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Set Up Dimensions to Track Your Business Performance

This guide is for small businesses using our software to gain insights across departments, cost centers, or any other business segment.

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Written by Christopher Dosin
Updated over 3 months ago

Overview

Use Dimensions to track performance across various parts of your business - like teams, projects, or locations. Dimensions are made up of Tag Groups and Tags, which you can fully customize to suit your internal reporting needs.

How It Works

  • Our system uses Tag Groups and Tags (Dimensions) instead of traditional department codes or cost centers.

  • You can create multiple Tag Groups, and within each group, define as many Tags as needed (e.g. "Marketing", "Sales", "IT").

  • Each Tag Group must have at least one Tag to be usable for tagging transactions.

  • Tags can be applied to individual line items in invoices or bills, giving you detailed tracking and reporting.

  • We recommend keeping the number of Tags within each group under 100 to maintain optimal report performance.

Example Setup

Let’s say you want to track expenses across different departments.

Here’s how to do it:

  1. In Settings, go to Tag Groups.

  2. Click Add Tag Group and name it, for example, "Department".

  3. In Settings, to to Tags.

  4. Click Add Tag to create a new Tag for each "Department" like "Marketing", "Sales", and "Support" and assign the Tag to their Tag Group.

  5. When entering an invoice or bill, assign the relevant Tag to each line item.

  6. These Tags will now appear in your Profit & Loss Statement, allowing you to break down revenue and expenses by department.

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