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+# Reports — Purchasing spend analytics
+
+The implemented spend-analytics section, reached via **Reports → Purchasing** in
+the sidebar. (The original UX proposal — annotated screens — is on
+[Reports Mockup](Reports-Mockup); this page documents what shipped.)
+
+## Access
+
+Gated by the **`view_analytics`** permission — **Manager, SuperUser, Auditor,
+Admin**. CSV export uses the same gate. The sidebar **Reports** section carries a
+**“Purchasing”** subheading so other domains (e.g. Crewing) can add their own
+report groups later.
+
+## Report families
+
+Each is an **index → drill / detail** pair:
+
+- **Cost Centres** (`/reports/cost-centres`) — approved spend compared across
+  **vessels** (the PO cost centre). A row opens **`/reports/cost-centres/[id]`**:
+  KPI tiles, a spend-trend chart, and a **Top accounting codes** breakdown
+  re-pivotable by tier (Heading / Sub-heading / Leaf) and Top-N.
+- **Accounting Codes** (`/reports/accounting-codes`) — drills the `Account`
+  tree (headings → sub-headings → leaves) via a `?parent=` query; a leaf opens
+  **`/reports/accounting-codes/[id]`**: trend + breakdown **by cost centre** (or,
+  for a non-leaf, by sub-account).
+
+## What counts as spend
+
+A PO is counted once it reaches `POST_APPROVAL_STATUSES` (MGR_APPROVED … CLOSED),
+dated by **`approvedAt`**, valued at **`totalAmount`** — the same basis as the
+dashboard tiles. Financial year is the Indian **Apr–Mar** year. Each PO's amount is
+**allocated across the accounting codes its line items carry** (falling back to the
+PO-level account), proportionally so the per-PO pieces sum back to the total — so
+multi-account POs attribute correctly. PO counts are **distinct POs**. Sites are
+**not** cost centres; only vessels are.
+
+The aggregation is a pure, unit-tested core in **`lib/reports.ts`** — one query in
+`getReportDataset()`, everything else pure functions over it.
+
+## Filters (URL-driven, shareable)
+
+All filters live in the **URL query**, so the server component re-renders and any
+view is bookmarkable — no client-side fetching:
+
+- **Granularity** — Weekly / Monthly / Yearly. Weekly focuses one FY **month** and
+  buckets by week-of-month (W1–W5).
+- **Financial Year**, plus **Month** (weekly only).
+- **Show** — Top 5 / Top 10 / Bottom 5 / All.
+- **Add to graph** — tick rows (`?sel=`) and compare just the selected set
+  (`?cmp=1`); export honours the selection.
+- Accounting drill-down (`?parent=`) and detail re-pivot controls
+  (`tier` / `break` / `topn`).
+
+Charts use **recharts**; the comparison chart draws **one colour per item** (cost
+centre / accounting code) in every granularity, including the yearly grouped-bars
+view. KPI tiles, tables and breadcrumbs are server-rendered.
+
+## Export
+
+The toolbar **Export** links to `/api/reports/spend?dim=…` — a CSV mirroring the
+on-screen view (including a custom `?sel=` selection).
+
+## Code
+
+`lib/reports.ts` (aggregation), `lib/report-colors.ts` (shared palette, kept out of
+the `"use client"` charts module so server components receive the real array),
+`app/(portal)/reports/**` (pages), `components/reports/**` (toolbar + charts),
+`app/api/reports/spend/` (CSV export).