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title: "Asset Analysis Dashboard"
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> ✅ **Asset Analysis helps you quickly compare vehicle costs and spot assets that may need review.** Use the filters at the top to choose the time period, departments, and asset categories you want to include. By default, the page loads **all time**, **all departments**, and assets in the **Vehicle** category. After that, choose how to group the results so similar assets are compared together.
Asset Analysis removes that mental work. Instead of staring at a spreadsheet and trying to spot the outliers yourself, the dashboard does it for you. High-cost vehicles are visually flagged the moment you open the page.
You can group and compare across four key cost lenses:
- **Total Cost of Ownership** — fuel + maintenance + other expenses combined. The best starting point for a full picture of what each vehicle is actually costing you.
- **Cost Per Mile** — normalizes cost by usage, so a high-mileage vehicle isn't unfairly flagged just because it's been driven more.
- **Fuel Cost** — isolates fuel spend so you can spot vehicles burning disproportionately more than similar assets.
- **Maintenance Cost** — surfaces vehicles that are eating up shop time and parts compared to their peers.
Within each lens, you can group vehicles by type, make, model, or model year so you're always comparing like to like. Not just "is this truck expensive?" but "is this truck expensive *compared to similar trucks?*"
The result is a dashboard that doesn't just report what you spent. It tells you where to look, which vehicles to act on, and why.
# Using the filters
The filter box controls what data appears in the dashboard. On first load, it includes **all time**, **all departments**, and any asset under the **Vehicle** asset category. You can change any of these filters before reviewing the results.
- **Date range** — defaults to all time
- **Departments** — defaults to all departments
- **Asset category** — defaults to Vehicle
# Choose how to group the results
Below the filters, select what to group by. This tells the dashboard which assets should be compared together.
Common grouping options include:
- **Type** — default; examples include Sedan, Pickup, Van
- **Make** — examples include Ford or Chevy
- **Model** — examples include F-150 or Silverado
- **Model year** — examples include 2019 or 2020
Grouping keeps the page focused: filter the data, choose how to group it, then look for assets that stand out from similar assets.
# How to read the TCO comparison chart
The main visualization is a **horizontal box plot chart**. Each row represents one comparison cohort.
- **Blue box** — the interquartile range, or middle 50% of vehicles in that group
- **Whiskers** — the normal spread of values within statistical fences
- **Gray dots** — individual vehicles
- **Red dots** — high-cost outliers
- **Green dots** — low-cost outliers
Each cohort row also shows:
- **Vehicle count**
- **Median** for the selected metric
- **Average** for the selected metric
You can change the analysis using these controls:
- **Metric** — Total cost, Fuel cost, Maintenance cost, Cost per mile, or Cost per hour
- **Sort** — Median high to low, Median low to high, Vehicle count, or Name A to Z
A badge at the top of the chart calls out how many **high-cost outliers** have been flagged across the current fleet scope.
# What the metrics mean
| Metric | What it includes | Date range affected |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Total cost | Fuel cost + maintenance cost + other expenses | Yes |
| Fuel cost | Fuel card transactions | Yes |
| Maintenance cost | Completed work orders | Yes |
| Cost per mile | All-time total cost divided by lifetime odometer | No |
| Cost per hour | All-time total cost divided by lifetime engine hours | No |
Important: **Cost per mile** and **cost per hour** always use **all-time total cost and lifetime usage**. They do **not** change based on the selected date range.
# What data is used
For each active vehicle in the fleet, the dashboard can include:
- Type, make, model, and model year
- Department
- Fuel transactions
- Work Order costs
- Expense Entries
- Total cost
- Lifetime miles or engine hours, depending on the primary meter
- Expected life meter and expected useful life years
- Meter life used percentage
- Years of life used percentage
- Years in service
This combination of **cost** and **lifecycle usage** is what makes the page useful for replacement decisions, not just spend review.
# Drill into a vehicle
Hover over a dot in the chart to see a tooltip with the vehicle ID and description. Click a dot to open the modal.
The modal helps explain whether a vehicle is simply different, unusually expensive, or nearing the end of its useful life.
In the dialog, you can review:
- Recommendation badge and plain-English summary
- Selected metric value compared to the cohort median
- Total cost, fuel cost, and maintenance cost
- Cost per mile or cost per hour with lifetime usage
- Meter life used progress bar
- Years of life used progress bar
- Link to the full vehicle record in a new tab
# Recommendation logic
The dialog includes a client-side recommendation engine that compares the selected vehicle to its cohort median and lifecycle usage.
| Condition | Recommendation | Priority |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Statistical high outlier or 85% or more above cohort median | Strong replacement candidate | High |
| Statistical low outlier or 45% or more below cohort median | Low cost performer | Low |
| 45% or more above cohort median, or 90% or more life used by meter or years | Review for disposal | Medium |
| All other cases | Monitor | Low |
These recommendations help users prioritize follow-up, but they do not perform any disposal, replacement, or scheduling action in the system.
# What makes this dashboard valuable
- **Peer comparison instead of simple totals** — vehicles are compared to similar vehicles
- **Visual outlier detection** — expensive assets stand out quickly on the chart
- **Actionable drill-down** — users can move from chart to audit to vehicle record
- **Lifecycle context** — cost data is paired with life-used indicators
- **Flexible analysis** — switch between total cost, fuel, maintenance, cost per mile, and cost per hour
- **Scoped decision-making** — filter by department, category, or date range
# FAQ
Why does the dashboard compare vehicles in groups?
Because comparison is most useful when vehicles are measured against similar vehicles, such as the same type, make, model, or model year.
Why didn’t my cost per mile change when I changed the date range?
Cost per mile and cost per hour always use all-time total cost and lifetime usage, so they do not respond to the date filter.
Does a recommendation automatically replace or dispose of a vehicle?
No. The dashboard highlights candidates for review, but it does not create replacement plans, work orders, or disposal records.
Can I include equipment in the analysis?
Yes. The default category is Vehicle, but you can expand the vehicle category filter to include equipment and other asset types.