Automated KPI Reporting Service
Automated service for recurring KPI reports that replaces manual evaluation work.
Internal company solution – presentation abstracted for confidentiality reasons.
- Problem
- Recurring KPI reports cause manual effort.
- Solution
- A service creates the reports automatically and repeatably.
- Result
- About 1–2 hours of manual working time saved per report.
Initial situation
Key figures were collected, prepared and distributed manually at regular intervals.
Problem
Every report cost working time, was error-prone and depended on the availability of individual people.
Goal
Generate reports automatically, repeatably and traceably.
Solution
An automated service takes over the recurring reporting process: data is collected, prepared and provided as a finished report.
Result
About 1–2 hours of manual working time saved per report; the results are available reliably and consistently.
Business value
Freed-up working time, fewer transcription errors and reports that are produced independently of individual people.
My contribution
Design and implementation of the service including data collection, calculation and output.
Technical details
Architecture
Scheduled service that queries source data, calculates the key figures and outputs the report in the desired format.
- Schedule
- KPI service
- Data sources
- Prepared report
Technologies
Integrations, APIs and authentication
Connection to the report's data sources; output in the recipients' format.
Security
Service account with the minimum read permissions required on the source data.
Technical highlights
- Repeatable, scheduled reporting
- Uniform output format