A company has two SolarWinds* Hybrid Cloud Observability (HCO) servers, running in two different sites.

In the SolarWinds Platform, transferring report definitions between different instances (such as Site A and Site B) requires a format that captures the underlying logic, SQL/SWQL queries, and layout metadata. According to theSolarWinds Platform Reporting Guide, while CSV, PDF, and DOC are formats used for exporting theresultsof a report (the data), they do not contain the instructions needed to recreate the report itself on a different server.

To share a report's structure, the administrator must use theExport/Import XMLfunctionality. By selecting the report in the Report Manager and choosing "Export," the system generates a specialized.xml file. This file contains the complete definition of the report, including the datasource filters, selected columns, chart configurations, and formatting rules. When this XML file is imported into the second SolarWinds instance, the platform parses the code and creates a new entry in the local database. This is the standard method for migrating custom reports from a test environment to production or sharing successful reporting templates across a geographically distributed organization with multiple independent polling installations.