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Where to find it: Finance → Accruals & Cash Flow
Analytics data refreshes on a schedule, not instantly. Under the dashboard title you’ll see when the data was last updated and when the next refresh is due. If a change you just made in Owlery isn’t showing yet, check there first.
Accruals require the Freight Audit and Pay add-on. Without it the page is locked rather than empty — if you can see it but can’t open it, that’s why.
The accruals report tells accounting what freight has moved but hasn’t been paid for yet, and which month each cost belongs to. For the rules shared across every dashboard — spend, dates, and the common filters — see Dashboard Basics.

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Why It Exists

What you see: one row per load, combining the load’s details with its invoice and proof-of-delivery status. What it answers: which freight have we already used but not yet paid for, and how much do we owe? Why it exists: there’s a gap between when a load happens and when the carrier’s invoice is approved and paid. During that gap the cost is real but hasn’t hit the books. Accounting needs to record — accrue — that cost in the month the freight moved, not the month the payment went out.

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How a Row Is Built

Each row is built like this:
  • Start with the load: number, date, broker, cost, status, GL codes, and the key timestamps for tendered, picked up, and delivered.
  • Attach the matching invoice if there is one, with its number and the dates it was invoiced, approved, sent to accounting, and paid.
  • Attach whether a proof of delivery has been uploaded.
  • Work out which month the cost belongs to. A load is still accrued if it hasn’t been paid, or if it was paid in a later month than the freight moved. If payment landed in the same month the freight moved, there’s nothing to accrue.

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The Two Accrual Month Columns

You get two views of when the freight happened, one based on pickup date and one based on delivery date. Companies close their books on different conventions, so use whichever matches your policy. A blank value means the load isn’t accrued for that month.