Dotwave Exporting the cleaning audit PDF
The work of cleaning data is often invisible to the person paying for it. A client sees a tidy dashboard and has no idea that getting there meant removing duplicates, filling gaps, and standardizing dates across thousands of rows. The cleaning audit PDF makes that hidden work visible. It turns your audit trail into a polished, client-facing document you can hand over — or attach to an invoice — so the value of your data preparation is plain to see. This article explains what the PDF is, how to export it, and exactly what it contains.
What it is
The cleaning audit PDF is a client-facing export that lists every cleaning step in plain English. For each step it states what changed, how many rows were affected, and whether the work was done by you or by the AI. It is written to be read by your client, not by a technician — no code, no jargon, just a clear account of the preparation that stands behind the clean data. It is designed to attach to your invoice, so that when a client reviews what they are paying for, they can see the concrete work that produced their results rather than a single vague line item.
The PDF is generated from the same audit trail you review inside Dotwave, so it always matches the actual steps taken on the dataset — there is nothing to reconcile or write up by hand.
How to export
Producing the PDF takes a few clicks from the dataset itself.
Go to the dataset whose cleaning history you want to document.
Open the Audit trail for that dataset to view its full list of cleaning operations.
Choose Export as PDF to turn the audit trail into a client-ready document.
The finished PDF downloads right away, ready to attach or share.
What it includes
The PDF is a faithful, readable rendering of the cleaning work. It contains:
- All cleaning steps in chronological order, so the document reads as a start-to-finish account of how the data was prepared.
- Plain-English descriptions of each step, phrased for a client audience.
- Row counts showing how many rows each operation affected.
- Timestamps marking when each step was performed.
Just as importantly, it includes no raw data — only descriptions of what changed. This keeps the document safe to share: it proves the work without exposing the underlying values, so you can hand it to a client, or attach it to an invoice, without any concern about leaking sensitive records.
Attach the audit PDF to your invoice. Clients who see "47 duplicate rows removed, 23 missing values filled, dates standardized" understand why they're paying for data preparation — not just a dashboard.