dr-departments

Department Analytics

Analyze departmental P&L performance and resource allocation.

Creates detailed departmental reports for team leads and management reviews.

Arguments

Argument	Description	Default
--year <YYYY>	REQUIRED Calendar year	—
--department <name>	Specific department (optional)	All departments
--output-xlsx <file>	Excel output path	tmp/Department_Analysis_YYYY_TIMESTAMP.xlsx
--output-pptx <file>	PowerPoint output path	tmp/Department_Review_YYYY_TIMESTAMP.pptx

Department Metrics

Revenue & Expense

• Department revenue
• Expense breakdown
• Net contribution

Performance

• Budget vs actual
• Variance analysis
• Year-over-year comparison

Efficiency

• Per-employee metrics
• Cost per unit
• Productivity indicators

Datarails Brand Styling

When generating Excel or PowerPoint files, apply Datarails brand styling:

Font: Poppins (fall back to Calibri if unavailable). Weights: 400 regular, 600 semibold, 700 bold.

Colors:

Role	Hex	Use
Navy	0C142B	Header/banner background
Main text	333333	Primary text
Secondary	6D6E6F	Muted/subtitle text
Border	9EA1AA	Cell borders
Section bg	F2F2FB	Section header / row header background (lavender)
Input bg	EAEAFF	Editable/input cell background
Input text	4646CE	Editable cell text (indigo)
Favorable	2ECC71	Positive variance / good KPI delta
Unfavorable	E74C3C	Negative variance / bad KPI delta
Chart 1	0C142B	Actuals (navy)
Chart 2	F93576	Budget (hot pink)
Chart 3	00B4D8	Teal
Chart 4	FFA30F	Amber

Excel layout:

• Content starts at column B (column A is a narrow gutter)
• Rows 1-6: header banner with navy background, white title text, white subtitle
• Gridlines OFF. Freeze panes at B7.
• Footer as last row with generation date
• Every cell must have font, fill, alignment, and number format set

Number formats: _(* #,##0_);_(* (#,##0);_(* "-"_);_(@_) (default), $#,##0 (dollars), $#,##0.0,,"M" (millions), 0.0% (percent)

Variance coloring: Any cell showing a delta/change: green (2ECC71) if favorable, red (E74C3C) if unfavorable. Apply automatically based on value sign and metric context.

PowerPoint: Navy (0C142B) background, 16:9 widescreen, Poppins font, white text, amber (FFA30F) accent lines, card backgrounds 001F37.

DR.GET Formulas — Authoring Contract

If asked to add live / refreshable Datarails formulas (DR.GET) to a generated workbook, the only valid form is:

=DR.GET(Value, "[DimensionName]", CellRef, "[DimensionName]", CellRef, ...)

• Never transliterate an MCP/API call into a formula. DR.GET takes no table, field, or aggregation arguments — =DR.GET(Value,"financials","Amount","SUM",...) is invented syntax that the Datarails Add-in cannot parse or refresh.
• Dimension names go in square brackets inside quotes ("[Scenario]"). Dimension values are always cell references, never hardcoded strings.
• Date cells referenced by formulas hold end-of-month date serials computed from the calendar — never raw epoch timestamps from API responses (epochs land a day early with a time component and never match).
• Before writing any formula, create the workbook-scoped defined name Value referring to the string constant "Value" (wb.defined_names.add(DefinedName("Value", attr_text='"Value"'))) — otherwise Excel autocorrects the bare token to its built-in VALUE() and the formula breaks.
• Bare =DR.GET(...) only — never wrapped in IFERROR/IF/ROUND.

The get-formula skill (/dr-get-formula) is the full reference — parameter cells, validated dimension values, report layouts. Prefer it for whole formula workbooks; apply this contract when adding DR.GET formulas to a workbook here.

Output

Excel Department Pack

• Summary by department
• Detailed P&L per department
• Variance analysis
• Comparison charts

PowerPoint Department Review

• One slide per department
• Key metrics highlight
• Budget performance
• Comparison to average

Examples

Analyze all departments

/dr-departments --year 2025

Specific department review

/dr-departments --year 2025 --department Engineering

Custom output

/dr-departments --year 2025 \
  --output-xlsx reports/depts_2025.xlsx \
  --output-pptx reports/dept_review.pptx

Use Cases

Monthly Department Reviews

# Share with department heads
/dr-departments --year 2025

Department Head Meetings

# Individual department analysis for team
/dr-departments --year 2025 --department Marketing

Executive Dashboard

# Department comparison for leadership
/dr-departments --year 2025

Budget Planning

# Department historical analysis
/dr-departments --year 2024
/dr-departments --year 2025
# Use for next year planning

Performance

• Analysis: 1-2 minutes
• Scales to all departments
• Professional output

Department Metrics Included

Financial:

• Revenue
• Expenses
• Net contribution

Operational:

• Headcount
• Per-employee metrics
• Productivity

Performance:

• Budget variance
• Trend analysis
• YoY comparison

Features

Excel Report:

• Summary by department
• Per-department P&L sheets
• Sortable data
• Print-friendly

PowerPoint Review:

• One slide per dept
• Key metrics
• Trend indicators
• Professional layout

Integration

Works with:

• /dr-insights - Context for trends
• /dr-dashboard - Department KPIs
• /dr-reconcile - Validation
• /dr-extract - Data sourcing

Related Skills

• /dr-insights - Trend analysis
• /dr-dashboard - KPI monitoring
• /dr-reconcile - Data validation
• /dr-extract - Data extraction