1. A method for delivering search query results in an information management system that manages data associated with reports stored offline, comprising: storing multiple archived or compressed reports in a long-term backup system; searching, by a processor, the multiple archived or compressed reports stored in the long-term backup system to identify one or more reports among the multiple archived or compressed reports that match criteria provided in a search query; bringing one or more offline data repositories that store the one or more identified reports in the long-term backup system online, wherein bringing the one or more offline data repositories online includes unarchiving or decompressing the one or more reports to make data associated with the one or more reports available; exporting, by the processor, the data associated with the one or more unarchived or decompressed reports in accordance with one or more export options provided in a request to view the one or more unarchived or decompressed reports; and delivering, by the processor, the data exported from the one or more unarchived or decompressed reports to a spreadsheet application, wherein manipulating the data delivered to the spreadsheet application does not modify the one or more reports stored in the one or more offline data repositories associated with the long-term backup system.