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Procedure documentationDepartment Report

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The Department report provides information about sales of items in a department.

You can compile Department Category, Department Group, or Department reports directly from the Department Report Criteria window, by selecting the appropriate report type criteria.

To generate the Department report:

  1. On the Report menu, click Department. The Department Report Criteria window appears.

  2. To specify the report period, choose one of the following:

    • If you want the report period to be for today’s date, click Current Business Date

    • If you want the report period to be for yesterday’s date, click Previous Business Date

    • To select a range of dates for the report period, click Period and type a date range in the fields, or click the button beside the fields and select a date from the pop-up calendars. Click OK

    • If you want the report period to be for a selected week, click Week Ending and type the date of the end of the week in which you want the report, or click the button beside the field and select a date from the pop-up calendar. Click OK.

  3. To specify how you want items sorted on the report, do one of the following:

    • To sort by department, click By Department and select a department from the list

    • To sort by category, click By Category and select a category from the list

    • To sort by group, click By Group and select a group from the list.

  4. Click Generate Report.

  5. To generate the Department Report Detail, double-click on a line item in the report. To return to the Department report, click Exit.