Report examples · Synthetic data
Inspect a synthetic AP review that reconciles invoice rows, distinguishes managed and unknown spend, and hands over specific contract-evidence decisions.
Synthetic completed management review. Review ID DEMO-PROC-01; approved October 6, 2026; AP posting period September 2026; reporting currency USD. All suppliers, invoices, contracts and approvals are fictional. This is a completed output specification, not evidence of a customer deployment.
Publish the declared broad and strict coverage rates side by side. Ask the contract owner to resolve $25,000 of eligible spend with unknown evidence before setting a coverage-improvement target. Review $40,000 with confirmed no-coverage evidence as a separate sourcing queue. Do not describe the difference between broad and strict policy as savings.
The pack reconciles $205,000 net AP spend, of which $25,000 is excluded under its selected scope. The eligible denominator is $180,000. Broad managed spend is $115,000, giving 63.9%. Strict contract-covered spend is $85,000, giving 47.2%. Existing spend-under-management guidance owns the metric explanation; this page shows the handover a buyer can inspect.
The sample uses net posted invoice and credit-note amounts, excluding tax, for one AP posting month. It does not use purchase-order commitments, invoice payment dates or a supplier's annual sales. All currencies are already USD, so there is no conversion assumption hidden in the totals.
Excluded scope is a fictional pass-through category outside the team's agreed procurement remit. Every remaining row is eligible regardless of evidence status. A missing contract match does not itself prove unmanaged buying.
| Policy | Positive evidence needed | Treatment of missing evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Broad managed | Valid in-scope contract or documented procurement-led sourcing process | Unknown until reviewed |
| Strict contract-covered | Valid in-scope contract at invoice date | Unknown if status unresolved; otherwise confirmed uncovered |
The policies are intentionally different. Use the managed-spend classification register to agree your own measurement rules and the spend-under-management workbook for calculations. The purchase-order, invoiced and paid-spend guide explains why those source populations cannot be substituted casually.
| Row | Supplier | Net spend | Evidence outcome | Broad bucket | Strict bucket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEMO-AP-01 | DEMO-SUP-A | $60,000 | Valid contract; DEMO-CON-A | Managed | Covered |
| DEMO-AP-02 | DEMO-SUP-B | $30,000 | Valid contract; DEMO-CON-B | Managed | Covered |
| DEMO-AP-03 | DEMO-SUP-C | $30,000 | Sourcing record; no applicable contract | Managed | Confirmed uncovered |
| DEMO-AP-04 | DEMO-SUP-D | $40,000 | Confirmed outside managed process | Unmanaged | Confirmed uncovered |
| DEMO-AP-05 | DEMO-SUP-E | $25,000 | Contract evidence incomplete | Unknown | Unknown |
| DEMO-AP-06 | DEMO-SUP-F | $25,000 | Declared out-of-remit category | Excluded | Excluded |
| DEMO-AP-07 | DEMO-SUP-A | −$5,000 | Credit tied to DEMO-AP-01 | Managed | Covered |
| Total net AP | $205,000 |
The credit is classified with the invoice it reverses. Reclassifying it as unmanaged would distort both buckets without changing total AP. This illustrative linkage is explicit; a real credit needs its own original-invoice evidence.
| Reconciliation | Amount | Check |
|---|---|---|
| Gross positive invoice rows | $210,000 | Six positive rows |
| Linked credit note | −$5,000 | One negative row |
| Net AP control total | $205,000 | $210,000 − $5,000 |
| Excluded scope | $25,000 | DEMO-AP-06 |
| Eligible spend | $180,000 | $205,000 − $25,000 |
| Broad managed | $115,000 | $60,000 + $30,000 + $30,000 − $5,000 |
| Broad unmanaged | $40,000 | DEMO-AP-04 |
| Unknown | $25,000 | DEMO-AP-05 |
| Eligible bucket check | $180,000 | $115,000 + $40,000 + $25,000 |
| Strict covered | $85,000 | $60,000 + $30,000 − $5,000 |
Broad coverage is $115,000 ÷ $180,000 = 63.8889%. Strict coverage is $85,000 ÷ $180,000 = 47.2222%. The $30,000 sourcing-only row explains the 16.7 percentage-point difference. It is a policy difference on the same eligible perimeter, not a change in buying behavior.
Unknown spend is 13.9% of eligible spend ($25,000 ÷ $180,000). If none of it ultimately qualifies, broad coverage remains 63.9%. If all qualifies under the broad rule, coverage reaches 77.8% ($140,000 ÷ $180,000). Those are evidence bounds, not a forecast of improvement or a peer benchmark. Strict bounds are separately 47.2%–61.1%.
The known-status eligible subset totals $155,000. A rate calculated only on that subset would be 74.2% broad coverage ($115,000 ÷ $155,000), but it would answer a different question. The management pack keeps $180,000 as the eligible denominator so unresolved evidence stays visible. See unknown status versus unmanaged spend and the reclassification bridge.
| Item | Responsible role | Required action | Outcome recorded in this review |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMO-AP-05; $25,000 unknown | Contract owner | Provide dated category and entity evidence | Open; due Oct 16, 2026 |
| DEMO-AP-04; $40,000 unmanaged | Category lead | Evaluate sourcing route and business need | Approved for separate review queue |
| DEMO-AP-03; $30,000 sourcing-only | Procurement policy owner | Confirm broad positive evidence | Accepted for broad only |
| DEMO-AP-07; −$5,000 credit | AP analyst | Retain original invoice linkage | Accepted; bucket preserved |
No row is duplicated across multiple contract matches. In a real report, route ambiguous matches into contract-overlap exceptions before aggregating. Normalize supplier aliases without merging separate legal entities, and retain the category-mapping workbook as evidence of classification choices.
The buyer receives the complete report, seven synthetic AP source rows, declared broad and strict policies, a zero-difference control reconciliation and unresolved-evidence decisions. The independent checks are: every row assigned once, net spend tied to the control, exclusions tied to the denominator and policy variants labeled separately.
For your own project, specify those checks using procurement analytics pilot acceptance. An engagement should agree source access, classification responsibility, review dates and outputs through an analytics statement of work. Contact Covirage to scope that review; this example does not imply automatic access to your AP or contract systems.
Not in this sample. Broad coverage includes a documented sourcing process or a valid contract. Strict coverage requires a valid in-scope contract for the invoice date. Both policies are declared, not presented as universal definitions.
The sample measures net invoiced spend. Its $5,000 credit reverses part of the same managed category spend and remains in that invoice's policy bucket.
Only if the declared reporting policy explicitly makes that choice. This pack reports unknown separately and shows its effect on possible coverage bounds.