# Using netlab Reports

DevFeed: [Using netlab Reports](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-netlab-reports-11039.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2024/07/using-netlab-reports/>)

Published: 2024-07-26T07:14:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/markdown.md>), [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/markdown.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [ospf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ospf.md>), [reports](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reports.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to use netlab reports to describe lab topology, IP addressing, BGP details, and OSPF areas. It covers generating text, Markdown, and HTML reports, listing available reports, filtering by format or technology, selecting devices, saving output, and copying Markdown tables to the macOS pasteboard.

## Source excerpt

Did you know you can use netlab to generate reports describing your lab topology, IP addressing, BGP details, or OSPF areas? The magic command (netlab report) was introduced in August 2023, followed by netlab show reports to display the available reports a few months later. You can generate the reports in text, Markdown, or HTML format. The desired format is selected with the report name suffix. For example, the bgp-asn.md report will create Markdown text. Let's see how that works. Read more ...