Vantage Launches Comparative Cost Reporting

Today Vantage announces the launch of comparative reporting on Cost Reports. Customers can now choose to display costs by day, week, or month in the costs table by toggling the “By Date” option.

Previously, Cost Reports gave users flexible filters and multi-dimensional groupings to change how costs were displayed graphically. In the default option of “Cumulative”, costs were shown for the current and previous period. Users could also select “Daily”, “Weekly”, and “Monthly” date bins to graph costs by day, week, and month. However, it was not possible to see the exact total for each date bin without hovering over each bar on the chart.

Toggle the "By Date" switch to see costs by day, week, and month in the costs table.

Now, Cost Reports have a “By Date” toggle above the costs table on the right. This changes the table view to match the time series data displayed on the graph as opposed to the accrued and previous view. This allows users to see a tabular view of specific costs per day, week, and month. The dates displayed will match the date filter and the date bin setting, for example “Monthly”.

This feature is now available for all users, including users in the free tier. To see a comparative view of costs, head to any Cost Report and toggle costs “By Date”.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is being launched today?

Today, Vantage is launching comparative reporting on Cost Reports, enabling you to view costs by day, week, and month in the costs table for each report.

2. Who is the customer?

This customer is any Vantage user who wishes to view costs on a day-to-day, week-to-week, or month-to-month basis across multiple time periods in a tabular fashion.

3. How much does this cost?

There is no additional cost for comparative cost reporting.

4. Does this work with the Vantage API?

Yes, the Vantage API already returns costs in this fashion.

5. How does this affect Cost Report Exports?

It does not. Cost Report exports already have data formatted in this way.

6. If I save the report will the “By Date” view be persisted?

Yes, all saved reports will persist your selection for displaying the cost table. If you have applied new filters you must save the report first and then switch from “Cumulative” to “By Date”.

7. How can I change between day, week, and month?

In the top right of a Cost Report, select the date bin you would like (the default is “Cumulative”) with “By Date” toggled and the cost table will change accordingly.