Causality Dashboard - Configuration Details

Fields Definition

The following abbreviations are used for the field definitions (field definitions taken from SIP_AdvancedConfiguration):

Field

Description

Field

Description

T1

First period data

T2

Second period data

Column Definition

The following columns are available on the dashboard:

Column

Description

Column

Description

Revenue/Margin in {T1}

Provides a revenue/margin summary from the first period.

User selected product aggregation | User selected customer aggregation

Total revenue/margin of a given product/customer group.

Other effects (number of entries)

Total revenue/margin contribution of all the other groups that are not displayed in the top X groups.

New/Lost Business

Total contribution of entries that are not in the common business for given periods.

Revenue/Margin in {T2}

Provides a revenue/margin summary from the second period.

Field Calculation

Field

Formula

Field

Formula

Revenue/Margin in {T1}/{T2}

SUM(invoicePrice)/SUM(grossMargin)

Product/Customer group entries

SELECT {productIdField}, {customerIdField}, SUM(T2.{measure} - T1.{measure}) AS 'Delta' FROM T2 INNER JOIN T1 ON {joinFields} {groupBy} ORDER BY SUM(T2.{measure} - T1.{measure}) {orderStyle}

New/Lost Business

T2 - T1 - {top elements measure summed up} - {common business}

Common business

All entries - Top entries summed up

Default Filters

There are some default filters applied on various fields to ensure proper calculations. These are:

  • Only entries with not null grossMargin are considered.

  • Only entries with not null invoicePrice are considered.

  • Only entries with SUM(invoicePrice) > 0 are considered.

  • Only entries with SUM(grossMargin) > 0 are considered.

Used Advanced Configuration Fields

Path

Administration > Configuration > System Configuration > Advanced Configuration Options

List of Advanced Configuration Fields

  • datamartName

  • pricingDate

  • productId

  • customerId (optional)

  • invoicePrice

  • grossMargin

  • productDimensions

  • customerDimensions (optional)

Example

Name

Value

Name

Value

SIP_AdvancedConfiguration

{ "datamartName":"Standard_Sales_Data", "productId":"ProductId", "productName":"ProductName", "customerId":"CustomerId", "customerName":"name", "invoicePrice":"InvoicePrice", "quantity":"Quantity", "grossMargin":"GrossMargin", "costs":"OtherCOGS", "pricingDate":"PricingDate", "pricingDateYear":"PricingDateYear", "productDimensions":[ ], "customerDimensions":[ ], "continent":"Region", "country":"Country", "region":"City", "localListPrice":"LocalListPrice", "globalListPrice":"GlobalListPrice", "netPrice":"NetPrice", "breakdownMode":"Standard", "firstDayOfWeek":"Sunday" }

See Also

Causality Dashboard (Business User Reference)