Reports | The differences between the reporting options available on PaySpace

Reports | The differences between the reporting options available on PaySpace

This article summarises the differences between the reporting options available on PaySpace and when you would use each respective option.

Reporting Toolset Usage
Strength
Weakness
System Reports

Pre-defined reports in terms of layout with various parameters that provide applicable filter options. 

  1. Out-of-the-box reporting considering everyday use cases.

  2. Categorised by functional area.

  3. No technical skills are required to use.

  1. Limited filter, grouping, and sorting options

  2. Cannot be customised.

  3. Limited company group reporting.

Cloud Analytics

Business intelligence toolset suited to charts and graphs.

  1. Out-of-the-box HR & payroll dashboards.

  2. Powerful ability to design custom charts & graphs.

  3. Easy to use & quick results.

  4. Company group reporting capabilities across functional areas.

  1. Data is refreshed nightly – not in real-time.

  2. Technical skills required for building custom charts.

  3. Limited online help resources.

Power BI

Business intelligence toolset suited to charts and graphs that utilises our API layer.

  1. Real-time access to data and payroll results.

  2. Out-of-the-box HR & payroll dashboards.

  3. Powerful ability to design custom charts & graphs.

  4. Easy to use with limited technical skills.

  5. Company group reporting capabilities across functional areas.

  6. Popular toolset with numerous online help resources.

  7. Ability to schedule reports.

  1. Only able to export data from a table object into CSV format.

  2. Load time can be lengthy on big data sets

  3. Requires setup exercise.

  4. Mid-range technical skills required for building custom charts.

Custom Report Writer

Flexibility to create custom paginated reports as well as charts and graphs.

  1. Real-time access to data and payroll results.

  2. Company group reporting capabilities across functional areas.

  3. Vast flexibility in terms of sorting, grouping, headers & footers.

  4. Options to make reports available for a company or a group of companies.

  1. Not all functional areas are available but will be added incrementally.

  2. Mid-High range technical skills with an understanding of typical reporting concepts.


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