The Cost Transparency Overview (Prior Year) dashboard provides a comparison of current Year-to-Date (YTD) spend against the previous year’s YTD spend across key TBM dimensions.
It helps you analyze historical spend trends, identify changes in spending patterns, and understand how IT costs have shifted over time across Cost Pools, Towers, Solutions, and Consumers.
Who should use this dashboard?
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IT management
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IT finance and TBM teams
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Technology and finance executives
What is this dashboard used for?
Use this dashboard to:
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Compare current YTD spend against prior year spend
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Analyse historical spending trends across TBM dimensions
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Identify areas with increased or reduced spend
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Monitor year-over-year cost movements
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Support financial planning and variance analysis
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Investigate significant spend changes across IT domains and business areas
What questions does this dashboard answer?
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How does current YTD spend compare to the prior year?
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Which Cost Pools or Towers have increased or decreased in spend?
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Which Solutions or Consumers are driving year-over-year changes?
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Where are the largest historical spend variances occurring?
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How has IT spend distribution changed across the TBM model?
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KPIs
Charts and tables
Selecting any data point in a chart allows you to drill down into a more detailed view of the selected element.
Cost Pools
The Cost Pools chart compares current YTD spend against prior year YTD spend across TBM Cost Pool categories.
Click any cost pool to drill into the Cost Pool Spend report for a detailed breakdown of spend.
The Cost Pools table view displays the same information in tabular format, allowing you to sort, filter, and review detailed spend values by Cost Pool.
Towers
The Towers chart displays current YTD spend versus prior year YTD spend across TBM Towers. This chart help you analyze how IT spend is distributed across technology services and identify high-cost operational areas.
Click any tower to drill into the Tower Spend report for detailed breakdown of spend.
The Towers table view provides a detailed breakdown of spend by Tower with sorting and filtering capabilities for deeper financial analysis.
Solutions
The Solutions chart compares current YTD spend against prior year YTD spend by Solution category. It provides visibility into which business and technology solution areas contribute most to overall IT spend.
Click any solutions to drill into the Solution Spend report for detailed breakdown of spend.
The Solutions table view displays detailed spend information by Solution, enabling you to analyse historical spend movements and variances.
Consumers
The Consumers chart shows current YTD spend compared against prior year YTD spend by Consumer or business unit. It helps orginization understand which business areas consume the most IT services and drive IT spend.
Click any solutions to drill into the Consumer Spend report for detailed breakdown of spend.
The Consumers table view provides a detailed tabular breakdown of spend by Consumer, supporting sorting, filtering, and detailed financial review.
Data sources
The table below outlines the charts available on this page and the corresponding data cubes from which each chart retrieves its data.
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Chart Name |
Data Cube |
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Cost Pools |
TBM Cost Pools |
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Towers |
TBM Towers |
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Solutions |
TBM Solutions |
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Consumers |
Consumer Spend |
Drilldown reports:
Cost Pool Spend (Cost Transparency-Prior Year)