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This report shows total spend per accounts payable type, summarized by time period (for example, years, quarters, or months) for a selected date range. You can drill down by accounts payable type to view spend for the children of the selected parent and by time period to break out the spend data into the next time period increment.

You can filter the data in this report by the following:

  • Time Period Beginning At and Time Period Ending At

  • Spend Amount Type (Actual, Planned, or Forecast)

Note Note

Only top-level parent accounts payable types are listed in this report. A drill-down is provided to view the children for the selected parent accounts payable type.

End of the note.

The imported spend data and the Master Data Time Period definition determine the time periods that you see.

Spend by Accounts Payable Type Over Time Chart

This section shows spend by accounts payable type in a bar chart across one or more time periods. You can quickly see the distribution of spend across types in a given time period and spot trends in spending by type from period to period.

This section shows the distribution of spend by organization in a pie chart or line graph enabling you to quickly identify which units account for the largest portion of spend for the selected time period.

Spend Matrix Pivot Table

The table below the chart shows spend by AP type per time period.

Field

Description

Time Period Name

The column heading showing the time period for the spend data. Choose this link to drill down to the Spend by Accounts Payable Type Over Selected Time report to show spend broken out in next time increment.

Accounts Payable Type ID

The accounts payable type external ID

Accounts Payable Type

The accounts payable type name. If this is a parent type, choose the name to continue drilling down through the account type hierarchy.

Spend

The total spend for this accounts payable type for selected time period and spend amount type.

% of Spend

The percentage of total spend attributable to this AP type.

% of Spend = (Spend for AP type/Total Spend for all AP types) * 100

Total

The sum of spend for this AP type across time periods shown.

%

Percentage of total spend for this AP type relative to total spend for all types.

% = (Total/Total Spend for all AP types) * 100