Anterra BI™ Financial Widget Builder Training

Start at the Widget Builder icon

​AnterraBI™ allows you to build virtually any graph, bar chart, or pie chart you want. You can create calculations based on your chart of accounts. To build a financial widget click on the Widget builder icon on the top right of the Anterra Dashboard screen. 

      

The first screen of Widget Builder appears:

Widget types

Select the Widget format and size you want to build. A 1x1 is a single square 1x2 is double the width and is usually used when you want to look at longer time horizons.

The formats also have a type:

1. Value over Time:  enables you to look at up to four attributes (GL accounts or calculations) over a common time horizon for the entity that is select on the dashboard.
   
2. Scenario Comparisons (budget vs actual)
   
3. Pie Charts – large and small

In the example below, a Widget with the 'Value over Time' format and the style of line chart has been selected.

You are now taken to the calculation selection/builder screen. 

Building calculations 

Select existing calculations or build new calculations that you want to appear on the widget. To select an existing calculation, simply click the check box on the left side of the calculation you want (highlighted in yellow). To view the calculation that you selected, select the calculator button on the right-hand side of the screen (circled in red). In this example, the Contract Revenue Calculation is shown. 

To build a new calculation, click the add calculation button at the top left of the screen.

Once it's clicked, the calculation builder window will open up.

Build your calculation from your chart of accounts – you can pick any level to include in the calculation. Click on the items you want, you can add numbers or add parenthesis in the top right corner. When you are finished building your calculation click SAVE & CLOSE on the bottom right.

You are sent back to the calculation selection window, your new calculation is highlighted green to indicate that it was added to the widget. In this example, we are showing Contract Revenue, Direct Cost, and Gross Profit over the last 12months. Below are the steps to complete this widget and make it available on a dashboard. 

 

Once the items have been selected that you want to appear on the Widget, click the NEXT button at the top right-hand corner of the screen.

Adding a title

You can now add a title inside the graph, although it’s not required.

Click NEXT, and pick the number of months to show on the graph. Here the last 12 months are selected, click NEXT again.

Now, add a title for the widget and a description that appears when you hover over the widget in the widget selection pane. You also select the security role for the widget. Users that belong to groups with access to the security role you pick will see the widget for the companies they are data trimmed to.

Completing the widget

You have now completed the widget. The last screen of Widget Builder shows you a preview of the widget on the right and a list of the user groups that will see it. Click Finish, and the widget is available to add to dashboards.

Please email support@anterratech.com if you have any questions.

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