Tech – Time Reporting Overview

What is a Consulting Time Dashboard for Technology Companies? Time analysis dashboards are considered operational reports and are used by Executives and Consulting Leaders to track estimated and reported hours across clients and projects. Some of the main functionality in this type of dashboard is that it provides monitoring of hours across five different perspectives: 1) Table by region/project/consultant and with metrics for Estimated hours, reported hours and variance, 2) Monthly trend with estimated and reported hours, 3) Reported hours by region (geographical map), 4) Ranked hours by customer, and 5) Ranked hours by project. You find an example of this type of dashboard below.

Purpose of Consulting Time Dashboards Tech companies use Consulting Time Dashboards to give managers an easy was to slice and dice their use of hours by customer, region and project. When used as part of good business practices in Professional Services and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) departments, an organization can improve its utilization strategies and related revenue, and it can reduce the chances that available capacity is wasted due to poor insight to trends and actual performance.

Who Uses This Type of Dashboard? The typical users of this type of dashboard are: Executives, Consulting Managers, Consulting Team Leaders. Other Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Consulting Time Dashboards Progressive Consulting and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) departments sometimes use several different Consulting Dashboards, along with detailed utilization reports, billing reports, financial reports, financial KPI dashboards, project forecasts, budget models 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 technology finance teams and aligned with Solver's xFP&A platform, this Solver report 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 Tech – Time Reporting Overview in Solver? The Tech – Time Reporting Overview is a pre-built xFP&A report template in Solver designed for technology organizations. It delivers key financial and operational metrics in a single, easy-to-use interface — purpose-built for technology finance workflows.

Who uses this Solver report template? This template is primarily used by CFOs, FP&A managers, and technology finance teams in technology organizations who need accurate, timely data to support planning, reporting, and decision-making. It is particularly valuable for technology finance teams managing budgets, forecasts, and performance reviews.

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. Salesforce and subscription billing systems such as Binary Stream can also be connected for unified SaaS and technology metrics. Once connected, the template updates in near real-time with no manual data entry required.

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