Use case
Expense summary video for Retail
Automate monthly expense summaries with budget variance callouts.
Why Retail teams still ship reports manually
- Store performance updates are slow to compile.
- Regional teams need consistent recaps.
- Manual reporting hides trends.
- KPIs are not shared in a digestible format.
Automate expense summary video with an API
- Trigger the workflow when monthly close completes happens.
- POST structured data to /render using template expense-summary-v1.
- Render asynchronously at scale and receive a webhook when the MP4 is ready.
- Deliver the video via email, regional dashboard, or Slack.
Input (structured data)
{
"brand": "retail",
"data": {
"expenses": "example-expenses",
"footTraffic": 48210,
"highlight": "stores",
"inventoryTurns": 5.2,
"period": "2026-01",
"promoLift": "12%",
"sameStoreSales": "4.1%",
"stockouts": 32,
"variance": "example-variance"
},
"template": "expense-summary-v1"
}Output (deterministic MP4)
- 45-75s MP4 video
- Budget variance highlights
- Category breakdowns
- Webhook with output URL
Architecture
Data source / event | v Rendivia Render API | v Queue + Workers | v Remotion templates | v Branded MP4 + webhook
How it works
Collect spend data
Provide totals by category and variance.
Render
POST to /render with expense-summary-v1.
Async output
We render and notify via webhook.
Share
Deliver to finance and department leads.
Benefits
- Automate store performance summaries.
- Make trends easy to share across regions.
- Deterministic output you can trust in production.
- A repeatable workflow triggered by monthly close completes.
Common questions
Can I include department splits?
Yes. Include department arrays in the payload.
Does it support multiple currencies?
Yes. Provide currency fields for display.
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