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Background documentation DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) Analysis

The DSO analysis is also an analysis of customer payment history. This analysis is always made within a specific period. You can select monthly values for your analysis (see Creating and Changing a Selection Variant for the Data Retrieval Program).

The DSO analysis provides general information about the number of days (DSO days) a customer takes to pay an invoice.

In the drilldown list for this evaluation, the system displays the following values:

The balance is the average debts outstanding (open customer items) at the end of the period you select.

The DSO days are calculated by setting the balances against the sales. The DSO days are calculated using the following formula:

DSO =balance/sales per period x 30