Use it when named people hand in figures every period and someone approves them.
An indicator app holds the figures you report period by period — collected from the people responsible, checked as they arrive, then approved and locked.
Four parts
Collect from each unit, check as answers arrive, then approve and lock. Locking publishes one version of the period.
Collection rounds
DocsName who answers for which reporting unit. Each person gets one questionnaire with only their figures, and writes only their own.
Checks
DocsA consistency check compares figures across indicators, slice by slice and period by period. A failing blocking check marks the cell, says why, and holds the period's sign-off; a warning only flags it.
Formula indicators
DocsEvery part of a calculation is picked from a list, including totals up a hierarchy and the same period last year.
Review and lock
DocsEach answer is approved, or sent back with a reason that stays with the figure. Approve & lock publishes one version of the period. Reopening is recorded, and the version stays.
What goes in
Number, text, yes/no, select or file, plus figures calculated from the others.
A unit beside every value, and guidance at the point of entry, so everyone fills in the same thing.
Sites, regions or products in hierarchies up to five levels, and a time grain from daily to yearly.
A figure can be required of one site and not asked of another.
Last period's value can be carried forward, marked as such until someone edits it.
Each indicator can record the standard and disclosure it answers, in your own words.
Describe what you track. Vera sets up the dimensions, indicators and formulas, and asks when something is unclear.
Collect, check, review, then Approve & lock: one version is published, and reopening is recorded.
Works with
Bring data you already have, reshape it, and present it.
Reads this app's published figures through a bridge.Explore the Analytic appSurvey appOne link, no account and no sign-in, and every answer lands as a row.
Its answers can feed an analytic app, next to these figures.Explore the Survey appDescribe what you track; Vera sets up the indicators and asks what it cannot know.