Item Categories

Item Categories

Up to three separate item categories can be assigned to an item and are used in various reports to create subtotals or filters. View/Edit Item Categories You can open an existing item category in 2 ways: Operations – Inventory – Item Categories in the left hand navigation, and then click on the one you want to open Or, on an item form on the Item Categories tab, click the blue title next to the item category you want to open (as pictured below)   Create New Categories Item categories can be created in 2 ways: On an existing item category form, … Continued
My Reports: Using ‘My Reports’

My Reports: Using ‘My Reports’

In order to view and run Reports found in My Reports, a User must first have a Report Role assigned to their User Record.  Click here for more information on My Reports   Using My Reports Navigate to ‘My Reports’ by clicking on ‘My Reports’ in the left nav area of any Restaurant365 Module.   Report Category Tabs Each Report is grouped in to a Category tab within My Reports.  Click on the tab to navigate to the category and see and run reports within that group.  Additionally, a User can search the entire Reports list (regardless of which Report … Continued
Item Cost Analysis – Location Side by Side

Item Cost Analysis – Location Side by Side

COGS totals and average by COGS type, then GL Account, then Item and % of net sales for each with Locations side by side.  You can drill down to any item to see the item price graph chart and purchase history. Typically used by companies who are not tracking recipes in the system.
Forecasting

Forecasting

Forecasting is the window in the system where you can set a sales forecast by location by period and can enter daily values.  This forecast can be referenced in the Business Analytics module in the Daily Sales Summary data set to compare to actual values (steps to create this view are listed later in the training).  Since forecasting is commonly looked at weekly, this window is designed to work for companies that have their Operational Year setup as 13-4 week periods or 4/4/5 periods so that it can be based on weeks.  Calendar periods don’t work well in this screen … Continued
P&L Comparison Screen

P&L Comparison Screen

  Overview The P&L Comparison Screen is a report found in the ‘Reports’ subsection of the ‘Operations’ module.  Only Users that have been assigned the ‘P&L Comparison Screen’ security role will see and be able to run this report.  What makes this report unique, is the ability for your Restaurant Managers to see and compare the P&L numbers to all other Locations in your Restaurant group.  This is accomplished without granting those Users access to the other Locations and Data.  The data that is returned is anonymized by replacing the Location Name / Number with a generic ‘Location #’ value.  This … Continued