Spreadsheets can't answer either question well. By the time a master sheet is updated its picture is already stale, and it has no reliable memory of who changed a figure or when. Because DuoApp keeps everything on live projects, both answers come for free — the analytics are always current, and every action is recorded as it happens.
Live analytics across your jobs
Analytics draws on the data already flowing through your projects — values, applications, costs, progress, retention — to show how each job and the business as a whole is performing. You're not assembling a report by stitching files together; you're reading a picture that updates as the work does.
- Across every live job at once — progress and position without opening a dozen trackers.
- Per project — how a single job is doing against its value.
- Cashflow and retention — what's been billed, what's held, what's due.
There's a fuller tour on the analytics feature page.
The audit trail
The audit trail is the record of everything that happens in DuoApp — every change, by every person, with a timestamp. It's not something you switch on or maintain; it's simply kept. When a question arrives, the answer is already written down.
Who, what, and when
- Who changed a value, and what it was before
- When an invoice was issued, and who approved it
- Who signed off a variation or a payment
- What a figure looked like on the day it went out
Why it matters
The audit trail is what turns a dispute from a stressful argument into a quick lookup. A client questions a valuation, a subcontractor says they were underpaid, HMRC asks you to substantiate a return — instead of reconstructing the truth from memory and email, you point to the record. It's the backbone behind approvals and invoicing alike. The full picture is on the audit feature page.
Decisions, not guesswork
Together, analytics and the audit trail change how you run jobs. You spot a job slipping while there's still time to act, rather than discovering it at final account. And every decision along the way is recorded, so the story of each job is always there to tell. It's the single source of truth, made useful.