Knowledge base Insight.com Reporting Capabilities
By Insight Editor / 2 Jan 2026
Insight provides reporting capabilities that help organizations analyze and understand IT expenditures through real-time access to purchasing data. Standard reports, Software Summary Reports, and customizable ad-hoc reports offer flexible reporting options, multiple delivery methods, and customizable access to support a variety of business reporting needs.
What reporting capabilities are available?
Insight provides Standard Reports, Software Summary Reports, and customizable ad-hoc reports that give users access to purchasing data in both summary and detailed formats.
What are Standard Reports and Software Summary Reports?
Standard Reports and Software Summary Reports provide real-time access to purchase history in summary and detailed report formats. These reports can help organizations review purchasing activity and analyze IT expenditures.
- Real-time access to purchase history
- Summary and detailed reporting formats
- Consolidated reporting for goods and services provided enterprise wide
- Reports available on demand 24/7
- Email delivery available as needed
How can detailed reports be used?
Detailed reports are available in multiple formats, allowing users to sort data based on their desired criteria.
What information do summary reports provide?
Summary reports provide consolidated reporting for goods and services provided to an organization enterprise wide.
What standard reports are available?
Standard reports are available to support reporting and analysis needs. Refer to the table below for the complete list of available standard reports.
Standard Reports
What are customizable reports?
Ad-hoc reports can be created online and customized using information captured at order entry through the website. Users can select fields and reorder them to create custom reports that meet their reporting requirements.
How can reports be customized?
Many reports can be customized by including client-defined fields. These custom data fields provide additional tracking and reporting capabilities for software or hardware orders and allow analysis based on organization-specific criteria.
How can users access reports?
Users can schedule or run real-time standard reports and ad-hoc reports directly from their customizable order management website.
What report delivery options are available?
Reports can be delivered through multiple methods to provide convenient access to purchasing data.
- (s)ftp
- Posted to the website for access
What report formats are available?
Reports are available in multiple formats to support different reporting and analysis needs.
- HTML
- Excel
- CSV
Can reporting be organized by business structure?
Hierarchical reporting can be provided by country, individual operating segment, business unit, or subsidiary level for purchases made through Insight.
How are report access rights managed?
Web workflow administrators can manage access rights to reports by setting authorization and restriction levels at the user ID level.
