SECTIONSAbout Report Builder
Report Builder enables you to create statutory statements and customized reports, using data derived from lenses stored in Analytics. You can also perform calculations on the lenses you have selected for your report or statement.
Why Use Report Builder?
Report Builder offers a range of improvements on the reporting functionality available in Reporting, Financial Statements, and Business Analytics. Key advantages of using Report Builder are described in the table below.
| Report Builder Feature / Functionality | Financial Statements / Business Analytics / Reporting |
|---|---|
| Quickly build a report using a lens for each section of the report. Add row-based calculations for subtotals, totals, gross profit, EBITDA, and net profit. | Reports are difficult to configure and use, and can have serious volume issues. |
| Pivot data by any dimension associated with a selected dataset. | This is either unavailable within these applications, or is time-consuming to configure. |
| Create a report that enables you to display date-based columns based on your selected date, and set the base date against which the time-frame of your report is measured and aggregated. | |
| Create column calculations in your report, based on a formula builder similar to that used by Excel, to create the following: Subtotals and totals of your displayed columns, variances, variances percentages, or other formulas required for your report. | |
| A range of formatting options enabling you to customize the appearance of your reports. | |
| Create multiple drill levels in your report to obtain a deeper view of your data. |