Profit Analytics: Quick Reference

Tracking trends in project profits and margins are key for analyzing profitability. Profit is a critical indicator of your organization’s recognized effort and sustainability.  Trends and comparisons of profit budgets are important for decision making and forecasting.

The Profit Analytics give you the tools to assess the various components of profitability, compare this data to budgets, and analyze the variances by amount and percentage for your entire organization or its individual divisions.

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Profit or Gross Profit vs. Baseline or Forecast — This chart displays profit trends over time. You can view this information for the established baseline or forecast, and you can assess the different aspects of profit for your entire firm or for individual organizations.. More...

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Profit or Gross Profit with Baseline or Forecast Comparison — This chart displays profit trends against the baseline or projected profit for your organization. You can use the visual cues on this chart to quickly analyze the different aspects of profit for your entire firm or for individual organizations. More...

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Profit Variance Analysis — This table displays the actual budget/forecast profitability variances for the organization. Project lists display the actual budget/forecast profitability variances by amount and percentage. The project list includes the option to sort variances highest to lowest or vice versa. More...

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Profit by Org Hierarchy — This table displays the projected profit/gross profit or margin by organization level. More...

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Specify the analysis period — Use the fiscal year, quarter, and period controls across the top of the tab to change the analysis period reflected in the analytics.

Filter by organization or reorganization — Use the Orgs or Reorgs list to filter the contents of the analytics by organization or reorganization. When you display the analytics initially, they display profit data for all of the organizations or reorganizations to which you have access.

Filter by project attributes — Use the Additional Filters lists to filter the profit data by any combination of project type, project manager, customer, and proposals.

Filter by projects — Use the Project list to filter the contents of the analytics by project. When you display the analytics initially, they display project data for all of the projects owned by organizations to which you have access.

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