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# Margin Compression, Oracle ERP Cloud

> Margin Compression for Oracle ERP Cloud stores. Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre. How to read it, why it matters, and how to act on it.

**Metrics type:** [Supporting Metrics](/nerve-centre/overview#metrics-types-explained)  •  **Category:** [Ecommerce Platform](/nerve-centre/connectors#connectors-by-type)

## At a glance

> Aggregate gross margin compression alert: when GM% drops >2pp vsP, fire alert.

|                    |                              |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------- |
| **What it counts** | GM% delta vsP.               |
| **Currency**       | Reporting ledger.            |
| **Time window**    | `30D vsP`                    |
| **Alert trigger**  | `gross margin drop >2pp vsP` |
| **Roles**          | owner, finance               |

## Calculation

Calculated automatically from your Oracle ERP Cloud data. See the At a glance summary above for what the metric tracks and the worked example below for a typical reading.

## Worked example

GM% 26.5 → 23.7, -2.8pp, alert fires. Drill into [Margin Erosion Alerts](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/oracle-erp/margin-erosion-alerts) for SKU drivers.

## Sibling cards merchants should reference together

| Card                                                                              | Why pair       |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| [Gross Margin %](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/oracle-erp/gross-margin-percentage)      | Underlying.    |
| [Margin Erosion Alerts](/nerve-centre/kpi-cards/oracle-erp/margin-erosion-alerts) | Per-SKU drill. |

## Reconciling against the vendor's own dashboard

**Where to look:**

Vortex IQ-derived alert.

## Known limitations / merchant FAQs

**Threshold tunable?**
Yes.

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### Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre

*Margin Compression* is one of hundreds of KPI pulses Vortex IQ tracks across Oracle ERP Cloud and 70+ other ecommerce connectors. Nerve Centre runs the detection layer; Vortex Mind investigates the cause when something moves; Ask Viq lets you interrogate any number in plain English.

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