AP supplier invoices Analysis report

The AP supplier invoices Analysis report helps you analyze your purchases by showing you the expense line items in AP supplier invoices. For example, this report can show you how much of a certain type of stationery you ordered over a specific period of time and from which suppliers. This report is helpful to accountants and controllers who want to see how the money is being spent by item.

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Slide-in functionality is disabled when you restrict subledger transactions at the top level.

To generate this report, go to Accounts Payable > All > Reports > AP supplier invoices analysis.

View a monthly report

  1. Generate the report.
  2. When the report settings page appears, select View.
    A report showing results for the default reporting period appears in your browser.
  3. Optional: Select Customize to refine the report, and follow the steps in the following section, Customize and Run.

Customize and run

  If you want to see every result for a particular category, do not make selections from any of the data entry boxes.  You can run this report without entering any search information.  If you do that, however, the report may take a long time to run and may return too many results to be useful.  

Before running the report, you can select the time period and types of items to include as well as specify how you want the report to appear.

To customize and run a report:

  1. Select the reporting period from the dropdown menu, or enter the start and end dates you want the report to cover.  If you do not specify a reporting period, the system generates a report for the current month to date.
    • You can specify either the reporting period or the start and end dates, but not both.
  2. Set the filters to get the specific data you want.  
    • Filters enable you to include or exclude specific types of data in the report, such as supplier or supplier type.   As a general rule, to get fewer and more precise results in your report, set more filters.
  3. Format the report.  
    • Format options will vary from report to report. Generally, you can set the layout of the report and arrange how to group and display the data contained in the report.
  4. Type a title, subtitle, and footer text for your report.
  5. View, print, process and store, memorize, export, or customize the report or add it to the dashboard.
  6. After you run the report, you can also either email the report to others or return to the report setup page to refine the results.

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    After running the report, to... ...select

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    Return to the main report page and refine the report further

    Customize

Time period

You can use one of the pre-defined reporting periods available from the Reporting Period and As of Date boxes, or create your own reporting period using the Start Date and End Date boxes.

Report filters

Use the filters to focus the results of your report. In effect, filters enable you to isolate and assemble just the data you want. You can set any combination of filters.

Formatting

To format this report:

  1. To arrange related data together by group, select the Group By dropdown, and then select the group you want.  
  2. To organize the data within each group, select the Sort By dropdown, and then select the item by which to sort the records.
    • The abbreviation "desc" after an option means "Descending order", such as reverse alphabetical or reverse numerical order.
  3. To change the page layout:
    • Select the Page Orientation dropdown, and then select either Portrait or Landscape.
    Report format options
    Format Box Notes

    Group by

    Select how related data is arranged by group.

    Sort by

    Select how to sort the data within each group.

    Page orientation

    Portrait is the default layout.

    Portrait: display or print the report pages vertically

    Landscape: display or print the report pages horizontally

Titles and a footer

Titles, subtitles, and footers apply only to the print versions of this report. Export to Excel or CSV, or select Print for a PDF version.

What's in this report?

The default AP supplier invoices Analysis report consists of the following columns:

Report Column Heading Description

Date

The date on which the AP supplier invoices were received by you from the supplier

Supplier

The ID and name associated with the supplier

AP supplier invoice no.

The billing account number of the supplier with your company

Description

The type of items charged to you (for example, legal consulting, monthly AP supplier invoice, or telecommunications costs)

Department

The number and name of the department to which the AP supplier invoice is charged

Location

The physical location of the department

Allocation

The amount billed to the specified department and/or location, sometimes expressed as a percentage of the total amount. How an expense is allocated depends on how you set it up in the Allocation Information page for your company.

Txn currency

The currency in which the transaction was billed (for example, EUR or USD)

Txn amount

The amount of the AP supplier invoice in the specified currency

Amount

The amount of the AP supplier invoice in your base currency. The foreign currency is automatically converted to your base currency.

You can select any link to drill down to the details.

In this report, select any amount in the last column (Amount) to see the billing information for that transaction.