--- title: Duration Based Planning in Analytics description: Duration Based Planning allows you to create promotions that span multiple months and spread spend evenly across the defined duration. 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[Promotions](https://knowledge.govividly.com/promotions?hsLang=en) 3. [Duration Based Planning](https://knowledge.govividly.com/promotions?hsLang=en#duration-based-planning) April 28, 2026 # Duration Based Planning in Analytics ## With Duration Based Planning, the spend is spread evenly across the entire duration and can be viewed in different areas of Promotion Analytics and Reporting ### **How Duration Appears In Analytics And Reporting** When viewing a duration-based promotion, Vividly spreads expected spend evenly across the days within the promotion window. Actual spend always reflects when deductions were received. The default view in Promotion Analytics and Accruals remains Promotion Month — no changes are needed if you want to keep viewing data the same way you always have. If you do want to view data across a full duration, go to Insights → Promotion Analytics → Spend Analysis → Spend Timing dropdown → select **Promotion Line Duration** to spread expected spend across the full date range. ![](https://knowledge.govividly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-30-2026-07-35-36-3669-PM.png?width=670&height=330&name=image-png-Mar-30-2026-07-35-36-3669-PM.png) Alternatively, select **Accrue By Window** to spread spend based on the date range configured for each fund type in your account settings (Fund Types → Open Fund Type profile → Go to Accrue by Date Range Configuration dropdown → Select date type) ![](https://knowledge.govividly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-30-2026-07-47-08-0037-PM.png?width=670&height=480&name=image-png-Mar-30-2026-07-47-08-0037-PM.png) **Accruals:** Similar to Promotion Analytics, go to Insights → Accruals → **Settings and set Show Accruals By to Promotion Line Duration or Accrue By Window** for the same behavior. ![](https://knowledge.govividly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-30-2026-07-51-14-6324-PM.png?width=670&height=236&name=image-png-Mar-30-2026-07-51-14-6324-PM.png) **Budget:** The Promotion Line Duration option is also available in Budget under the Spend Timing dropdown ![](https://knowledge.govividly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-30-2026-07-54-05-5331-PM.png?width=670&height=251&name=image-png-Mar-30-2026-07-54-05-5331-PM.png) **Forecast:** No change. Forecast already references promotion date ranges and will continue to work as usual --- ### **How Duration Affects Deduction Matching** **![](https://knowledge.govividly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-30-2026-07-59-34-4042-PM.png?width=627&height=473&name=image-png-Mar-30-2026-07-59-34-4042-PM.png)** The auto-matcher now uses the full date range of a promotion when matching invoice lines: - If an invoice date falls within the promotion's start and end dates, it can match that promotion - Matching is date-specific and inclusive. If the invoice date is outside that range, it will not match. For example, if your promotion ends on December 30, an invoice dated December 31 will not match. 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