Advanced Benefit reports
An advanced reporting option is available for each benefit report. Advanced reports provide additional custom formatting options, such as the ability to apply filters. For example, the advanced Car Parking Benefit report lets you filter by calculation method.
To run an advanced benefit report:
- SelectReports, thenAdvanced Benefit Reportsfrom the navigation bar.
- Select a report.
- Select theRun Selected Reportbutton on the toolbar.tipYou can select thePreview Selected Reportbutton to preview the report before you run it.
- Use the dropdown to select the reporting entity or reporting group.
- On the pop-up window, select an export type. The report can be saved as a PDF or Excel file.
Adding an Advanced benefit report
When adding a custom report, you can create a completely new report or use an existing report and make changes as necessary.
- SelectReports, thenAdvanced Benefit Reportsfrom the navigation bar.
- To add a new report, select theAddbutton on the toolbar. The Customised Report Wizard opens to guide you through the steps to create the report.
- Select theNextbutton.
- On tab2 | Report Type, select the report type, then selectNext.
- On tab3 | Report Template, selectCreate a new reportorUse an Existing Report as a Templateto select a report on which to base your custom report.
- By default, the report will use the current default organisation and data from the current FBT reporting period. If prior year data is available, you can use the options on tab4 | Organisation and Periodto select other organisations or FBT periods to include in the report. Use theOrganisationdropdown to select the data from these previous years to compare with the current FBT year. Skip this step if you are only interested data in the active FBT year.
- SelectNext.
- On tab5 | Display Columns, select the fields for your report. You must add at least 1 column to each area.
- Column Area- the items to be summarised in the report
- Row Area- contains categories of values to be summarised
- Data Area- contains the values to be summarised (must be numeric data)noteSome fields are text and cannot be added to theData Areabox.
- SelectNext.
- On tab6 | Save Report, enter a name in theNew Report Namefield.
- SelectNext.
- On tab7 | Complete, select theSavebutton.