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Most investor reporting is the same ask, repeated. If you request the same topics from the same companies every quarter, there are two ways to stop doing that by hand, and they solve different halves of the problem. A template saves what you ask for. A schedule saves when you ask.
The Vein Requests page on the Schedules and Templates tab, showing Reporting Schedules above Request Templates

Schedules and Request Templates share a tab on the Requests page.

Request templates

A template is a saved selection of topics. Create one from Create Template, and the next request starts from it rather than from an empty form; you pick the companies and send.
Templates are what make a portfolio comparable. If every company answers the same template, you can read across them; if each request is built fresh, you get five formats and no comparison.

Reporting schedules

A schedule sends a request automatically on a recurring basis, so a quarterly update does not depend on anyone remembering. Create Schedule sets it up, and the panel tracks how many schedules are active, how many companies they cover, and when the next request goes out. The practical difference: They compose. A schedule built on a template is the setup most firms end up with: the same questions, on the same cadence, without anyone chasing.

A reasonable setup

Build the template first, from the topics you actually read rather than everything available. Send it manually once and see what comes back; that is when you learn whether a topic you thought was essential produces anything useful. Then put the version that survived on a schedule.

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