This chapter provides an overview of interactive reports and discusses how to:
Populate the data mart.
Analyze service provider rosters.
Analyze service provider performance.
Analyze service provider length of stay.
Analyze expense life cycles.
Analyze expense variance.
Analyze supplier performance.
Compare supplier rates.
Analyze minority-owned suppliers.
PeopleSoft Services Procurement provides metrics on service providers, expenses, and suppliers to help you manage, measure, and analyze process and cost information across all aspects of the services procurement life cycle. The PeopleSoft system delivers standard analysis pages that cover the most common user requirements.
See Also
Common Elements Used In This PeopleBook
Service provider metrics provide information on service providers broken out by department, manager, purchase order, and supplier:
The service provider performance includes service provider rating information.
Note. Service provider performance metrics are not broken out by purchase order.
Service provider length of stay includes service provider continuous assignment information.
Expense metrics provide information on amounts committed, expended, and forecast on requisitions, work orders, and invoices:
Expense life cycle includes expenses that are incurred throughout the various stages of the expense cycle, including entry, submission, approval, invoiced but not approved, invoiced and approved by supplier, and invoiced and approved.
You can access expense life cycle data broken out by account, department, manager, supplier, and work order. For each dimension, you can also view the data by expense status.
Expense variance includes forecast versus actual expense information.
You can access expense variance data broken out by department, manager, purchase order, and supplier.
Supplier metrics provide information on performance and rate comparisons by supplier and role:
Supplier performance includes requisitions sourced, candidates submitted, requisitions filled, and positions filled.
Supplier rate comparison includes rates that various suppliers charge for the same job role.
Minority-owned suppliers include the number of bids that a minority-owned supplier receives and the number of work orders that are awarded to each of these suppliers.
Minority-owned supplier metrics are analyzed by role.
You must populate the data mart before accessing the interactive report pages.
Note. If the data mart contains no data, a search page appears when you try to access an interactive reports page, but you can't progress from there.
This section discusses how to populate the data mart.
Access the Analysis Datamart page (Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Analysis Datamart Engine).
Business Unit |
Define the business unit for which you want to retrieve interactive report data. |
Run for UserID and Run for all Spro Users |
The system retrieves data and populates the data mart with data that is specific to the selected user. Select the Run for all Spro Users check box to retrieve data for all users. The current user appears as the default value in the Run for UserID field. |
Duration Date and # of Reporting Months |
The system uses the duration date in conjunction with the number of reporting months to determine the time period that is used to retrieve the interactive report data. Enter the number of reporting months to define the number of months before or after the duration date for which you want to retrieve data. Enter a positive value for number of reporting months to indicate the number of months starting from the duration date that are to be included in the process. Use a negative number to indicate the number of months prior to the duration date that are to be included in the process. Note. The system does not retrieve dates prior to the entered start date regardless of the entered duration date and number of reporting months. |
Use Current Date |
Select to define duration date as the current system date. If this check box is selected, the system uses the number of reporting months that are relative to the current system date for each process instance. |
Length of Stay
You enter data in the Length of Stay group box to define the parameters that are used to retrieve data for the length-of-stay interactive report pages.
Length of Stay (Months) |
Enter the duration that a service provider can stay on assignment in accordance with the laws that govern the organization's labor practices. The system default is six months. The system uses this value for analysis calculations, including determining the excess duration on the length-of-stay interactive report pages. |
As Of Date |
Select the date for which the service provider is considered active. |
Leave Period (months) |
Enter the maximum allowable period between the end of a project and the start of the next project. This is used to determine the service provider's start date. |
Process Results
The Process Analysis Datamart Application Engine process (SPR_DATAMART) retrieves data from transaction tables and copies it to a fact table that is used during analysis.
Note. You can define a regular processing schedule by using the Process Scheduler page.
See Also
PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler
You use the service provider roster to analyze total service provider count by department, manager, purchase order, or supplier.
This section discusses how to:
View service provider roster summary information.
View service provider roster details.
Note. This section uses the service provider roster department summary and details as an example. Similar functionality applies to the other dimensions (manager, purchase order, and supplier) and respective detail pages.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
SPR_CONROS_DASH_PG |
Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Provider Roster |
View service provider roster summary graphs and data. Access detail pages. |
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Service Provider - Department Roster |
SPR_CONSROSDR_PG |
Click the Department Detail link on the Service Provider Roster page. |
View the department details. |
SPR_CONROS_DASH_PG |
Click the Department link on the Service Provider Roster (summary) page for department. |
View detailed service provider roster information for a selected department. |
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SPR_CONROS_DASH_PG |
Click the Manager link on the Service Provider Roster (summary) page for Manager. |
View detail service provider roster information for a selected manager. |
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SPR_CONROS_DASH_PG |
Click the PO link on the Service Provider Roster (summary) page for Purchase Order. |
View detailed service provider roster information for a selected purchase order. |
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SPR_CONROS_DASH_PG |
Click the Supplier link on the Service Provider Roster (summary) page for Supplier. |
View detail service provider roster information for a selected supplier. |
Access the Service Provider Roster (summary) page (Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Provider Roster).
Department, Manager, Purchase Order, and Supplier |
Click the link at the top of the page to have the system display the service provider roster graph and data by department, manager, purchase order, or supplier. |
Provider Count |
Displays for each department the total number of service providers. |
Access the Service Provider Roster - Department Details page (click the Department Detail link on the Service Provider Roster page).
The system displays detailed information about the service providers for the selected department.
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Click to view the requisition or work order. |
Dimensions
Select the Dimensions tab.
In the example above, the system displays the procurement details for the department. Breakout by Manager, PO, or Supplier is also available
You use the service provider performance pages to analyze service provider performance by department, manager, or supplier.
Note. You use the service provider performance pages similar to the way that you use the service provider roster pages.
This section discusses how to view service provider performance summary information.
See Also
Analyzing Service Provider Rosters
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
SPR_CONPER_DASH_PG |
Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Provider Performance |
View service provider performance summary graphs and data. Access detail pages. |
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SPR_CONSPERDR_PG |
Click the Department link on the Service Provider Performance (summary) page for department. |
View detailed service provider performance information for a selected department. |
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SPR_CONSPERMR_PG |
Click the Manager link on the Service Provider Performance (summary) page for manager. |
View detailed service provider performance information for a selected manager. |
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SPR_CONSPERVR_PG |
Click the Supplier link on the Service Provider Performance (summary) page for supplier. |
View detailed service provider performance information for a selected supplier. |
Access the Service Provider Performance (summary) page (Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Provider Performance).
Rating (Avg) |
Displays the average approver rating for the total number of service providers for the business unit for each department, manager, or supplier, depending on the dimension that you view. |
You use the service provider length-of-stay pages to analyze how long service providers have been on assignment by department, manager, purchase order, or supplier.
This section discusses how to:
View service provider length-of-stay summary information.
View service provider length-of-stay details.
Note. This section uses the service provider length-of-stay manager summary and details as an example. Similar functionality applies to the other dimensions (department, purchase order, and supplier) and respective detail pages.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
SPR_CONLOS_DASH_PG |
Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Provider Length of Stay |
View service provider length-of-stay summary graphs and data. Access detail pages. |
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SPR_CONSLOSDR_PG |
Click the Department link on the Service Provider Length of Stay (summary) page for department. |
View detailed service provider length-of-stay information for a selected department. |
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SPR_CONSLOSMR_PG |
Click the Manager link on the Service Provider Length of Stay (summary) page for manager. |
View detailed service provider length-of-stay information for a selected manager. |
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SPR_CONSLOSOR_PG |
Click the Purchase Order link on the Service Provider Length of Stay (summary) page for purchase order. |
View detail service provider length-of-stay information for a selected purchase order. |
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SPR_CONSLOSVR_PG |
Click the Supplier link on the Service Provider Length of Stay (summary) page for supplier. |
View detailed service provider length-of-stay information for a selected supplier. |
Access the Service Provider Length of Stay (summary) page (Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Provider Length of Stay).
Department, Manager, Purchase Order, and Supplier |
Click the link at the top of the page to have the system display the service provider length-of-stay graph and data by department, manager, purchase order, or supplier. |
Graphing Options |
Select the options in the collapsible Graphing Options group box to define the parameters that are used for the graph. You must select parameters of like measurements. For example, you cannot select one measurement based on time and another based on count. The system displays an error message if you select parameters of different measurement types. |
Refresh Graph |
Click to display the graph by using the selected graphing options and data points. Note. Each row of data with a selected check box that appears on the bottom of the page is used as a data point for the graph. By default, the system graphs the first five selected data rows that appear in the grid. You can select more than five rows, but the information appears smaller on the graph. |
Average Excess Duration (days) |
Displays the resulting calculation of the average projected end date less the start date for all service providers for the business unit by manager. A positive value indicates the number of days in excess of the length of stay (in months) that is entered on the Analysis Datamart page, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Note. The conversion from length of stay entered in months to excess duration appearing in days is based on using an average 30.4 days for a month. |
Average Length of Stay (days) |
Displays the resulting calculation of the average start date less end date for all service providers for the business unit by manager. |
Access the Service Provider Length of Stay - Manager Details page (click the Manager link on the Service Provider Length of Stay (summary) page for manager).
The system displays detailed information about service providers for the manager.
Start Date |
Displays the service provider's earliest start date, taking into account the leave period that is defined on the Analysis Datamart page. A service provider's start date may not be his or her earliest start date with the organization. If the service provider has left the organization and returned after a period of time that exceeds the leave period that you define on the Analysis Datamart page, then the service provider's start date is the date of his or her return to the organization. |
Projected End Date |
Displays the start date plus the length of stay that is defined on the Analysis Datamart page. |
End Date |
Displays the end date that is associated with the work order ID. |
Excess Duration (days) |
Displays the resulting calculation of projected end date less the start date for the service provider and work order. A positive value indicates the number of days in excess of the length of stay that is entered on the Analysis Datamart page, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Note. The conversion from length of stay entered in months to excess duration in days is based on an average 30.4 days for a month. |
Combined Length of Stay (days) |
Displays the resulting calculation of start date less end date for all service providers for the service provider and work order. |
You use the expense life cycle pages to analyze expenses at each stage of the expense cycle and by account, department, manager, supplier, or work order.
This section provides an overview of expense life cycle statuses and discusses how to:
View expense life cycle summary information.
View expense life cycle-by-status summary information.
View expense life cycle details by dimension and status.
Note. This section uses the expense life cycle work order summary and details as an example. Similar functionality applies to the other dimensions (account, department, manager, supplier, and work order) and respective detail pages.
The PeopleSoft system delivers expenses organized in these status categories:
Status |
Description |
Entered. |
Timesheets and progress logs that are entered but not approved. These include timesheets and progress logs that are pending or denied status. |
Submitted. |
Timesheets and progress logs that are submitted by a service provider, but are not approved. |
Approved. |
Timesheets and progress logs that are approved but not invoiced. |
Invoiced - Not Approved. |
Timesheets and progress logs that are invoiced but pending approval. These include invoices that are generated, submitted to manager for approval, submitted to supplier for approval, rejected, rejected by supplier, and in adjusted status. |
Invoiced - Supplier Approved. |
Timesheets and progress logs that are invoiced and approved by the supplier. |
Invoice Approved - Not Processed. |
Timesheets and progress logs that are invoiced and approved, but not processed for billing. |
Invoice Processed. |
Invoices that are approved and processed. |
The expense life cycle calculations include expenses from timesheets, progress logs, and invoices. For purposes of analysis, the PeopleSoft system delivers mapping for each expense life cycle status category as defined in these tables.
Timesheet mappings include:
Transaction Translate Value |
Transaction Translate Value Description |
Expense Life Cycle Status |
ADJ |
Adjusted |
Approved |
DEN |
Denied |
Entered |
HLD |
Hold |
Submitted |
PND |
Pending |
Entered |
RAP |
Approved |
Approved |
SUB |
Submitted |
Submitted |
Note. Timesheet entries are mapped for analysis purposes at the detailed level.
Progress log mappings include:
Transaction Translate Value |
Transaction Translate Value Description |
Expense Life Cycle Status |
APR |
Approved |
Approved |
DEN |
Denied |
Entered |
HLD |
Hold |
Submitted |
PND |
Pending |
Entered |
SUB |
Submitted |
Submitted |
Note. Progress log entries are mapped for analysis purposes at the detailed level.
Invoice mappings include:
Invoice Status |
Expense Life Cycle Status |
Generated. |
Invoiced - Not Approved. |
Approved. |
Invoice Approved - Not Processed. |
Processed. |
Invoice Processed. |
Submitted. |
Invoiced - Not Approved. |
Rejected. |
Invoiced - Not Approved. |
Submitted to Supplier. |
Invoiced - Not Approved. |
Approved by Supplier. |
Invoiced - Supplier Approved. |
Rejected by Supplier. |
Invoiced - Not Approved. |
Canceled. |
Not applicable. |
Adjusted. |
Invoiced - Not Approved. |
Note. Invoice entries are mapped for analysis purposes at the header level.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
SPR_EXPCYC_DASH_PG |
Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Expense Life Cycle |
View expense life cycle summary graphs and data. Access detail pages. |
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SPR_EXPCYCAM_PG |
Click the Account link on the Expense Life Cycle (summary) page for account. |
View expenses that are incurred by account and status. |
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SPR_EXPCYCAR_PG |
Click the Status link on the Expense Life Cycle - Account by Status page. |
View account details of expenses that are incurred by selected status. |
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SPR_EXPCYCDM_PG |
Click the Department link on the Expense Life Cycle (summary) page for department. |
View expenses that are incurred by department and status. |
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SPR_EXPCYCDR_PG |
Click the Status link on the Expense Life Cycle - Department by Status page. |
View department details of expenses that are incurred by selected status. |
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SPR_EXPCYCMM_PG |
Click the Manager link on the Expense Life Cycle (summary) page for manager. |
View expenses that are incurred by manager and status. |
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SPR_EXPCYCMR_PG |
Click the Status link on the Expense Life Cycle - Manager by Status page. |
View manager details of expenses that are incurred by selected status. |
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SPR_EXPCYCVM_PG |
Click the Supplier link on the Expense Life Cycle (summary) page for supplier. |
View expenses that are incurred by supplier and status. |
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SPR_EXPCYCVR_PG |
Click the Status link on the Expense Life Cycle - Supplier by Status page. |
View supplier details of expenses that are incurred by selected status. |
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SPR_EXPCYCWM_PG |
Click the Work Order link on the Expense Life Cycle (summary) page for work order. |
View expenses that are incurred by work order and status. |
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SPR_EXPCYCWR_PG |
Click the Status link on the Expense Life Cycle - Work Order by Status page. |
View work order details of expenses that are incurred by selected status. |
Access the Expense Life Cycle (summary) page (Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Expense Life Cycle).
Total Amount |
Displays total costs from time, expenses, and progress logs, including those in the various processing stages, by work order. |
Access the Expense Life Cycle - Work Order by Status page (click the Work Order link on the Expense Life Cycle (summary) page for work order). You can also access this page for account, department, manager, supplier, and work order.
Total Amount |
Displays the total costs from time, expenses, and progress logs for all work orders by status. |
Access the Expense Life Cycle (details) page for a dimension and status.
The system displays detailed information about the work order for the selected status.
You use the expense variance pages to analyze expense variance by department, manager, purchase order, or supplier.
This section discusses how to:
View expense variance summary information.
View expense variance details.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
SPR_EXPVAR_DASH_PG |
Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Expense Variance |
View expense variance summary graphs and data. Modify parameters that are used to create the graphs. Access detail pages. |
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SPR_EXPVARDR_PG |
Click the Department link on the Expense Variance (summary) page for department. |
View detailed expense variance information for a selected department. |
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SPR_EXPVARMR_PG |
Click the Manager link on the Expense Variance (summary) page for manager. |
View detailed expense variance information for a selected manager. |
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SPR_EXPVAROR_PG |
Click the Purchase Order link on the Expense Variance (summary) page for purchase order. |
View detailed expense variance information for a selected purchase order. |
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SPR_EXPVARSR_PG |
Click the Supplier link on the Expense Variance (summary) page for supplier. |
View detailed expense variance information for a selected supplier. |
Access the Expense Variance (summary) page (Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Expense Variance).
Graphing Options |
Select the options in the collapsible Graphing Options group box to define the parameters that are used for the graph. You must select parameters of like measurements. For example, you cannot select one measurement based on time and another based on count. The system displays an error message if you select parameters that are of different measurement types. |
Refresh Graph |
Click to display the graph by using the selected graphing options and data points. Note. Each row of data with a selected check box that appears on the bottom of the page is used as a data point for the graph. By default, the system graphs the first five selected data rows that appear in the grid. You can select more than five rows, but the information appears smaller on the graph. |
Variance Amount |
Displays the difference between the total purchase order amount and forecast total. |
Access the Expense Variance page (click the Department link on the Expense Variance (summary) page for department).
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Click the Show All Columns button to view data from both the Expense Info (expense information) tab. |
You use the supplier performance pages to analyze supplier performance by supplier or role.
This section discusses how to:
View supplier performance summary information.
View supplier performance details.
Note. This section uses the supplier performance supplier summary and details as an example. Similar functionality applies to the role summary and detail pages.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
SPR_SUP_S_PG |
Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Supplier Performance |
View supplier performance summary graphs and data. Modify parameters that are used to create the graphs. Access detail pages. |
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SPR_SUP_SR_PG |
Click the Supplier link on the Service Supplier Performance summary page. |
View requisition and candidate statistics by supplier. |
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SPR_SUP_RR_PG |
Click the Role link on the Service Supplier Performance summary page for role. |
View requisition and candidate statistics for this role. |
Access the Service Supplier Performance (summary) page (Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Supplier Performance).
Graphing Options |
Select the options in the collapsible Graphing Options group box to define the parameters that are used for the graph. You must select parameters of like measurements. For example, you cannot select one measurement based on amount, such as purchase order amount, and another based on count, such as work orders filled. The system displays an error message if you select parameters of different measurement types. |
Refresh Graph |
Click to display the graph by using the selected graphing options and data points. Note. Each row of data with a selected check box that appears on the bottom of the page is used as a data point for the graph. By default, the system graphs the first five selected data rows that appear in the grid. You can select more than five rows, but the information appears smaller on the graph. |
Work Orders
Select the Work Orders tab.
View work order summary information for each supplier for the business unit.
Supplier Response
Select the Supplier Response tab.
View supplier response time summary information by supplier for the business unit.
Access the Service Supplier Performance - Supplier Details page (click the Supplier link on the Service Supplier Performance summary page).
Sourcing Information
View requisition details by project role for a selected supplier.
Work Orders
Select the Work Orders tab.
View work order details by project role for a selected supplier.
Supplier Response
Select the Supplier Response tab.
View supplier response time details by project role for a selected supplier.
You use the supplier rate comparison pages to analyze average rates of suppliers by supplier or role.
Note. You use the supplier rate comparison pages similar to how you use the expense life cycle pages.
This section lists the pages used to compare supplier rates.
See Also
The Minority Owned Suppliers page shows a summary of the number of bids that minority-owned suppliers receive and the number of work orders that are awarded to each category for the business unit.
This section discusses how to view minority-owned supplier summary information.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
SPR_MOS_PG |
Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Minority-Owned Suppliers |
View the number of bids that are received and the number of work orders that are awarded for each minority-owned supplier. |
Access the Minority-Owned Suppliers page (Services Procurement, Interactive Reports, Minority-Owned Suppliers).