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Managing Reporting with Business Owner Access
Agenda • Managingrepor+ng• Keyreportsformanagingthebusiness• Excep+onrepor+ng• Dashboards• Simplifyingthemenu• Newreportstoreview• Newfeatures
Managing Reporting • Withhundredsofreportsavailable,whomanagesthis?– Knowthereportsavailable– Iden+fyreportsbeingused• Groupthekeymetricsintotheirownmenu
– Reviewreportsthatshouldbeused– Removereportsthatarenotapplicable– Reviewallnewreportsandno+fyappropriateusers
– Whohasaccesstothesereports?
Navigating Reports • ReviewNewandUpdatedReportsRegularly– ReviewthemonthlyBOABulle+n– FilterintheReportBrowser– Assignnon-applicablereportstoaspecificusergroup
Filtering for New Reports • FilterforStatusisNotInstalledandUpdated/Availableisbetweenlastreviewdateandtoday
Filtering for Updates • FilterforStatusisUpdateAvailableandUpdated/Availableisbetweenthelastreviewdateandtoday
Review the Changelog
Create a Not Applicable Group • MarkingreportsasNotApplicable/NotUsedwillnarrowyourlistofreportstoreview
EBIE Admin Reports • Quicklyreviewreportsandusers
Report Scheduler • SetItandForgetIt!
– Excep+onreports– Automa+cinforma+on
• Who,what,where,when,why
– sFTPfiles– XMLfiles– Security
• Knowwhatinfoisgivenandwhoitisbeinggivento
Report Scheduler Tips • UseLabeltodescribethereportreason
Report Scheduler Tips • Usetheemailsubjectandbodytodescribewhattheusershoulddo
Run Now! • UseSchedulerforlongrunningreports
Exception Reporting
Exception Reporting • TellmewhatIneedtoknow–whenIneedtoknowit!– Bealertedimmediatelyto:• Protectrevenue• Managecosts• Iden+fyrepairissues• Collectonreceivables• Validatedata
RefertoAppendixforadetailedlist
Protect Revenue • Unitswithoutrevenue• UnitswithrevenuebelowX• Unitsoffcontract/under-u+lized• Leaseexpiry• Rateoverrides
Manage Costs • Non-billableworkordersforcustomer-ownedunits
• Breakdowns• WorkordersXdaysa[eraPM• UnitsoverXdaysoutofservice• Unitswithexcessivesubdays• Mul+pleworkorderswithinXdays
Manage Receivables • Customersreachingcreditlimits• Creditoverrides• Customersreaching60dayspastdue• PFemailfailures
Validate Data • Interfacetransac+onerrors• Transac+onsinsuspense• Unitswithunusualmileagereadings• Meterchanges• Nega+veinventorybalances• UnitswithoutaPMassignment
Key Metric Reports • Iden+fythekeymetricreportstobeused– FullsuiteofGLFinancials– Unit/CustomerP&LReports– PMCurrency– Over/UnderMiles– RentalU+liza+on– AvailableEquipment– LeaseExpiryReport– AverageFleetAge– IdleEquipment– SubVehicleReport– SubletSpend/Breakdowns
Dashboards • CreateDashboardstohelpyouseemul+plekeymetricsataglance– CreateDashboardspersubjectarea• AccountsReceivable/CustomerManagement• AssetManagement• Warranty• Shop• Maintenance• Rental
– KeepDashboardstolessthan5reportseach
Dashboard Reporting
Dashboards with Grid Reports
Custom Menus • Addcustommenustogroupkeyreports– Createcopiesintonewfolders– Aaachdefaultfilters– Renamethereport
Customize Reports • Bookmarkyourfavoritereports• CreateSavedFilters• CreateSavedLayouts
New Reports Available • Newreportsareinspiredbycustomerrequests– Unit7YearTrendCostAnalysisandCPM– OpenOnAccountCash– InsurancePolicies(enhanced)– CurrentEquipmentStatus– WOCostSummaryTrend–LineGraph– OpenWorkOrderbyFacility(BarGraph)– RentalU+liza+onForecast– BillingForecastDetailAccrual– InventoryLis+ngwithItemMasterTotals– InvoiceCommissionsAnalysis
New Features for BOA 2.7 • ExporttheReportBrowserlis+ng• Timezonesupport– Nomoreconver+ngtoCentralTime!
• Mul+pledatabases– RunreportsoverDemoandProduc+on– Runreportsfrommul+pleEnrichenvironments
• Enhancedsecurityandarchitecture– UserIDnolongerownspubliclayoutsandsearches
Simplifying Reporting • DesignateaBOAmanager• Keepcurrentwithnewandupdatedreports• GroupreportsintoDashboards,Menus,andFavorites
• Removeunusedreports• Addexcep+onreports
Helpful Documentation
https://secure.richer.ca/index.php/support/boa-resources.html
Available BOA Reports BOA How To for Administrators
Refer to the FAQs link inside of BOA
Intro to BOA video How To links What’s New
Contact enrich help desk to arrange consulting services and training
Questions & Comments