The data on the platform can be compared to the following:
- Budget
- Historical data (N-1, Nm1, Nm1SD, Nm2, Nm3 ect)
Budget
You can compare your actual performance vs. your budget.
For dashboards, the KPI widgets colors (red/green) will change depending on the comparison and will stay white if no budget is specified.
You can disable the color option for budget in Settings, configurations
For reports, you can decide to hide or display the budget in the report menu.
For specific report types:
- OTB: this is a report with a specific comparison that combines Actual performance until yesterday (included), plus OTB data for the future until the end of the time period displayed
- Landing: this is a report with a specific comparison that combines Actual performance until yesterday (included), plus Budget data for the future until the end of the time period displayed
- Forecast: if you are using the forecast module, you can also have a comparison of your Actual performance vs Forecast performance (from your own forecast or forecast integration if you are using any). Want to know more about the forecast module ? Write to us at support@blent.io !
Historical data
Difference between Last year (Nm1) vs Last year same day (Nm1SD)
When you see "Last year", it actually means "last year same date" or "Same time last year". It means that you compare the two years at the same date (e.g. 31.03 Year N vs. 31.03 Year Nm1).
When you see "Last year same day", for the last year, we take into account the day of the week.
For example, if we are Wed 17/04, then last year same day is Wed 19/04 - in both cases this is the 3rd Wednesday of the month. This is useful because comparing Monday to Saturday could not make sense even if they have the same date like Mon 15/04/24 vs Sat 15/04/23.
This is why this distinction exists on our platform. When choosing which comparison to use, there is no "better" option, it solely depends on your business needs.
The default state for N-1 is last year same date (or time) - which means comparing exact date to exact date, for example 17/04 to 17/04.
You can also compare Nm2 up to Nm5.
In some widgets, you will find the following denominations:
- Last year
- Last year Same Day
- Last Year "At the Same Date"
- Last Year Same Day "At the Same Date"
Let's take examples to see what they correspond to:
| Date in the past | Date in the future | Range of dates | |
| Selected date | 01.02.2025 (1st Saturday of the month) | 01.03.2025 (1st Saturday of the month) | 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2025 |
| Actual date | 25.02.2025 | 25.02.2025 | 25.02.2025 |
| Last year | 01.02.2024 as of 31.12.2024 | 01.03.2024 as of 31.12.2024 | 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024 as of 31.12.2024 |
| Last year Same Day | 03.02.2024 (Saturday) as of 31.12.2024 | 02.03.2024 (Saturday) as of 31.12.2024 | 03.01.2024 - 01.01.2025 as of 31.12.2024 |
| Last Year "At the Same Date" | 01.02.2024 as of 25.02.2024 | 01.03.2024 as of 25.02.2024 | 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024 as of 25.02.2024 |
| Last Year Same Day "At the Same Date" | 03.02.2024 (Saturday) as of 25.02.2024 | 02.03.2024 (Saturday) as of 25.02.2024 | 03.01.2024 - 01.01.2025 as of 25.02.2024 |
NB: For the Selected date in the past (first column of the table):
Last year = "Last Year "At the Same Date"
Last year Same Day = Last Year Same Day "At the Same Date"
| Date in the past | Date in the future | Range of dates | |
| Selected date | 01.02.2025 (1st Saturday of the month) | 01.03.2025 (1st Saturday of the month) | 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2025 |
| Actual date | 25.02.25 | 25.02.25 | 25.02.25 |
| Last year | 01.02.2024 as of 31.12.2024 | 01.03.2024 as of 31.12.2024 | 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024 as of 31.12.2024 |
| Last year Same Day | 03.02.2024 (Saturday) as of 31.12.2024 | 02.03.2024 (Saturday) as of 31.12.2024 | 03.01.2024 - 01.01.2025 as of 31.12.2024 |
| Last Year "At the Same Date" | 01.02.2024 as of 25.02.2024 | 01.03.2024 as of 25.02.2024 | 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024 as of 25.02.2024 |
| Last Year Same Day "At the Same Date" | 03.02.2024 (Saturday) as of 25.02.2024 | 02.03.2024 (Saturday) as of 25.02.2024 | 03.01.2024 - 01.01.2025 as of 25.02.2024 |