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Tower Vendor Spend

The Tower Vendor Spend report provides a detailed view of vendor spend for a selected technology tower.

This report is typically accessed by drilling down from the Vendor Portfolio dashboard and is scoped to the selected tower and time period.

For detailed instructions on navigating dashboards and using filters, see: Navigation and filters


KPIs

Vendor Spend (YTD)

Total vendor spend incurred year to date.


Total Prior Year Spend

Total spend for the prior year.


Prior Year Spend (YTD)

Year-to-date spend in the prior year.


Variance (YTD)

Difference between current year spend (YTD) and prior year spend (YTD).

Charts and tables

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

Monthly Spend

This chart shows the monthly trend for month-on-month and cumulative year to date spend. Spend is shown as total spend and prior year spend for each month.

Click on any month column to drill into the transaction level spend for the month.

Vendors

The Vendors chart shows a breakdown of spend by vendors for the given filter criteria.

Click on any vendor to drill into related GL transaction.

Spend by Function

The Spend by Function shows vendor spend grouped by vendor function for the filtered criteria. The No. of Vendors shows how many vendors contributed to spend within each function.

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

Top 20 Cost Centers

The Top 20 Cost Centers chart shows the top 20 cost centers from most to least vendor spend. Spend for each cost center is shown as YTD and prior year YTD.

Click on any cost center bar to drill further into the related GL transaction.

Cost Pools

The Cost Pools chart shows the cumulative year to date spend and prior year to date spend broken down by TBM Cost Pool.

Click on any cost pool column to drill into the related GL transactions.

Sub Towers

This chart shows the cumulative year to date spend and prior year to date broken down by Sub Tower.

Click on any Sub Tower to drill into related GL transaction.

Tower Vendor Spend Details

This chart shows the list of vendors for the filtered Tower and their spend trend for month-on-month. Spend is shown as total vendor spend and prior year vendor spend for the filtered Tower.

Click on any row to drill into the transaction level spend for the month.


Data sources

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

Chart name

Data cube

Monthly Spend

Spend

Vendors

Spend

Spend by Function

Spend

Top 20 Cost Centers

Spend

Cost Pools

Spend

Sub Towers

Spend

Tower Vendor Spend Details

Spend