About the Profitability and Cost Management Analytics Features

Profitability and Cost Management offers a variety of features for viewing sets of data, defined using analysis views and queries in charts and reports.

Service Administrators and Power Users can set up these tools for viewing by Users and Viewers.

View this video for an overview of the Profitability and Cost Management analytics features:

Overview Video: Analytics Features in Profitability and Cost Management Cloud

To display the analytics features, listed in Table 6-1, click Intelligence, , on the Profitability and Cost Management Home page.

Table 6-1 Profitability and Cost Management Analytics Features

Name	Description	Link
Dashboards	Create or view charts of values and trends for selected dimensions	Working with Dashboards
Intelligence	Create or generate analysis views, scatter analysis graphs, profit curve charts, allocation trace charts, queries, and key performance indicators (KPIs):	Table 6-2
Reports	Define or generate tables of query results	Working With Profitability and Cost Management Financial Reports
Academy	Overview and tutorial content about Profitability and Cost Management

Note:

Academy content is available in a number of places and doesn't relate only to analytics.

The Intelligence icon, , accesses the following features (Table 6-2).

Table 6-2 Profitability and Cost Management Intelligence Analytics Features

Tab	Description	Link
, Analysis Views	Analysis views provide a way to locate and save sets of data drawn from the database cube for the application.	Working with Analysis Views
, Scatter Analysis Graph	Scatter analysis graphs plot one value against another for the same member.	Working with Scatter Analysis Graphs
, Profit Curves	Profit curves are useful for profitability analysis. A population dimension, such as Customers or Products, displays along the x-axis in descending order by profit yields.	Working with Profit Curves
, Trace Allocations	You begin an allocation trace by selecting a POV and model view to define a focal node to display allocations that contribute to the selected dimension of the focal node.	About Tracing Allocations
, Queries	Service Administrators and others with sufficient security provisioning can define queries to gather data for management reporting, segmented profitability analysis, rule analysis, input data verification. You can run queries from the Intelligence screen.	Running Queries from the Intelligence Panel
, Key Performance Indicators	Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are display tiles that show one value for one dimension. For example, you might show net income for a customer for the previous quarter.	Working with Key Performance Indicators