Workforce Planning Dashboard

The Workforce Planning Dashboard is the central place to monitor and manage all workforce plans across your organization.
With a consolidated view of all plans, the dashboard enables faster decision-making, better cost control, and smoother approval workflows.

What does the dashboard include?

The dashboard is divided into several key sections, each designed to highlight a critical part of your organization’s workforce planning activity.

1. Active Workforce Plans Overview

This section gives you a snapshot of all active plans across departments. It includes:

• Active plans: How many plans are currently being worked on
• Approved plans: How many have completed the approval cycle
• Planned cost: The total projected workforce cost compared to current cost
• Planned headcount: Expected headcount after applying all new hires, departures, and transfers

These metrics help leaders quickly understand the overall impact of planning activity.

Example:

• 41 active plans across 7 departments
• Planned cost showing +16.48 percent increase
• Planned headcount showing +37.74 percent growth

2. Tasks and Approvals

The Tasks panel highlights pending items that require action, such as:

• Edit requests: Plans that approvers returned for modifications
• Plan approvals: Workforce plans waiting for your review

This ensures nothing is overlooked during the planning cycle, keeping workflows moving smoothly.

3. Workforce Planning Summary View

The summary page gives a unified, high-level overview of all selected plans. It includes:

Planned cost

Shows the total estimated cost of all upcoming hires, transfers, and departures.

Planned headcount

Displays the future headcount after all planned actions are applied.

Internal mobility rate

Shows the percentage of role changes, transfers, and internal

Attrition rate

Indicates how many employees are leaving without replacement.

Total workforce cost chart

A monthly breakdown of projected workforce cost across departments.

Workforce growth chart

Shows net employee changes per month (hires minus departures).

This view helps HR and Finance identify trends, forecast cost changes, and understand where hiring surges or attrition risks may appear.

4. Detailed Analytics and Charts

The analytics section provides deeper insights into workforce trends, including:

Average employee cost by department

Shows salary and cost distribution to help identify cost-heavy teams.

Workforce growth by department

Highlights which departments are expanding or contracting.

Workforce cost by department

Breaks down projected cost across all teams for better financial planning.

Workforce change distribution

Shows the share of hires, departures, and transfers across all plans.

These analytics support strategic workforce decisions, helping organizations spot imbalances, optimize staffing, and budget more accurately.

 

The data can also be based on the locations.

5. Department Summary

This table provides a clear breakdown of workforce planning activity by department. It includes:

• Entries (total actions)
• New hires
• Departures
• Transfers
• Planned cost for the department
• Planned headcount after changes

Example insights:

• Some departments may show positive headcount growth
• Others may have high planned cost due to multiple new hires
• Departments with several departures may need replacement strategies

This section enables leaders to compare departments side-by-side and prioritize staffing or budget interventions.