> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://conveo.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Executive Summary

> Find your study overview and review its evidence in Reports

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## What the executive summary is

An executive summary is a report that brings together the study's main findings. Use it to orient readers before they explore individual questions or interview evidence.

Conveo now presents these summaries through [Reports](/docs/insights-and-reports/reports). Existing executive-summary bookmarks open the study's legacy executive summary when one exists; otherwise they open the first available featured report or the Reports output list. Report names and sections depend on the study's report configuration.

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## Prepare the analysis

Review completed interviews and their quality before starting analysis. Follow the study's completion or analysis flow and resolve any billing or approval requirement shown there. [The interview grid](/docs/interview-data/interview-grid-and-transcripts) explains how to review collection progress.

Processing runs in the background. A fixed 20–30 minute completion time is not guaranteed. Check the displayed report or analysis status before using the result.

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## Open and review the summary

Open the report listed in the study navigation, or find it in **Outputs** under reports. Check which study and report version you are reading.

Review the research questions, findings, and available supporting charts or references. Follow evidence links where provided; a finding is not necessarily a link, and not every report contains the same metrics or follow-up section.

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## Explore and share findings

Use [Question coding](/docs/insights-and-reports/question-analysis) to inspect counts and [Thematic analysis](/docs/insights-and-reports/thematic-analysis) to explore findings by research objective. Use the source interviews to check quotations and context.

See [Reports](/docs/insights-and-reports/reports) for editing, version history, regeneration, and sharing. That page is the canonical guide to report controls.

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## Interpretation and limitations

A generated summary is a synthesis of the available analysis, not a guarantee that every interview or possible finding is represented. Check sample sizes, missing data, and the base behind percentages before repeating a quantitative claim.

Treat suggested explanations and follow-up questions as interpretations to assess. Adding interviews or changing the study does not prove that a previously generated report reflects the new data; review the report version and regenerate where appropriate.