Prebuilt Reports and Dashboards: A Comprehensive Guide for 2025 and Beyond

It’s the first week of the month, and your HR leader needs an attrition analysis. Finance is chasing down accounts receivable aging. The supply chain team wants to understand stock aging before quarter close. Meanwhile, IT’s inbox is overflowing with urgent report requests. Everyone’s waiting, decisions stall, and frustration builds.

That’s life without prebuilt reports and dashboards. A cycle of delays, manual Excel workarounds, and teams who feel like they’re flying blind.

Now flip the scenario.

With prebuilt reports and dashboards, that same HR leader opens a headcount dashboard in minutes. Finance can drill down into AP and AR trends instantly. Supply chain managers see live inventory dashboards without logging a ticket to IT. IT teams aren’t buried in ad hoc report requests. They can focus on strategic initiatives instead of being the “report factory.”

Prebuilt reports and dashboards make life easier for both IT and business users.

• Business users get the answers they need without waiting.
• IT teams reduce dependency bottlenecks and spend less time firefighting.
• Leaders accelerate decision-making with real-time, trusted insights.

And with SplashBI, you don’t just get a handful of out-of-the-box templates. You get scale. Over 720+ prebuilt reports and dashboards are available across critical business functions: Human Capital Management (HCM), Financials, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Projects, and Cloud Audit.

The result – faster insights, smoother operations, and a business that makes decisions with confidence.

This guide will walk you through prebuilt reports and dashboards, specifically those offered by SplashBI, showing you what’s available across each function, the benefits, and how they can transform the way your teams work.

What Are Prebuilt Reports and Dashboards?

Prebuilt reports and dashboards are ready-to-use analytics assets that come packaged with business applications. Instead of starting from scratch, users get a library of reports and dashboards designed around common business processes like headcount, payroll accuracy, accounts receivable aging, purchase orders, project costs, and more.

Reports vs. Dashboards: What’s the Difference?

• Reports present structured data in detail. Think of an Accounts Payables report showing every invoice due by vendor, or an Absence report breaking down leave by employee type.
• Dashboards bring multiple reports and KPIs together in a visual, interactive format. A Finance dashboard might display cash flow trends, expense ratios, and AP vs. AR balances side by side for at-a-glance decision-making.

Why Prebuilt Matters in Reports and Dashboards

While custom-built reports have their place, they often come with high costs: development time, IT dependency, and ongoing maintenance. Prebuilt reports and dashboards eliminate that burden. They:

• Deliver instant insights without waiting weeks for development.
• Reduce IT bottlenecks, empowering business users to self-serve.
• Embed best practices – built by domain experts who understand HR, Finance, SCM, and Projects.
• Offer a starting point that can be further tailored to organizational needs.

Decision-Making Powered by SplashBI

With over 720 prebuilt reports and dashboards, SplashBI helps leaders tackle decisions across every corner of the enterprise:

• HR leaders can track attrition, headcount, and recruiting funnel metrics.
• Finance teams can manage AR collections, AP payments, and expense controls.
• Supply chain managers can optimize inventory, purchasing, and order fulfillment.
• Supply chain managers can optimize inventory, purchasing, and order fulfillment.

In short, prebuilt reports and dashboards turn data into decisions. Faster, smarter, and with less effort.

Prebuilt Reports and Dashboards for Human Capital Management (HCM)

Managing people data is one of the biggest challenges for HR teams today. From tracking headcount across regions to ensuring payroll accuracy and monitoring employee performance, HR leaders often need answers yesterday. That’s where SplashBI’s 305+ prebuilt HCM reports and dashboards come in.

Modules Covered: SplashBI’s Prebuilt Reports and Dashboards for HCM

SplashBI offers complete coverage across the HCM spectrum, including:

• Core HR – employee profiles, demographics, and organizational structures.
• Payroll (US/GB) – compliance-ready payroll runs, gross-to-net analysis, and audit checks.
• Benefits – enrollment tracking, eligibility, and cost breakdowns.
• Performance – appraisal outcomes, goal alignment, and top/bottom performer insights.
• Absences – leave balances, absence trends, and policy compliance.
• Time & Labor – overtime, scheduling, and labor cost analysis.
• Recruiting – pipeline health, time-to-fill, and recruiter performance.
• Learning – course enrollments, completions, and training ROI.

Example Use Cases: SplashBI’s Prebuilt Reports and Dashboards for HCM

• Workforce planning: HR leaders can analyze workforce distribution, turnover risk, and diversity metrics.
• Payroll compliance: Finance and HR teams can validate payroll accuracy and flag anomalies before pay runs.
• Recruitment funnel insights: Talent acquisition can track candidate drop-offs at each stage and optimize hiring efficiency.

SplashBI HCM Dashboard Examples

• Headcount Trends: A visual breakdown of current workforce by department, location, or role.
• Attrition Analysis: Insights into voluntary vs. involuntary turnover, highlighting hotspots of concern.
• Payroll Accuracy: Real-time dashboards ensuring payroll runs are compliant and error-free.

With SplashBI’s prebuilt HCM library, HR and business leaders no longer need to wait on IT or stitch together spreadsheets. Instead, they can focus on what matters most: building a workforce that drives business success.