# Chapter 6. Notes on the Final Report

> Notes that final reports may contain a lot of noise, requiring time to filter out real issues, and that SPDX-format reports must be requested to be received.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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Many audit tools can be configured to highlight potential issues. Careful review of the results may reveal that a good number of them are not real problems, but you should be prepared for a substantial amount of noise mixed in. This noise stems from things such as residual code that remains in the code tree but is not actually used. Initial reports can therefore be lengthy, and you should be prepared to invest time in filtering the report to find the real issues.

Note that reports conforming to the Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) format are typically provided only upon request. If you want to receive a report in that format from your audit service provider, you therefore need to request it separately.