The Spending Report

The Spending Report

Emburse Professional AP has a large set of reports which enable administrators and managers to analyze spend data. The Spending Report is a permission based report which allows you to view spend totals by product category, and vendor. By having this level of spend visibility, users may perform leverage buying with their vendors while analyzing expense trends.

This article will show you, an Accounts Payable Administrator, how to access and run the Spending Report.

  1. On your Emburse Professional homepage, click the down arrow next to Emburse Professional then click AP.

    Certify product menu dropdown with AP option highlighted under Certify apps.

  2. This is your Emburse Professional AP dashboard. Click the Reporting tab.

    Certify AP home dashboard with Reporting tab circled in the top navigation.

  3. In the Spending Reports box, click Spending.

    Reporting showing Spending Reports and Spending.

  4. First choose the Report Type by picking Vendor or Product Category.

    Reporting showing Report Type, Vendor, Product Category.

  5. Choose a Date Range for the report by choosing a date from the drop-down menus.

    Report criteria showing Date Range.

  6. Choose your Department from the drop-down menu.

    Report criteria showing Department, Consolidate Child Departments, Consolidate Categories.

    By checking Consolidate Child Departments, you will be aggregating spend for the chosen department, as well as any child departments within it. By checking Consolidate Categories, you will be aggregating spend on the product category level.

  7. When finished entering the report criteria, click Run Report.

    Report criteria showing Run Report.

  8. The report will show below. To view the spend totals month by month, click Expand Totals by Month.

    Report criteria showing Expand Totals by Month.

  9. Click Export to Microsoft Excel to save the report to your computer.

    Report criteria showing Export to Microsoft Excel.

  10. To move from vendor level to product category level, click on a Vendor name.

    Report criteria showing Vendor.

  11. To move from the product category to the product detail level, click the product category.

    Report criteria showing product category.

  12. The product details will show below.

    The product details will show below.

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