1. A method for converting reports stored in one or more data repositories to a user-customized format, the method comprising: retrieving at least one report from the data repositories in response to a search query; receiving formatting preferences for converting the retrieved report into a spreadsheet data structure; parsing the retrieved report in accordance with the received formatting preferences to identify at least one column of data and at least one row of data in the retrieved report; and populating the spreadsheet data structure with the identified at least one column of data and the identified at least one row of data, whereby the populated spreadsheet data structure represents a user-customized conversion of the retrieved report.