This article review the purchasing and receiving dashboard master. 

Upon opening the Purchasing & Receiving Dashboard Master, users may be prompted to select a date parameter. The default setting is set to the date that is 3 months back from the current date.  Once loaded, the dashboard master will feature the data within the date window. 

This dashboard cannot be edited. However, should any changes need to be made, users can duplicate this dashboard master and edit the copy.

The Purchasing & Receiving Dashboard Master uses the purchasing & receiving dataset to create the following visualizations:

• Pricing Analysis
• Ordered & Received by Vendor Graph
• Ordered & Received by Vendor Grid

Pricing Analysis

	Field	Description
	Attribute Selector	This selector allows users to select the attribute that is featured in the Pricing Analysis grid. When set to Item Name, each individual item will be listed. When set to an Item Category 1, 2, or 3, each category will be listed.
	Attribute	Attribute elements from the selected attribute will be listed here. For Item Name, this will be the list of individual items. For Item Category 1, 2, & 3, this will be the list of item categories.
	Ordered Amount	Dollar amount of the item or items within the item category ordered. This is based on the ordered quantity.
	Ordered QY	Number of the item or items within the item category ordered.
	Received Amount	Dollar amount of the item or items within the item category received. This is based on the received quantity.
	Received QTY	Number of the item or items within the item category received.

This visualization and selector were created using the following attributes and metrics:

• Attribute
  • Item Name
  • Item Category 1
  • Item Category 2
  • Item Category 3
• Metrics
  • Ordered Amount
  • Ordered QTY
  • Received Amount
  • Received QTY

Ordered & Received by Vendor Graph

	Field	Description
	Ordered/Received Amount	The vertical axis shows the total dollar amount ordered and received from each vendor.
	Vendor Name	The horizontal axis shows the vendor names.
	Bar 1 - Ordered Amount	Bar 1 represents the total dollar amount ordered from the specified vendor. Hovering over the bar will show the vendor name and the exact ordered amount.
	Bar 2 - Received Amount	Bar 2 represents the total dollar amount received from the specified vendor. Hovering over the bar will show the vendor name and the exact received amount.

This visualization was created using the following attributes and metrics:

• Attributes
  • Vendor Name 
• Metrics
  • Ordered Amount
  • Received Amount

Ordered & Received by Vendor Grid

	Field	Description
	Vendor Name	The list of vendor names.
	Ordered Amount	The total dollar amount of items ordered from the vendor.
	Received Amount	The dollar amount of items received from the vendor.
	Spend Variance Trend	The Spend Variance Trend within the visualization was done by creating a Sparkline Microchart using the Date attribute and Ordered Amount metric.

This visualization was created using the following attributes and metrics:

• Attributes
  • Vendor Name
• Metrics
  • Ordered Amount
  • Received Amount