IT Finance - Outliers report (v103)

Introduction

Use this report to review budget variance by cost pool and cost center owner. This report was updated in R11.8.1.

Navigation

IT Finance > Outliers

Roles

This report is designed for IT Finance personnel.

Objectives

Use the charts in the report to:

• Budget variance by cost pool
• Budget variance by cost center owner

Use the tables in the report to:

• Identify the top over and under budgets by account
• Identify the top over and under budgets by cost center

Questions answered

Use the information presented on this report to answer the following questions:

• Which cost pools have the largest variance?
• What are the top over-budget cost center owners?
• Where do I prioritize investigation to understand and help explain any unexpected variance?

Use the tables in the report to answer the following questions:

• Which specific accounts do I need to investigate to explain deviations?
• Which specific cost centers do I need to investigate to explain deviations?
• Are the budget variances significant enough to warrant further investigation?

Next actions

• If variance is immaterial, no concern or action is needed.
• Click on a specific account to see transaction level details.
• Click on a specific cost center to see transaction level details.