Analytics dashboards
A guide to the eight analytics dashboards in Factura HRMS: what each one answers, which filters to use and how to read the figures correctly.
A brief guide to the eight analytics dashboards under Analytics in Factura HRMS — what each one answers, what to look at, and how to read the numbers.
Conventions shared by every dashboard
Read these once — they apply everywhere and aren't repeated in full below.
- Filters move everything together. The period picker and the Group / Location / Department filters at the top of a page drive every KPI, chart and grid at once — narrow the filter and all numbers change in step, so cards and charts never disagree.
- Privacy floor (n ≥ 5). Groups smaller than 5 people (and pay medians under 10) are suppressed at the source, not just hidden — expect small departments to roll up or disappear. No individual salary is ever shown.
- Stock vs flow — don't add them. A stock is a snapshot balance (leave liability, loan outstanding, headcount); a flow is an amount over a period (cost, payments, accruals). Different accounting bases — summing across cards is meaningless.
- Computed ≠ remitted/filed. Statutory and cost figures are what payroll calculated. They are not proof that money was paid out, a return was filed, or a tax was remitted.
- "Not assessed" ≠ "no problem." A grey / no-data state means a check never ran for that period — treat it as unknown, not as a clean pass.
- Prior-period comparisons use the most recently processed period, not the calendar-previous month — so gaps in payroll runs are handled correctly.
- Export: most pages have a CSV button in the header plus per-grid search/export.
Articles in this guide
- How do I read the Executive Summary?Where does the whole workforce stand right now — one headline per area (cost, headcount, statutory, leave,…
- How do I read Payroll Cost Analytics?What did we spend on payroll this period, is that normal versus last time, where is the money going, and what…
- How do I read Payroll Payment Analytics?How much did we actually pay employees this period, and how is that pay spread across the workforce?
- How do I read Leave Balance & Liability?How much paid leave does the company currently owe employees — in days and in money — and who needs attention?
- How do I read Diversity & Inclusion?#analytics/diversity-representation · Workforce Representation & Pay Patterns Who makes up the active…
- How do I read Overtime Load & Concentration?How much overtime got recorded this period, and is it spread broadly or piled onto a few people/departments —…
- How do I read the Loan Portfolio dashboard?How much loan balance is payroll currently carrying, how much has been recovered, and where it concentrates —…
- How do I read Statutory Reconciliation?#analytics/statutory-reconciliation · Statutory Charge Reconciliation & Return-Data Quality How much PAYE,…
Ghana references
- PAYE guide: How Ghana PAYE is calculated, band by band.
- SSNIT guide: Contribution rates, ceilings and what each tier covers.
- Tier 2 and Tier 3 guide: Occupational and personal pension schemes explained.