Cost Center Forecast Details

The Cost Center Forecast Details report provides a comprehensive breakdown of forecasted spend for the filtered cost center. It enables you to compare forecasted costs against budgets and analyze how forecasted spend is distributed across accounts, vendors, and months.

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Charts and tables

Selecting any data point in a chart allows you to drill down into a more detailed view of the selected element.

Forecast

The Forecast chart provides a high-level comparison of the annual forecast and budget in the filtered year. Use this chart to understand whether forecasted spend is trending above or below budget.

Monthly Forecast Details

The Monthly Forecast Details chart shows forecast versus budget by month for the selected year. Use this view to compare the monthly forecast and budget distribution.

Click on any month to drill into the related GL transactions.

Top 20 Accounts

The Top 20 Accounts chart highlights forecast versus budget by account. Use this view to understand which accounts contribute most to forecasted spend. You can identify accounts with significant forecast variances.

Click on any account to drill into the related GL transactions.

Top 20 Vendors

The Top 20 Vendors chart displays forecast versus budget by vendor. Use this view to identify vendors with the highest forecasted spend and compare forecasted vendor spend against budget allocations.

Click on any vendor to drill into the related GL transactions.

Forecast Details

The Forecast Details table provides a list of all forecasts and budgets created for filtered criteria. The table shows the details such as CPI-LPI percentage, budget status, budget creator’s name, and total amount.

Data sources

The table below outlines the charts available on this page and the corresponding data cubes from which each chart retrieves its data.