report automations have a document icon; workflow automations have no icon.

## Automations collection

When viewing **Automations**, both workflow and compliance plan automations appear by default.

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### Filter by automation type

#### Open the filter menu

Hover over the **Filter** icon button to the left of the search field at the top of the collection dialog. A popover menu appears with several filter options.

#### Select a filter type

Choose **Workflow** or **Report** to filter the Automations collection by type.

#### Narrow results (optional)

To filter for a specific resource, choose **Filter by Report** or **Filter by Workflow** from the dropdown at the top. A list of compliance plans or workflows appears. Use the text box within the dropdown to search if the list is long.

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### Create automations for specific workflows or reports

#### Filter by a specific resource

Filter by a specific workflow or compliance plan. If no automations exist for that resource, a **Create Automation** button appears in the center of the collections dialog.

#### Open the Create Automation dialog

Click **Create Automation**. The dialog opens with the previously selected filter options pre-filled.

#### Create the automation

Click **Create** to go to the newly created automation with the selected compliance report or workflow already associated.