Media – Sales Dashboard

What is a Revenue Comparison Dashboard? Revenue Comparison Dashboards are considered benchmarking tools and are used by executives to compare revenues and sales across their media companies. Some of the main functionality in this type of report is that it provides sales comparisons from two different perspectives: 1) Actual and budget benchmark across the company's subsidiaries, 2) Revenue trend for each subsidiary with actual and budget comparison. You find an example of dashboard report below.

Purpose of Revenue Comparison Dashboards Media companies use Revenue Comparison Dashboards to benchmark sales performance and analyze monthly trends with budget variances. When used as part of good business practices in Executive and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) departments, a company can improve its revenue growth strategies, and it can reduce the chances that managers don't see important under- or over-performers with resulting delays in decision-making.

Who Uses This Type of Dashboard report? The typical users of this type of dashboard report are: Executives, VP of Sales, Sales Managers, Budget Managers. Other Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Revenue Comparison Dashboards Progressive Executive and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) departments sometimes use several different Revenue Comparison Tools, along with sales dashboards, sales forecasts, consolidating profit & loss reports, annual budgets, financial dashboards, KPI dashboards and other management and control tools.

Where Does the Data for Analysis Originate From? The Actual (historical transactions) data typically comes from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, Sage X3, SAP Business One, SAP ByDesign, Acumatica, Netsuite and others. In analyses where budgets or forecasts are used, the planning data most often originates from in-house Excel spreadsheet models or from professional xFP&A solutions.

Built for media finance teams and aligned with Solver's xFP&A platform, this Solver dashboard template connects directly to your ERP data via the Solver Data Warehouse, enabling near real-time analysis with minimal setup. Designed for QuickStart deployment, it can be activated rapidly so your team can focus on analysis and decisions — not data preparation.

What is the Media – Sales Dashboard in Solver? The Media – Sales Dashboard is a pre-built xFP&A dashboard template in Solver designed for media organizations. It delivers key financial and operational metrics in a single, easy-to-use interface — purpose-built for media finance workflows.

Who uses this Solver dashboard template? Cfos, fp&a managers, and media finance teams in media organizations rely on this Solver dashboard template to replace manual spreadsheet-based processes with automated, near real-time analysis. It is especially useful during month-end close, budget cycles, and board reporting.

Where does the data come from? Data is sourced automatically from your ERP system through the Solver Data Warehouse, which integrates with platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 Finance, Acumatica, Sage Intacct, and other leading ERP solutions. CRM and subscription billing platforms can also be connected for a unified view of subscription and advertising revenue. Once connected, the template updates in near real-time with no manual data entry required.

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