The Breakdown tool compares performance across the different areas of your business or consolidated group. This analysis provides insight into the performance of either:

The Breakdown tool can be accessed from the left sidebar of the Analysis tools by selecting the 'Breakdown' icon.

📝 Note: The Breakdown tool is unavailable by default in individual companies. The tool will become available once divisions are imported for the company. The tool is available, by default, in consolidated groups.

You'll see bolded smart text at the top of the Breakdown tool. You can select these pieces of text to customise the tool. The Breakdown tool can be customised according to the following options:

You can also drill down into the results for a metric by selecting the bar for that metric in the chart.

You can select or search for any metric using the menu at the top of the tool. These metrics can be any KPI (default or custom), Chart of Account line item, or any summary classification from the Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet.

This option is only available if multiple types of divisions are imported for a company. For example, QuickBooks allows divisions to be brought in as classes and locations.

The Breakdown tool lets you view the performance breakdown across classes or locations. You are not able to view the breakdown across both classes and locations at the same time.

📝 Note: Any amounts not classified to a division are shown as 'unclassified'.

With the 'Result' or 'A > Z' smart text option, you can sort results from best performer to worst performer or by alphabetical order.

Click the '+' icon to add comparatives (e.g. budget, prior period) for your chosen KPI or financial metric.

To view the specific comparative figures, you can hover over the breakdown bars, click on any of the metrics in the live view, or view these figures directly on the PDF export.

To remove the comparative data, click on the comparative and select 'remove comparative.' It will be removed from the live view and any PDF exports.

📝 Note: If you do not have any budget data present, then budgets will not appear as a comparative option for P&L, Balance Sheet or Chart of Accounts metrics. This will also occur for the 'prior period' comparatives if no prior periods are available.

In the top right corner of the Breakdown tool, you can change the period and date range displayed in the tool. The first bolded smart text option allows you to switch between viewing monthly, quarterly, or yearly results.

The second bolded smart text option lets you choose which month, quarter, or year's results you view.

If you imported data through the current month in 'Step 1 - Update Data', then you can also view results for month-to-date (MTD), quarter-to-date (QTD) or year-to-date (YTD) periods and select the ending month for these periods.

Clicking on any row in the breakdown analysis, you can view more details and a trend of recent results.

You can download the Breakdown tool to PDF from the left sidebar. The download option is located in the bottom left corner.

The Breakdown tool can also be added to custom Fathom reports and downloaded as a PDF.

💡Pro Tip: You can include a 'Basis of Preparation' or disclaimer statement as a page in PDF downloads. You can add or remove this statement in PDFs and customise the statement. Learn more in our 'Basis of Preparation statement' article.

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