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title: The Loading Report
description: What the Loading Report PDF contains, how to choose its layout and the loading steps, and how to download it from the workspace or from a shared page.
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The **Loading Report** is the PDF of a Load Plan. You hand it to the warehouse, the driver, or the customer. Every organization has one template, with your logo and name at the top. The report shows the same result you see in the workspace, and it lists the loading steps of each Unit page by page.

## What it contains

- The header: your organization's name and logo, the Project (customer, destination, reference, delivery date, and notes), the Load Plan name, and when the report was generated and the plan was calculated.
- A notice at the top when the Load Plan is **Out of date**, with the date of its last Calculate. Recalculate for a current report.
- A summary: the number of Units and the equipment, pieces, cargo weight, volume and weight utilization, and the warnings.
- Cargo that was **not loaded**, with the reason for each Cargo Line.
- A page or section for each Unit: views of the Unit and the cargo in that Unit as a table. The Classic layout adds the equipment's inside size, door, and payload, the utilization, and the axle loads when the equipment has an Axle Profile (see [Axle loads](/guides/axle-loads)).
- The **step-by-step loading** pages of each Unit, one step per picture, with the new pieces in colour. These are the same steps as in the Share Link checklist. A Unit that has no feasible loading order shows a notice with the reason, and the report lists its placements front to door instead.
- With [Stops](/guides/stops), the cargo and the steps are grouped by Stop, with the Stop's name.

The report uses the language of the app you have open and your selected unit system, metric or imperial. Your logo appears on plans that include it.

## Choose a layout

Three layouts decide how much each Unit gets.

| Layout      | Views per Unit                                    | Equipment size, utilization, axle loads | Cargo table columns                                    |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Classic** | 3D view, from above, from the side, from the door | Yes                                     | All: size, weight each, total weight, and stackability |
| **Simple**  | 3D view                                           | No                                      | All                                                    |
| **Compact** | 3D view, beside the table                         | No                                      | Number, name, quantity, and total weight               |

Classic is the default. The choice is remembered in your browser.

## Download it from the workspace

1. Calculate the Load Plan and wait until your changes are saved. The download stays disabled while the plan is not calculated, while a change is still saving, and while an arrangement conflict is open. The button says why.
2. Open **Share & export** in the page header and choose **Loading report**. The report opens as a page in the app, so you can read it first.
3. Choose a layout with **Report layout**. Turn **Loading steps** off to leave the step pages, their images, and the loading step column out of the report and the CSV manifest. The report builds faster without them. Cargo Marshal remembers this choice in your browser.
4. Choose **Download loading report**. The button shows **Preparing loading report…** and then **Rendering unit 1 of 2…** while your browser builds the PDF.

To skip the preview, choose **Download PDF** in the **Share & export** menu.

The same menu has the manifest as **CSV** or **Excel**, with one row per piece and its position. It follows the loading order, and it ends with a column that says whether the plan is up to date.

## Download it from a shared page

Visitors of a [Share Link](/guides/share-links-and-loader-mode) can download the same report.

1. Open the Share Link.
2. Choose **Download loading report** in the bar at the top. **View report** opens it as a page first.
3. For the manifest, use **Download manifest (CSV)** or **Download manifest (Excel)** at the foot of the checklist.

The report on a shared page leaves out the loading steps when the link has **Show step-by-step loading** turned off. It shows no unit prices.