Dashboards vs Reports: A Comparison
Dashboards vs Reports, what is the difference? While there are some people who love dashboards and others who will only look at reports, most people can benefit from using both. It is a matter of choosing the right tool for the job. And, most of all, considering your audience and the message you want to convey. Both, dashboards and reports, have their strengths and you should use them to your advantage.
ERP Reporting: Using Calxa Unplugged
ERP Reporting remains a challenge today. Whilst the ERP system can manage the granularity of a business, delivering business insights does not appear to be the focus for software vendors. Since introducing Calxa Unplugged, we have suggested a number of ways of using a manual organisation combined with data imported from a spreadsheet. One of the most popular uses has been to produce management data to help with ERP reporting. Here’s the how and why of that task.
Fathom Software vs Spotlight Reporting Comparison
Looking at the comparison table, at first glance Fathom Software looks similar to Spotlight Reporting. And, sometimes, you’d get the same impression from reading their promotional material. Delve deeper though, and the differences become apparent. Let’s start off with a comparison table.
New in Calxa: Dashboards Have Arrived!
Well, by now you will have seen what’s new in Calxa. The first step in our dashboard overhaul is now live and so is stage 2. There is more to come in the next month so let’s review the 4 stages of this release. Updated 22 March 2023 March Update We...
New in Calxa: Making Calxa Easier to Use
We’re starting this year with some improvements to make Calxa easier to use and then, the big one, will be customisable dashboards. Usability includes the Metrics configuration, simplified changes to billing and better labelling of Xero tracking categories. ...
New in Calxa: KPIs as Rows in your Reports
In early November we released our Third Generation Account Trees and we’ve had very positive response to the additional flexibility. But wait, there’s more! New in Calxa next week we’ll go one better and give you the ability to add KPIs to your Account Trees. This...
Inputs, Outputs, Outcomes and Impact: A NFP Perspective
Accountability is important in any organisation and especially so in a Not-for-Profit. Understanding the inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact of an activity, helps communicate this to the various stakeholders. Funders, whether they are governments or institutions...
Calxa: A Fathom Reports Alternative
Finding a solution amongst the many financial reporting apps can be a difficult task. Many accounting firms we talk to are already including Fathom reports into their client servings. In the interest of helping those looking for alternatives, we recently compared...