10. A system to deliver a search query result in an information management system that manages data associated with reports stored offline, the system comprising: a long-term backup repository configured to store archived or compressed reports; and a processor configured to: search the archived or compressed reports stored in the long-term backup repository to identify a report among the archived or compressed reports that matches criteria provided in a search query; bring an offline data repository that stores the identified report in the long-term backup repository online, wherein the processor is configured to unarchive or decompress the identified report to bring the offline data repository online and make data associated with the identified report available; export the data associated with the unarchived or decompressed report in accordance with an export option provided in a request to view the unarchived or decompressed report; deliver the data exported from the unarchived or decompressed report to a spreadsheet application, wherein manipulating the data delivered to the spreadsheet application does not modify the identified report stored in the offline data repository associated with the long-term backup repository; search multiple immediately available reports stored in an online data repository to identify a report among the multiple immediately available reports that matches the criteria provided in the search query; export data associated with the immediately available report that matches the criteria provided in the search query in accordance with the export option; and deliver the data exported from the immediately available report that matches the criteria provided in the search query to the spreadsheet application, wherein manipulating the exported data associated with the immediately available report that matches the criteria provided in the search query via the spreadsheet application does not modify the report that matches the criteria provided in the search query stored in the online data repository.
10. A system to deliver a search query result in an information management system that manages data associated with reports stored offline, the system comprising: a long-term backup repository configured to store archived or compressed reports; and a processor configured to: search the archived or compressed reports stored in the long-term backup repository to identify a report among the archived or compressed reports that matches criteria provided in a search query; bring an offline data repository that stores the identified report in the long-term backup repository online, wherein the processor is configured to unarchive or decompress the identified report to bring the offline data repository online and make data associated with the identified report available; export the data associated with the unarchived or decompressed report in accordance with an export option provided in a request to view the unarchived or decompressed report; deliver the data exported from the unarchived or decompressed report to a spreadsheet application, wherein manipulating the data delivered to the spreadsheet application does not modify the identified report stored in the offline data repository associated with the long-term backup repository; search multiple immediately available reports stored in an online data repository to identify a report among the multiple immediately available reports that matches the criteria provided in the search query; export data associated with the immediately available report that matches the criteria provided in the search query in accordance with the export option; and deliver the data exported from the immediately available report that matches the criteria provided in the search query to the spreadsheet application, wherein manipulating the exported data associated with the immediately available report that matches the criteria provided in the search query via the spreadsheet application does not modify the report that matches the criteria provided in the search query stored in the online data repository. 18. The system recited in claim 10 , wherein the export option provided in the request to view the unarchived or decompressed report comprises criteria to indicate a page, a delimiter character, a column offset value, a data type, an inclusion filter, or an exclusion filter to organize the data exported from the unarchived or decompressed report.