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title: "Past Requests"
slug: "past-requests"
updated: 2025-03-27T20:50:50Z
published: 2025-03-27T20:50:50Z
canonical: "help.wrapbook.com/past-requests"
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# Past Requests

## About the Past Requests report

The *Past Requests* report provides a detailed record of all payment requests submitted through Wrapbook at the company level. This includes timecards, invoices, and other forms of worker submissions.

## Ways to use the report

The *Past Requests* report is a valuable tool for:

- **Audit and compliance** - Maintain a paper trail of all payment request activity
- **Workflow visibility** - Understand how many requests were submitted, approved, rejected, or are still pending
- **Reconciliation** - Match submitted requests to actual payments issued
- **Production wraps** - Review what was worked, requested, and paid at the close of a project
- **Performance metrics** - Evaluate processing time from submission to approval and payment

## What’s included in the report

The *Past Requests* report contains comprehensive information on all submitted payment requests, including:

- Project Name
- Request Type (e.g., Timecard, Invoice, Expense)
- Worker Name
- Worker Type (W-2 or 1099)
- Submitted Date
- Approval Date
- Request Status (e.g., Pending, Approved, Rejected)
- Payment Amount
- Pay Period Start/End
- Request Notes (if applicable)
- Approver Name

## How to generate the Past Requests reports

To generate the *Past Requests* report:

1. In the left-side navigation, click the dropdown menu
2. In the dropdown menu, select **All projects**
3. In the left-side navigation, click **Reports**
4. On the *Reports* dashboard, under *Past Requests*, click the **View report** button
5. Use the filters at the top to refine your data by:
  - *Date range*
  - *Project*
  - *Worker name*
  - *Worker type (W-2 or 1099)*
  - *Request status (Submitted, Approved, Rejected, etc.)*

1. Click the **Download CSV** button to export the report
2. After you click the **Download CSV** button, the file will be automatically downloaded to your computer. To locate the file, navigate to where your computer saves new downloads.

## Pro tips

- Use this report to catch requests that were never approved or processed
- Filtering by status helps isolate bottlenecks in your approval workflow
- Combine this report with the [Payments and Paystubs Report](/v1/docs/payments-and-paystubs-reports) to confirm end-to-end payment tracking

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