18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the criteria provided in the search query indicates whether to search only the online data repositories, only the offline data repositories, or both the online data repositories and offline data repositories, and wherein the computer-executable instructions are further operable when executed to recall the second report from the long-term backup system associated with stored in the offline data repositories in response to a selection of the second report that matches the criteria provided in the search query.
10. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions recorded thereon for delivering search results that include data from one or more online data repositories that store a plurality of online reports and one or more offline data repositories that store a plurality of archived or compressed reports in a long-term backup system, the computer-executable instructions operable when executed on a computer to: set security to limit access to the plurality of online reports stored in the online data repositories and the plurality of archived or compressed reports stored in the offline data repositories; specify one or more mandatory criteria fields and one or more optional criteria fields to search the online data repositories and the offline data repositories; search, by a processor, the plurality of online reports stored in the online data repositories to a first report among the plurality of online reports stored in the online data repositories that matches criteria provided in a search query in response to the criteria provided in the search query including at least the one or more mandatory criteria fields; search, by the processor, the plurality of archived or compressed reports stored in the long-term backup system associated with the offline data repositories to identify a second report among the plurality of archived or compressed reports stored in the offline data repositories that matches the criteria provided in the search query in response to the criteria provided in the search query including at least the one or more mandatory criteria fields; export data from the first report identified in the online data repositories in accordance with one or more export options provided for the first report; export data from the second report stored in the offline data repositories in accordance with one or more export options provided for the second report, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further operable to unarchive or decompress the second report identified among the plurality of archived or compressed reports stored in the offline data repositories to export the data from the second report; analyze the data exported from the first report and the data exported from the second report; deliver the analyzed data exported from the first report and the analyzed data exported from the second report to a spreadsheet application in response to a user that submitted the search query having one or more permissions that satisfy the security, wherein manipulating the data delivered to the spreadsheet application does not modify the first report stored in the online data repositories or the second report stored in the long-term backup system associated with the offline data repositories; and track activity associated with the user interacting with the analyzed data delivered to the spreadsheet application to generate an audit log, vary a presentation associated with the first report or the second report depending on read versus unread status, and generate statistical analysis relating to the tracked activity.