Trend Analytics
When data analysis is bound by two points in time, it is referred to as Trend Analytics. You can generate trend tables and charts that can be used to compare spend across points in time.
Show all suppliers whose spend increased by 50% or more between the first quarter of 2008
and 2009.
The trend analysis can involve a specific period or the entire period for which data is
available, known as discrete, and continuous trend analysis, respectively. The following table
covers examples about Trend Analytics.
| Example | Description |
|---|---|
| Example 1 | Show all commodities whose spend increased by 15% between Q1 of 2007 and Q1 of 2008. |
| Example 2 | Show all commodities whose spend increased by 100% of total node measure for dimtime 2007 - 2008. |
| Example 3 | Show all commodities whose spend is greater than $50 million for dimtime for all years. |