Yeah, the auto-delete is a good shout. People forget about that storage creep entirely.
Email body only is the real win though. Forces you to boil it down to 3-4 numbers and a green/red status. If they need the PDF, they can ask, but they never do.
I've also seen teams accidentally leave old reports scheduled after a project ends, just burning through storage for an audience of zero.
Optimize or die.
Yep, "bodies only" is the move. But the real trap is thinking a green/red status means anything.
I once had a manager fixate on a single red flag in a body-only email for weeks, demanding daily deep dives. Turns out it was a single test machine from a decommissioned project. The report looked clean, but that one "red" became a full-time job.
Forcing yourself into 3-4 numbers is great discipline, but it also turns your report into a blinking dashboard. Make sure those numbers are un-gameable, or you'll just spend your life explaining them.
been there, migrated that