
Focus on critical decisions by using the Dollar Grid cost analysis reports. Fully automated transformation of large volumes of financial data, so teams spend less time on data integration and report organization.
Variance Report
The VR matrix is the main section of the report where users can view the actuals and outlook for month, YTD, and year-end, for all the projects.

Step 1:
The Dollar Grid template app can load user data from Dataflows in Power BI service.

Step 2:
Provide the workspace id and dataflow id. There are 3 tables that are required in the Dataflow. The schema for these three tables should be defined as explained in the following steps. For users without subscription, data should not include dates beyond 2025. Only subscribed users can load data beyond 2025. For support, please contact us at sales@bideploy.com.

Step 3:
Financial Outlook
a. Order Number (Type: Text, Nullable: False)
b. Year (Type: Text, Nullable: False)
c. Cost Type (Type: Text, Nullable: False)
d. Jan-Dec 12 Columns (Type: Decimal Number, Nullable: True)

Step 4:
Financial Actuals
a. Order Number (Type: Text, Nullable: False)
b. Cost Type (Type: Text, Nullable: False)
c. Actuals (Type: Decimal Number, Nullable: False)
d. Fiscal Period (Type: Date (MM/DD/YYYY), Nullable: False)
e. Vendor Description (Type: Text, Nullable: True)
f. Cost Center (Type: Text, Nullable: True)

Step 5:
IO List
a. Cost Category (Type: Text, Nullable: True)
b. Order Number (Type: Text, Nullable: False)
c. Order Description (Type: Text, Nullable: False)
d. Project ID (Type: Text, Nullable: False)
e. Project Description (Type: Text, Nullable: False)
f. Department (Type: Text, Nullable: False)
g. Region (Type: Text, Nullable: True)

Step 6:
Dataflow Authentication
For dataflow connectivity, please set authentication method to OAuth2 and Privacy Level to Organizational.
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