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Getting started

Your first report in ten minutes

From a fresh account to a report you can share: create a document, find your way around the editor, and invite a teammate. No data connection needed yet.

1 · Create your account

Rahoto is free to start, with no credit card to sign up. Create an account with your email, or continue with Google or Microsoft.

  1. Open the sign-up page and choose email, Google, or Microsoft.
  2. Confirm your email if prompted, then sign in.
  3. You land in your dashboard, the home for every report you create. From here you build new reports and reopen existing ones.

For what each plan includes, see Plans & billing.

2 · Create your first report

From the dashboard, start a new report one of two ways:

  • Blank report: an empty document sized to your locale's default paper, ready for you to lay out from scratch.
  • From a template: begin with a pre-built layout and replace the content with your own, so you start from a professional layout instead of a blank page.

Either way you open into the editor, where the rest of this guide takes place.

3 · The editor at a glance

The editor is report-native: a real document made of pages, not one endless canvas. These are the building blocks you will reach for most.

  • Pages: add, reorder and resize pages; set margins, presets and view modes. A report is a sequence of pages you publish as one document.
  • Tables: structured, sortable, filterable tables you can style cell by cell and later bind to a live source.
  • Charts: editable charts where every mark, axis and legend element is selectable, so you tune the visual, not just the data.
  • Text: real typography with proper type controls, so headings and body copy read the way your standard expects.
  • Images & shapes: drop in imagery, draw shapes, and arrange, group and lock elements to keep a layout tidy.

You do not need every tool on day one. Add a heading, a chart and a table, and you already have a report worth sharing.

4 · Saving your work

Your work saves automatically as you edit, so there is no save button to remember. Close the tab and reopen the report later; your layout is where you left it.

Good to know

If your connection drops, Rahoto saves again once it reconnects, so your latest edits are not lost.

5 · Invite your team

Invite teammates and edit the same report at the same time. Collaboration is real time, so you see each other's changes as they happen instead of trading files.

  1. Open the report you want to share.
  2. Invite a teammate to the report or workspace.
  3. Edit together; updates sync live for everyone in the document.

Where to go next

The next two guides turn a one-off document into a runnable one that refreshes and delivers itself.

Ready to build?

Create a free account and open your first report.