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Workspace Cloudability
Categories Planning
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 25, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Make Variance Alert Threshold Values More intuitive

At present, the threshold values for alerts are set as an exceedance value versus a baseline. It would be more intuitive if the threshold was set as a percentage of the baseline instead.

To illustrate this, if I want to configure an alert that triggers if I am expected to spend within 90% of my budget, I need to set the threshold value to -10%. Correspondingly, the variance alert email that comes through cites the -10% threshold. Likewise, if I am expected to spend £92 against a budget of £100, the alert email will say I am expected to exceed the budget by -8%. 

I think it would be more intuitive if I set the threshold as 90% in this scenario and then the email would show that, and the fact that I am expected to spend 92% versus the 90% threshold.

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