code: def report(self, report_req):
          
          self.start()
  
          # no thread running, run the scheduler to ensure any pending
          # flush tasks are executed.
          if self._run_scheduler_directly:
              self._scheduler.run(blocking=False)
  
          if not self._report_aggregator.report(report_req):
              _logger.debug(u'need to send a report request directly')
              try:
                  transport = self._create_transport()
                  transport.services.Report(report_req)
              except exceptions.Error:  # only sink apitools errors
                  _logger.error(u'direct send for report request failed',
                                exc_info=True)
docs: Processes a report request.
  
          It will aggregate it with prior report_requests to be send later
          or it will send it immediately if that's appropriate.