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Diagnostics

Review receivable risk, expense health, and reconciliation checks, with the reason behind each finding.

Q1. What are Diagnostic Reports?

  • Diagnostics is an analysis report that reviews your records for patterns that need attention, such as customer concentration, overdue receivables, and unreconciled items.

  • Each finding shows:

    • What was detected: the metric type and the analysis it belongs to.

    • How serious it is: the severity assigned to the finding.

    • How far it moved: the deviation compared against the threshold that triggered it.

    • Why it was flagged: the trigger reason, including the values behind the finding.

  • Example: a contact is flagged under Concentration when it accounts for 83.97% of revenue against a threshold of 10.00.

Q2. Where do I find Diagnostics?

  • Go to Reports → Analysis Reports → Diagnostics.

Q3. What does each diagnostic report cover?

  • Diagnostics runs three reports, each in its own tab:

    • Receivable Risk: reviews who owes you money, including customer concentration and receivables aging.

    • Expense Health: reviews your spending for patterns that fall outside your normal range.

    • Reconciliation Checks: reviews your bank reconciliation for items that need attention.

  • Each tab runs its own report with its own filters, groupings, and columns. Only one tab is displayed at a time.

Q4. How do I generate a diagnostic report?

  • Select a tab: choose Receivable Risk, Expense Health, or Reconciliation Checks.

  • Set the date range: choose a preset range or enter your own start and end dates.

  • Choose a grouping: use Group By to control how findings are grouped in the report.

  • Apply filters: use Filter to narrow the findings included. This step is optional.

  • Click Refresh: the report is generated for the selected period and filters.

  • The report header shows the organization name and the period covered.

Q5. What date ranges can I use?

  • Select a preset range from the Date Range list:

    • This Month

    • This Financial Quarter

    • This Financial Year

    • Last Month

    • Last Financial Quarter

    • Last Financial Year

  • You can also set your own period by entering a start date and end date in the two date fields.

  • Note: Click Refresh after changing the date range to regenerate the report.

Q6. How do I group the results?

  • Click Group By and select how you want the findings grouped:

    • Analysis: groups findings under the analysis that triggered them, such as Concentration and Receivables Aging.

    • Contact: groups findings under the customer or supplier they relate to.

    • Bank Account: groups findings under the bank account they relate to.

    • Severity: groups findings by how significant they are.

  • Each group is shown as a header row, with its findings listed underneath.

  • Note: Contact is not available as a grouping in Expense Health.

Q7. How do I filter a diagnostic report?

  • Click Filter.

  • Expand a filter and set the values you need.

  • Click Apply to run the report with the filters applied.

  • Click Cancel to close the panel without applying anything.

Q8. Are the filters the same for every diagnostic report?

  • No. Each tab supports its own filters:

    • Receivable Risk: Amount, Contact.

    • Expense Health: Amount, Transaction Reference.

    • Reconciliation Checks: Amount, Transaction Reference.

Q9. Which columns can I show in a diagnostic report?

  • Click the column icon on the report card to open Adjust Columns, then move columns between Hidden Columns and Selected Columns and click Save.

  • Each tab has its own set of columns.

  • Receivable Risk

    • Shown by default: Contact, Metric Type, Severity, Deviation, Threshold, Trigger Reason.

    • Available to add: Currency, Amount, Analysis Type.

    • Locked: Contact and Metric Type always appear.

  • Expense Health

    • Shown by default: Metric Type, Severity, Date, Deviation, Threshold, Trigger Reason.

    • Available to add: Reference, Currency, Amount, Analysis Type, Baseline.

    • Locked: Metric Type always appears.

  • Reconciliation Checks

    • Shown by default: Date, Reference, Contact, Metric Type, Severity, Trigger Reason.

    • Available to add: Transaction Type, Currency, Amount, Analysis Type, Baseline, Deviation, Threshold.

    • Locked: Date and Reference always appear.

  • Note: Receivable Risk reports findings at contact level, so it does not include Date or Reference. Expense Health does not include a Contact column.

Q10. What does each column show?

  • Date: the date of the record behind the finding.

  • Reference: the transaction reference number.

  • Contact: the customer or supplier the finding relates to.

  • Transaction Type: the type of transaction that was flagged.

  • Currency: the currency of the record.

  • Amount: the amount of the record.

  • Analysis Type: the analysis that produced the finding.

  • Metric Type: the specific measure that triggered the finding, such as Share of Total or Days Past Due.

  • Baseline: the normal value the record was compared against.

  • Deviation: how far the record moved away from the baseline.

  • Threshold: the point at which a finding is raised.

  • Severity: how significant the finding is, shown as High, Medium, Low, or Info.

  • Trigger Reason: a plain-language explanation of why the finding was raised.

Q11. How do I rearrange the columns in a diagnostic report?

  • Open Adjust Columns using the column icon on the report card.

  • Drag a column into the position you want using the handle beside it in Selected Columns.

  • Click Save.

  • Note: Locked columns cannot be reordered.

Q12. Can I download a diagnostic report?

  • Yes. Click the download icon above the report.

  • Excel is the only supported format.

  • The download follows the columns currently shown in the report and the order they appear in.

Q13. Why does my diagnostic report show no data?

  • The report displays No data to display when no findings match the report settings. Check the following:

    • The date range covers a period with records.

    • The filters applied are not excluding the findings you expect.

    • The selected tab matches the area you are reviewing.

    • Refresh was clicked after the last change.

Q14. How is Diagnostics different from Anomalies?

  • Both are analysis reports, but they answer different questions:

    • Diagnostics: reviews the overall health of your receivables, expenses, and reconciliation, and reports findings at the level of the contact, account, or record involved.

    • Anomalies: reviews individual invoices, bills, journals, and cashflows, and flags the specific transactions that fall outside your normal pattern.

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