# Generate Report by material **URL:** \ **Category:** Pro\ **Tags:** sketchup, generate\_report\ **Created:** [December 19, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/generate-report-by-material/57980 "2017-12-19T20:54:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eduardo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/eduardo/32/41282_2.png) [@Eduardo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Eduardo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/generate-report-by-material/57980/1 "2017-12-19T20:54:16Z")
Hey guys! I´ve tried to generate report by material, but I was not succefull. What is wrong? How is the correct workflow? Thanks!!! ![Generate report by material 1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/b/4/b402f230891af83ece6e864faaf647932c4c7153.jpg) ![Generate report by material 2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/7/2/72a4a059a924054582a5fdb2bbeb8620357dd120.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/generate-report-by-material/57980/2 "2017-12-19T20:56:26Z")
Do you have groups or components for each square or is it just a bunch of loose geometry? ---
**Author:** ![Eduardo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/eduardo/32/41282_2.png) [@Eduardo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Eduardo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/generate-report-by-material/57980/3 "2017-12-19T20:59:18Z")
I made this just to know how it works, so, I can apply this feature in the nexts projects. And yes, it is just a bunch of loose geometry! ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/generate-report-by-material/57980/4 "2017-12-19T21:25:53Z")
Try making each square a group or component and rerun the report. ---
**Author:** ![Eduardo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/eduardo/32/41282_2.png) [@Eduardo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Eduardo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/generate-report-by-material/57980/5 "2017-12-20T03:06:16Z")
I tried but I’m still not succeeding. This is the file [test.skp](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/1Ad58avpQzyrlR6mxZfuTL1NqDv.skp) (266.1 KB) I wanna do something like this: ![Report](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/8/e/8ec2c25c056254d6966b481c530d7b89d67b5baf.jpg) It seems quite simple, but I really don´t know how to do or set the file to do the generate report like that… ---
**Author:** ![Geo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/geo/32/82_2.png) [@Geo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Geo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/generate-report-by-material/57980/6 "2017-12-20T18:18:17Z")
> [@Eduardo](#): > > It seems quite simple, but I really don´t know how to do or set the file to do the generate report like that… Hello @Eduardo Generate Report does not support counting material area. This plugin does … **_[Eneroth Material Area Counter](http://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/eneroth-material-area-counter)_** — Extension Warehouse One can easily copy/paste the results into their favorite spreadsheet. ---
**Author:** ![Eduardo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/eduardo/32/41282_2.png) [@Eduardo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Eduardo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/generate-report-by-material/57980/7 "2017-12-20T19:52:22Z")
Ok, thank you! @Geo Until now, I set up the area/materail shortcut as _Alt+Ctrl+M_. So, by clicking over material and typing that shortcut it is possible to take out the measuraments and put into Excel… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/generate-report-by-material/57980/8 "2018-03-22T11:52:41Z")
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