Creating Custom Dashboards for Travel and Expense Insights in SAP Concur
In today’s fast-paced, data-driven business environment, organizations are increasingly seeking smarter ways to manage corporate travel and expense (T&E) processes. SAP Concur, a leader in integrated travel and expense management solutions, offers robust tools for tracking spending, ensuring compliance, and optimizing employee experience. One of the most powerful, yet underutilized features in SAP Concur is the ability to create custom dashboards—tailored views that deliver deep insights into travel and expense data.
This article explores the strategic value of custom dashboards in SAP Concur, and how businesses can design them to gain actionable insights, improve compliance, and drive cost efficiency.
Standard reporting tools in SAP Concur provide useful data, but every organization has unique needs based on its structure, industry, and policies. Custom dashboards allow finance, procurement, and travel managers to:
By customizing dashboards, businesses transform raw data into strategic intelligence.
A well-designed T&E dashboard should integrate both financial and operational metrics. Below are common components:
| Dashboard Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Total Spend Overview | Tracks total T&E spend over time, by department, or business unit |
| Policy Compliance Rate | Percentage of expense reports that follow travel policies |
| Top Vendors and Categories | Highlights the most used vendors (e.g., airlines, hotels) and expense categories |
| Frequent Travelers/Submitters | Identifies top travelers and those submitting high-value claims |
| Approval Cycle Times | Measures time taken for report approval and reimbursement |
| Mileage & Per Diem Analysis | Monitors usage and anomalies in mileage or per diem claims |
| Duplicate or Flagged Expenses | Flags possible fraud or duplicate submissions |
| Sustainability Metrics | Tracks carbon footprint from travel, supporting ESG goals |
Define Your Objectives
Use the Concur Intelligence Tool
Select Key Data Sources
Choose Visual Widgets
Set Up Role-Based Access
Automate and Schedule Reports
Continuously Iterate
A multinational consulting firm integrated custom dashboards in SAP Concur to reduce non-compliant expenses by 35% in six months. By tracking top policy violators and frequent exception requests, they identified training needs and renegotiated vendor contracts based on usage patterns. Automated reports helped department heads control budgets and proactively manage costs.
Creating custom dashboards in SAP Concur isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about empowering data-driven decision-making. With the right design and focus, these dashboards become essential tools for finance leaders and travel managers to monitor compliance, reduce costs, and optimize travel programs.
As T&E management continues to evolve with hybrid work and sustainability mandates, leveraging SAP Concur’s dashboarding capabilities will be key to staying ahead.
Tags: SAP Concur, Travel and Expense Management, Custom Dashboards, Business Intelligence, Corporate Travel, Expense Insights, SAP Field, Data Visualization, Expense Reporting