Staff Productivity Budget

Compares staff budget to actual and realization amounts. This report shows hours or amounts for each staff based on the firm settings in Firm > Practice > Other Practice Settings > Productivity goals.

Note: This report should complete well within two hours of run time. If the report takes longer than that to complete, the report should be closed and rerun with additional filter criteria to narrow down results.

Permissions Required for this Report

In the staff profile, staff must be assigned to a security group that is granted View functional rights for the following:

  • Security group profile > Functional rights > Reports > Shared Library > Shared Views
  • Security group profile > Functional rights > Reports > Firm Library > Custom
  • Security group profile > Functional rights > Reports > Firm Library > Standard > Firm
  • Security group profile > Functional rights > Reports > Firm Library > Standard > Practice
  • Security group profile > Functional rights > Reports > Firm Library > <report name>
  • Security group profile > Functional rights > Administration Manager > Client Manager > Approved Clients

Reports in Foundation that are Comparable

In Practice Management, the comparable report is Employee Budget. In Practice Advantage, the comparable report is Employee Budget.

Report Specifications

The following report options and filters are available to determine the report contents.

Options and Settings
Option Setting Description

Hide Details

Yes/ No

Includes or excludes details of each transaction. If hidden, select to subtotal your groups to view the amounts for each selected grouping.

Show Billable Hours Only

Yes/No

Determines if only billable WIP will be displayed on the report.

Hide Comma

Yes/No

Includes or excludes commas in numbers.

Hide Penny

Yes/No

Includes or excludes pennies in amounts.

Include Deleted Staff

Yes/No

Includes or excludes deleted staff information.

Default Filters
Field Name Operator Value
Transaction Date Between First Day Of Current Month, Today
Optional Filters
Available Fields

Account Period Date

Staff

Staff Region

Area of Expertise

Staff Business Unit

Staff Reporting Manager

Department

Staff ID

Staff Status

Posted Date

Staff Name

Transaction Date

Report Name

Staff Office

 

Skill Level

Staff Position

 

Grouping
Available Fields

Department

Staff ID

Staff Region

Report Name

Staff Name

Staff Reporting Manager

Staff

Staff Office

 

Staff Business Unit

Staff Position

 

Sorting
Available Field
Date

Report Fields

The following fields are available for this report. The fields that display and the position of fields are based on the report's settings, grouping, sorting, and filters.

Report Fields
Field Description

Staff

The name and ID in Last Name, First Name (Staff ID) format.

Billable (Hours or Amounts)

Budget

The total budget billable hours or amounts for the period.

Actual

The total actual billable hours or amounts for the period.

Variance

The budget minus the actual hours or amounts for the period.

Billing Realization

Budget

The realization figured for the budget hours or amounts for the period. The calculation is billed WIP + write up/down divided by billed WIP.

Actual

The realization figured for the actual hours or amounts for the period. The calculation is billed WIP + write up/down divided by billed WIP.

Note: WIP written off or written down and prorated to the firm in not included in this calculation.

Nonbillable (Hours or Amounts)

Budget

The total budget nonbillable hours or amounts for the period.

Actual

The total actual nonbillable hours or amounts for the period.

Variance

The budget minus the actual hours or amounts for the period.

Total (Hours or Amounts)

Budget

The total budget hours or amounts for the period.

Actual

The total actual hours or amounts for the period.

Variance

The budget minus the actual hours or amounts for the period.

Productivity Ratio (Hours or Amounts %)

Budget

The budget billable hours or amounts divided by total budget hours or amounts for the period.

Actual

The actual billable hours or amounts divided by total actual hours or amounts for the period.

Note: WIP written off or written down and prorated to the firm in not included in this calculation.

Variance

The budget minus the actual.

Staff Productivity Budget Sample Report