In this article, learn about the POS Hour totals report and how to use it to collect relevant data about your business.
The POS Hour Totals report shows you hour-by-hour POS sales data such as total transactions, total inventory sold, and gross sales at the POS for a given location.
Table of contents
Getting started
Access
To access this report:
- Go to the Reports module in the Backoffice.
- Click Sales and search POS Hour Totals report in the search bar.
- Click on the report name to bring up the report page.
Default dates and search criteria
This report can be run for all locations or just the one you are logged in on, with default search dates starting 7 days from the current date using your local timezone. All Sales Reports use order date as the search criteria, and each record pulled is related to close or completed orders.
Using the POS Hour Totals report
This report is used to see hourly trends of your POS sales data. It can help you with information such as, 'How many items did you sell between 12-1 pm on Friday?’ and ‘Which hours of the day do you have the most sales volume?’.
Column configuration
Columns in this report can be rearranged or removed to give you a better snapshot at the exact data you want to see. After running the report, if there are columns you wish to configure, click the Settings gear on the right-hand side of the report table to unselect a column and drag and drop the column order.
Descriptions and calculations
The table below provides a description of each of the columns in this report and whether this field is calculated or is base data. Calculated data type describes columns that are made up of multiple points of data being combined such as Net Sales, Gross Sales, or Total Inventory Sold. A Base data type describes data derived from a single point of interest such as a Package ID, Category, or Location Name.
| Column field title | Data type | Description |
| Location Name | Base data | Name of the specific location under an organization in which the data on the report is associated. |
| Day | Base data | Day of the week the order was completed. |
| Starting Hour | Base data | The hour of the first sale for the day. |
| Total Orders | Calculation | The total number of Orders that are completed and closed out in the given time range. |
| Gross Sales | Calculation | Gross Sales is the Price times Quantity sold for every item sold during the hour displayed on the report. |
| Total Inventory Sold | Calculation | Total units of inventory sold during the hour on the report. Weight-based items are counted as one item regardless of weight. Inventory types are either Quantity, Weight, or Volume. Each type will have an associated default unit. |
| Total Delivery Orders | Calculation | The number of delivery orders completed. |
Note: The Day column is representative of the Day of the week the order was completed, rather than the date in date format.
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