- 'Build Your Own'
- 'Operational KPIs (Profit & Loss)'
- 'Cash/assets/liabilities (Balance Sheet)'
Here’s a quick run through of some of the main Card types and how they can help.
'Build Your Own'
You’ll find the following:
'Report'
The Report Card can have one or many of the following appear on it:
- Financial data: Actual, forecast or rolling actual & forecast presentation of your data (you need a Forecast created for the last two – you can read about how to build a Forecast here)
- Aggregation: As we store all data in its most granular form, you can view it transactionally or cumulatively (P&L data would be transactional and Balance Sheet data would be cumulative by default)
- Non-financial data: You can import as much non-financial data as you need (more details on uploading non-financial data can be found here)
- Formulas: Any formula you build can be saved to your formula library and can involve financial and non-financial data. They can also reference data in the past and can be used for actual and forecasted data (further details on building formulas can be found here)
'Snapshot'
A snapshot of where you are today for the period you select for various account categories and high-level formulas. A Snapshot will show you 5 crucial metrics that can keep you on track. More detail on Snapshot Cards can be found here.
'Proportion'
Do you want to know which of all of your expenditure you are spending the most on? For this or any other comparison of different proportions within your accounts, the Proportion Card is your friend.
Tracking'
If you have departments, regions or sales people and you tag your transactions by using Tracking, this is where you can get granular with the best in this type of reporting!
Benchmarking'
This Card will only work for Consolidated Organisations (further information on how to create a Consolidated Organisation can be found here). This report will let you compare them side-by-side to assess top/worst performers.
'Comparison'
This Card will help you to monitor your progress today against what you thought you would do in your Forecast. This is how you make decisions fast and see if you are near to target and have to adjust business decisions for the remainder of the month.
'Forecast Cashflow'
Payment terms added to Forecast Items will combine to give you your future cashflow.
'Text'
It is just that! An editable text field which will become invaluable for communication and collaboration when you start sharing Live Boards with your team/stakeholders/clients/advisor. Make an update and share up-to-date information with your collaborators with one click.
'Video'
Again, because of Live Boards, lots of our users put their own company content into them with our Video Cards. It’s a great way to communicate with your team in an engaging, relevant way and tie together your insights in an easily digestible presentation for your clients or shareholders.
'Operational KPIs (Profit & Loss)' and 'Cash/assets/liabilities (Balance Sheet)'
The 'Build Your Own' section relies on you the creator adjusting the settings. We then have a range of pre-build templates for both P&L and Balance Sheet Accounts that require minimal editing.
'Operational KPIs (Profit & Loss)'
- 'Profit & Loss' (Report)
- 'Gross Profit %' (Report)
- 'Wages to Sales' (Report)
- 'Costs v Sales' (Report)
- 'Sales by Account' (Report)
- 'EBIT' (Report)
- 'EBITDA' (Report)
- 'Profit & Loss - This Year vs Last Year' (Comparison)
- 'Operating Profit' (Comparison)
- 'Gross Profit Snapshot' (Snapshot)
- 'Net Income Snapshot' (Snapshot)
Cash/Assets/Liabilities (Balance Sheet)
- 'Balance Sheet' (Report)
- 'Bank activity' (Report)
- 'Short Term Cashflow' (Report)
- 'Monthly Debtor Days' (Report)
- 'Asset to Debt Ratio' (Report)
- 'Liquidity Monitor' (Report)
- 'Balance Sheet - This year vs Last Year' (Comparison)
- 'Cash In/Out' (Comparison)
- 'Cash on Hand' (Comparison)
All of these templates you can make your own, by changing the time periods, data set, the Forecast you choose (where relevant), additional formulas or accounts/categories, display options, column formulas etc. Just get in there and have a play, but of course should you need any help our Support Team are on hand to assist with any issues or queries you might encounter!