Top Spend by Selected Commodity 
This report ranks the Top X sub-categories (where X is a number you define) by total spend, when you drill down from a parent commodity on the Top Spend by Commodity report. You can continue to drill down through the category hierarchy by choosing the Commodity name. This report also provides a count of the number of suppliers with spend in a commodity with a drill down to view the list of suppliers.
You can filter the data in this report by the following:
Time Period Beginning At and Time Period Ending
Spend Amount Type (Actual, Planned, or Forecast)
Number of Top-Ranked Commodities
Top Spend by Selected Commodity Chart
This report section includes a pie chart showing the distribution of spend among top-ranked commodities. You select the number of commodities to show in the filter criteria.
Top Spend by Selected Commodity Table
The report table below the chart lists commodities ranked by total spend from highest to lowest.
Field |
Description |
Rank |
The relative position of this commodity compared to other commodities based on spend for the selected time period. |
Commodity ID |
The product category ID. |
Commodity |
The product category name. Choose this link to drill down to the next level of the category hierarchy. |
Spend |
The total spend for this commodity for time period and spend amount type. |
% of Spend |
The percentage of total spend attributable to this commodity. % of Spend = (Spend for commodity/Total Spend for all commodities) * 100 |
Vendor Count |
The number of suppliers that account for the spend amount. Choose the supplier count to drill down to the list of suppliers. |